Frankie’s Garage: NISMO 400R!

nismo400rThis legendary street/track ready car was available to play in the first Playstation Gran Turismo video game.  Only 44 Nissan Skyline R33 GT-R NISMO 400Rs were produced, making this a very rare and special kind of automobile.  Carfection takes a ride in this Godzilla.

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Frankie’s Garage: The GT12 Road Monster

astonmartingt12One of my fave auto journalists in the game is Chris Harris and in this episode he takes a look at a road and track monster, the Aston Martin Vantage GT12.  The GT12 features aggressive aero parts, splitters, a big wing, bigger tires, some weight trimming and is limited to 100 cars.

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Frankie’s Garage: LEGO Speed Champions 2015

sppedchampionslegoLEGO introduces an all-new product line in March 2015, the Speed Champions which will feature race cars from the likes of Ferrari, McLaren and Porsche.  JangBricks looks and reviews at the two of the bigger Speed Champions playsets.

porsche911playsetThis is the LEGO Speed Champions Porsche 911 GT Finishing Line 75912 which features the two winning Porsche GT cars from 24-Hour LeMan racing event.  The set also has a pit stop/winning podium playset, start/finish tower and 4 minifigures.

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Frankie’s Garage: The Ultimate Vantage GT3

astonmartingt3I love the sound of this 6.0L V12 engine.  This is the super limited edition Aston Martin Vantage GT3.  Xcar Films as well as Autocar takes an inside look at the track/street car.

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Frankie’s Garage: The Future Nissan GT-R for Gran Turismo

nissangtr2020Designed in Europe and Japan is the Nissan Concept 2020 for the upcoming Gran Turismo video game.  The virtual supercar might be the design for the next Nissan GT-R.

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Frankie’s Garage: The Future 2020 Nissan GT-R?

nissan 2020Built for the Sony’s iconic driving-game franchise Gran Turismo, this a sneak tease of the Nissan Concept 2020 VISION.  Is this next generation Nissan GT-R?

Frankie’s Garage: The NISMO GT-R on ATTACK!

nismogtrpassingThe setting is the 2014 Blanc Pain Endurance series.  The NISMO team started the opening lap at grid 32, that’s 32 of out 44 cars in the race.  In this one lap, Al Buncombe climbs 17 places for the 13th position by the second lap.  Now that’s just crazy.

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Frankie’s Garage: The Next Toyota Supra

ft1conceptJay Leno’s Garage takes a look at the Toyota FT-1 concept and interviews the design team behind it.

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Frankie’s Garage: The Toyota Supra & Nissan Silvia

toyotasupraxcarXcar takes a look at two iconic JDM cars, the Toyota Supra and tuned Nissan Silvia.  The Toyota Supra was made famous by Fast & the Furious films and Playstation’s Gran Turismo video game series, Xcar takes a look back at the legendary Toyota Supra.  And my grandma can drive this – a tuned automatic Supra!

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