UK prices for Nissan GT-R announced at Geneva

Fling open your chequebooks, prepare to give that Gold Card a battering like it's never experienced before or simply remortgage your abode - as prices for the all new Nissan GT-R have been made public at the Geneva Motor Show.

Nissan UK will be demanding you hand them a sharp intake of breathe short of £53,000 in exchange for their very excitable wedge of automotive angst.

£52,900 gets you the bog-standard GT-R. That's if your idea of motoring poverty is a 3.8-litre, twin-turbo V6 that rattles out 480bhp and generates 434lb-ft of torque, touches 195mph and doesn't break a sweat until it nudges 62mph - which takes the same space of time it takes the average human to release a sneeze.

This entry-level GT-R enters the ring as a four-wheel drive, although onboard systems that buzz and whirl continually monitor the driving situation and administer the necessary distribution of torque accordingly.

The gearbox is a six-speed twin-clutch unit with sequential-shift pre-selected gears and workable via the paddle-shift funtionability mounted on the steering wheel.

Via the medium of blip-like sounds and a probable accompanying light-show the driver is made aware of exactly what's going on at all times, and if they grow bored can adopt the auto-mode which changes up and down on their behalf.

Hill Assist, Stability Control, etc run amok somewhere beneath where the occupants sit and Adjustable Dampers allow for varied ride comfort and involvement.

Being introduced to the bitumen by way of Bridgestone run-flat rubber wear mated to 20” alloys, all UK-spec GT-R models also have eight-way adjustable seats that are part leather, part suede and have Cruise, Climate and a bag full of toys that would embarrass Santa all installed.

The mid-range (£54,200) 'Premium Edition' GT-R gets a BOSE gramophone and some automated headlamps. However, the £55,500 version – the GT-R Black Edition – has all the above trickery but was clearly on the receiving end of a Nissan paint shop altercation. It's left entirely black without a trace of blue, with gunmetal grey alloys.

But what's a matter for much debate is the impending waiting list. Due to the underlying fact that workers in its Yokohama assembly facility can't rivet, solder and weld the GT-R together quick enough for potential European owners to snap them up, deposits can't be put down until April at the earliest.

In fact, order books haven't even been dusted down yet, with first deliveries expected in March 2009.

Japanese buyers will get their mitts on the exact same car for 7,770,000 Yen. Which if my abacus is correct, equates to a whopping £18,000 less than UK buyers are set to stump up.

The GT-R can be ordered from any one of 10 appointed Nissan dealers in the UK.

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