2015 Nissan GT-R 45th Anniversary Edition

“I am the second owner of this GT-R,” says vendor, Raffoello Ronchese. “It has a full Nissan service history and has required no major works, as it has rock solid Japanese reliability. In terms of condition, it is immaculate, and you will be hard pressed to find a fault”.

Raffoello has used it as a grand tourer, spending a lot of time in Europe on long distance journeys during which he has enjoyed utilising the car’s phenomenal performance abilities. “It’s not called Godzilla for nothing! Yet, the Bilstein suspension specific to this model is tuned to exhibit a more refined, mature feel, which means allied to a GT-R’s de rigueur wild acceleration and phenomenal handling abilities, the 45th Anniversary is also perfect for grand tours”.

In terms of the hugely impressive service history, you will find stamps for the following:

• G2 Service, (20/01/2016) – 8866miles, Westover Nissan, Bournemouth
• G3 Service, (13/10/2016) – 18,809miles, Westover Nissan, Bournemouth
• G2 Service + Drivelines, (18/10/2017) – 26,256miles – Westover Nissan, Bournemouth
• G3 Service, (17/10/2018) – 31361miles – Westover Nissan, Bournemouth
• G2 Service, (10/10/2019) – 35,637miles – Westover Nissan, Bournemouth
• G3 Service, (15/10/2020) – 31361miles – Exeter Nissan
• G2 Service, (06/09/2021) – 39,504miles – Hendy Group Ltd – Nissan, Bournemouth
• G3 Service, (05/04/2022) – 48,876miles – Hendy Group Ltd - Nissan, Bournemouth

You will also find its Nissan GT-R Special Maintenance logs, which note no additional repairs discovered during its various service inspections.

So, this is an immaculately serviced and totally unmodified example of a 45th Anniversary GT-R, which its owner describes as still presenting and driving immaculately – sounds like a perfect combination to us.

Some GT-R colour schemes are particularly in your face, the hues screaming the model’s abilities via their collective vibrant palettes. Not so, here. The 45th Anniversary Champagne Gold paintwork is a subtle colour; one that, combined with a relatively restrained 20-spoke Rays alloy wheel design, really allows this example a lower profile visual persona.

Of course, the humongous quad exhaust tailpipes at the rear are less discreet and remind anyone following of its ability to disappear into the sunset at a rate of twin-turbocharged knots.

The paintwork remains in excellent condition with a deep gloss shine and had full frontal factory paint protection film applied at manufacture. The colour is one that reveals more, the longer you look at it and suits the GT-R’s multi-angular bodywork well.

The black accented window frames are good, as are the black lower valances and sill trims. Panel fit remains Japanese perfection. On the alloy wheel front, each is pretty much mark free and shod in matching Dunlop rubber.

This GT-R remains one sharp, but discreet looking, cookie.

It’s an alluring visual package.

The cabin wears its mileage well and complements the exterior colour nicely. It’s a study in Black, punctuated by gold 45th Anniversary and ‘Sound by Bose’ plaques, and the odd touch of carbon fibre, here and there.

Seats remain in first-class condition with relatively few signs of wear and provide the driver and passenger with excellent support during high- and low-speed driving shenanigans. The cheeky +2s in the rear look barely used. Carpets are in similar condition, as are the GTR-embossed mats. Door cards too are mark-free.

As the plaque indicates, a full Bose sound system is fitted and all electrics function exactly as they should, including the touch screen – key to accessing and setting the numerous performance parameters available to you.

As vendor Raffoello stated earlier, this is such a good, and highly comfortable, place to be for long distance touring. It’s equally decent for short-distance blasting, too.

One oft heard complaint about modern cars, or modern classics, is that they lack character compared to their earlier predecessors and certainly in the engine bay department where a profusion of black plastics is usually to be found. Not here though, pop the GT-R’s bonnet and you will find a sight to stir the soul and give Alfa Romeo’s sultry chrome-laden ‘Busso’ V6 a run for its money.

Handbuilt by Tetsushi Matsumoto, the V6, with its aorta-esque induction manifold will quicken even the most hardcore petrolhead’s heart. It’s certainly worth noting that the engine constructor is one of only five master craftsmen at Nissan afforded the title of ‘Takumi’, with only Nismo and Anniversary models built by one.

As Raffoello has indicated, mechanically the car performs perfectly and produces astonishing levels of performance. The engine bay still presents almost as new and a quick look at the car’s underside reveals it to be equally sharp.

2.00 minutes in on our Video Review below is when you can hear that V6 come to life. Have a watch, and then imagine yourself behind the wheel…

In the GT-R’s history file you will find the fully stamped Warranty booklet and Maintenance Record, as well as the original Owner’s Manual and the car’s V5c document. The latter indicates two owners from new and notes the car’s date of first UK registration as being the 30th of April 2015.

Also present are some invoices for servicing, as well as a recent online vehicle history check. This shows no reports of theft, being written off or having been imported/exported. It does note outstanding finance on the vehicle.

Please visit the documents section of the gallery of this listing where you will find photos of the paperwork that demonstrate that this 45th Anniversary Nissan GT-R has been maintained to the highest level.

Nissan’s GT-R was, and remains, an engineering tour de force. It took the high-performance fight to the rest of the world’s supercars and battered them senseless. There are many reasons why it is still held in such high esteem in the motoring world. It is a car that needs to be sampled at least once in a driver’s life, just to see what ridiculous feats of automotive sorcery the company’s engineers achieved.

This sought-after 45th Anniversary addition remains completely standard, just as Nissan intended, and comes with an immaculate service history. Vendor Raffoelo’s rigorous maintenance schedule has included an underbody wash after every road trip, and the car has always been garaged. No wonder it remains in tip-top driving and aesthetic conditions.

We think it will realise somewhere between £58,000 and £65,000; anywhere within that range is surely superlative value for money in the smiles-per-Japanese-high-performance-miles driving stakes.

Not only that, but this GT-R’s understated colour scheme means that you’ll go relatively under the radar, too. At least, until your right foot opens the accelerative taps!

Godzilla is ready and waiting.

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