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Originally Posted by RamJet502
Lame! Overstating horsepower is punishable by death.
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Huh? They are understating production hp which is exactly what GM has done for years with the LS family. I would much rather have the manufacturer do that to keep insurance companies at bay and it's always better to underpromise and over deliver than the other way around.
It appears that the first car had a more aggressive tune and was a rocket. Then subsequent cars had a milder tune and didn't perform as well so Nissan went back the first tune for production. No problem here, that's how it's supposed to be done.
Nissan advertises 480 horsepower and the car puts down 420 wheel hp which is closer to 520hp when you take a 20% drivetrain loss into account which is very very low for an AWD powertrain.