It has become clear that, for the 2010 model year, the Nissan GT-R won’t come with the Launch Control feature. Inside Line is quoting a Nissan executive as saying “It’s gone. We just don’t want to deal with the warranty nightmare anymore. It’ll make the 2009 GT-R really special. It’ll be the only R35 with launch control.”

Apparently, transmission trouble resulting from disabling the car’s VDC (Vehicle Dynamic Control) too often, in order to use the Launch Control function, meant Nissan wasn’t covering the repairs as part of the warranties. The cost to fix/replace the transmission is $20,000, so you can imagine owners were upset. It’s good news that GT-R owners now don’t have to worry about voiding their warranties by using Launch Control!

[Source: insideline]