Just as a point of reference, other cars in the class (or similar class) do not have this problem. You can take a base model Corvette and flog it at the track all day and the oil temp will never go over 230. Similarly an RX-8 or STi will run without issue in the same conditions.
The hypocrisy is that the car can't handle what it is marketed as. Nissan knew this which is why the press cars were fitted with oil coolers, I bet the production protoype's were as well. Somewhere in Nissan an engineering bean counter (probably against their better judgment) cut the part to meet a budget as they calculated that 90% of the people were never going to experience a problem. I think they shot themselves in the foot as the problem is now affecting sales, ironically most of the buyers that are holding off would never experience a problem but they read about it and get scared.
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