Mag Talk: Nissan GT-R
PistonHeads reads the motoring magazines for you...
Each month PistonHeads has a look through the motoring mags in search of the big stories of the last four weeks. This month it is all about the Nissan GT-R. This is a selection of views on the performance of the big Nissan...
AUTOCARSteve Sutcliffe said: 'To begin with it's the pure, rabid performance of this car that leaves the most obvious impression. It's that fast, that all-enveloping from the moment you put your foot down, that you can't help but focus on the acceleration.' Verdict: 'Nissan says it can build 12,000 GT-Rs a year if the market demands it. Something tells me that, despite the world's economic and ecological woes, it might need to make a few more than that. The GT-R is just that kind of car.' |
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EVOHenry Catchpole: 'I simply pin the throttle wide open in second gear. At which point I am in no doubt that the GT-R has supercar pace. The last time I was this wide-eyed with shock was two days earlier when I sat on a Japanese lavatory for the first time and it squirted a startlingly high-pressure jet of water at me.' Verdict: 'It comes to the UK in March 2009. Which at least gives us at evo plenty of time to scratch our heads over a potential group test, because at the moment I can’t think of any direct rivals.' |
CARGavin Green: 'It's an amazingly tractable engine pulling from way down low in the rev band, then energised by the twin IHI turbochargers all the way, uninterrupted, to the 7,500rpm red line. From launch to 62mph takes 3.6 seconds. On-boost the GT-R surges like a wild thing and it's a seamless surge too.' Verdict: 'For [£60,000 - £65,000] you’ll get one of the world’s great fast cars, a techno tour de force, one of the best cars I’ve ever driven.' |
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TOP GEARBill Thomas: 'A bellow from the engine, a rush of revs, a gigantic accelerative force on my neck, second is gone, a flick of the right-hand, leather-trimmed shift paddle, bang, third gear slammed home and the mighty rush intensified still. My god, this car is fast, one of the fastest production cars ever made.' Verdict: 'With an even more powerful and lighter V Spec GT-R on the way, Porsche can't afford to lag behind for long.' |
PISTONHEADSSteve Sutcliffe: 'Partly it’s the traction but mostly it’s the pure and efficient flow of power to the road that makes the GTR feel so rapid. And that’s before you so much as mention what it can do through corners, which is when the gap between it and the 911 Turbo really opens up.' Verdict: 'M3 style sideways amusement but with monster traction (read huge ground speed) thrown in as a bonus. And then there’s the interior, which is a surprisingly decent place in which to spend time, the proper sized boot, the never-ending standard equipment list, the looks. And the image.' |
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It will be just like the Z06 wars on here, except the naysayers won't have the "LHD and leafsprings" argument to fall back on!
That is thee car to have...Without doubt..!!!
It will be just like the Z06 wars on here, except the naysayers won't have the "LHD and leafsprings" argument to fall back on!
Its a no brainer for me without seeing one of these in the flesh, cayman just bores me
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