Veyron and GTR
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tloraine

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672 posts

201 months

Saturday 9th October 2010
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Quick Question.

Does anybody know why the Nissan GTR is always being compared to the Bugatti Veyron? On Youtube there is video after video of them doing races against each other, and all that sort of stuff.

Anyone?

rottie102

4,033 posts

215 months

Sunday 10th October 2010
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tloraine said:
Quick Question.

Does anybody know why the Nissan GTR is always being compared to the Bugatti Veyron? On Youtube there is video after video of them doing races against each other, and all that sort of stuff.

Anyone?
Because they are both fast cars? idea

007 VXR

64,187 posts

218 months

Sunday 10th October 2010
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rottie102 said:
tloraine said:
Quick Question.

Does anybody know why the Nissan GTR is always being compared to the Bugatti Veyron? On Youtube there is video after video of them doing races against each other, and all that sort of stuff.

Anyone?
Because they are both fast cars? idea
rofl

weezb

4,239 posts

195 months

Sunday 10th October 2010
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tloraine said:
Quick Question.

Does anybody know why the Nissan GTR is always being compared to the Bugatti Veyron? On Youtube there is video after video of them doing races against each other, and all that sort of stuff.

Anyone?
Because in that video a ~£60K car hands a £1M car its arse?

Rich_W

12,548 posts

243 months

Sunday 10th October 2010
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Not sure that £60K actually cost that much with all the mods.

However, the serious answer is that they are:

1) Both 4wd
2) Both Turbo'ed
3) Both semi automatics Double clutch boxes
4) Both a bit lardy
5) Both very easy to drive fast in a straight line

The ethos of both cars is far more similar than the Veyron is to the oft compared McLaren F1

Edited by Rich_W on Sunday 10th October 16:47

sebhaque

6,535 posts

212 months

Sunday 10th October 2010
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I like to think it's because they're both designed to be technological masterpieces. I'm surprised the Lexus LFA isn't mentioned more in the same breath as the GTR and Vey as, while it's not as quick as its price tag suggests it's still a complicated piece of kit.

I suppose it's the same reason why Top Gear lump the Merc E63 in with the american muscle cars - same philosophy of shoehorning a big V8 into a saloon car. Although the Merc has some german cleverness to it.