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Nissan Skyline GT-R

You gotta respect Nissan for bringing a car like that onto the scene.
 
Here's a review of the Nissan GT-R vs Porsche 997 GT2.

GT-R £53k, 7 min 56s Nurburgring
GT2 £131k, 7 min 49s Nurburgring

Pay your money, take your choice
 
From birth the Skyline was very quick and where far better performance wise than Porche, and that fact was not well received by European manufacturers hence it was never given the chance to show what it was made of.

It is only recently that it has been allowed to compete.
 
Absolutely love this car. Did anyone see the top gear where Clarkson put his neck out due to the sheer amounts of grip it has.

Also like the fact the engine de restricts when it arrives at a race track.
 
I'm almost positive i followed that very car down Hampton High Street yesterday...

It had 4 exhausts , each one of which i would estimate was 6 inches across , and you know how monster exhausts usually look silly , strangely these didn't look out of place ...

Numberplate was ' V23 *** ' , looked very manacing indeed , in front of it was a brand new M3 and the M3 looked like a silly toy compared to it ...

Very impressive in the flesh .
 
Chris Akabusi said:
Also like the fact the engine de restricts when it arrives at a race track.
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surely it would de-restrict with the UK spec as Jap spec are restricted to 112mph?

Are my eyes deceiving me or is it an auto? (Possibly semi-auto? Definitely no third pedal there...)
 
kwakdonut said:
surely it would de-restrict with the UK spec as Jap spec are restricted to 112mph?

Are my eyes deceiving me or is it an auto? (Possibly semi-auto? Definitely no third pedal there...)
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It has a dual clutch system.....I'm guessing similar but faster than VAGs DSG system
 
I think the idea of derestriction via GPS is inspired.

Exactly what this car was designed for, no reason for it to do more than 122mph on a road anywhere, but anything you like on private facilities.
 
kwakdonut said:
surely it would de-restrict with the UK spec as Jap spec are restricted to 112mph?

Are my eyes deceiving me or is it an auto? (Possibly semi-auto? Definitely no third pedal there...)
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I'm not sure. He was in Japan when he tested it, so you may well be correct.
 
Going back ~14yrs my colleague had a very special GT-R - 800bhp:devil:

Measured on the dyno after it blew up 4 clutch plates! Finally fitted a triple plate version that was sooo sharp it was vitually impossible to drive smoothly.

Scared the cr*p out of me on many an occasion :D :D
 
bolide said:
I believe that the Porsche time is for a lap and that the Nissan time is BTG and not a complete lap. Hence the disparity
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Those were the times as tested by Drivers Republic and not by a Nissan test driver who forgot to include the final straight :)

Nissan 'timed' it as 7min 29s, which is the time minus the final straight, cheeky hey and unnecessary as there's no shame in being 7s slower whilst being £78k cheaper
 
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Brother in law used to have one. Picked up cheap from a 'youngster' who had imported it but then found he couldn't insure it. Awesome, awesome car.
 
I am wandering ...why they stopped call it "skyline" but at the same time it still R-35 (all skylines r32,r33,r34 have GT-R's in model line). New breed has born?
 
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