Nissan rolls out long-awaited GT-R super-coupe

[Ferendon 10+ year member]

The car is gorgeous. And it's constructed of pure mechanical genius. As for those who think it's under-powered... You're mental. For a 3.8l, that's pretty ****ing good. Not to mention, it's probably (like just about every other TT car ever produced), rolling off of the assembly line with tiny little turbos. I wouldn't be surprised to see this thing hit 500-550whp, with an intake, exhaust and a tune. There are gobs and gobs of potential left in that car. If Nissan can make a 2.6l, in the early 90s, that is capable of 550whp, on stock internals, what's to stop them from make an engine 1.2l larger, with technology that is 13 years newer, push 550whp on stock guts? Pretty God-****ed good. For $68,000, you can have a car that was designed, tested, and tuned SPECIFICALLY to beat the Porsche 911 Turbo. At the 'ring. And did so... In just about all aspects of performance. And that was the prototype, with a 450-hp 3.7 TT in it. Did I mention, that it's roughly HALF the price of the 911 Turbo?

 

[elementxero 10+ year member]

The car is gorgeous. And it's constructed of pure mechanical genius. As for those who think it's under-powered... You're mental. For a 3.8l, that's pretty ****ing good. Not to mention, it's probably (like just about every other TT car ever produced), rolling off of the assembly line with tiny little turbos. I wouldn't be surprised to see this thing hit 500-550whp, with an intake, exhaust and a tune. There are gobs and gobs of potential left in that car. If Nissan can make a 2.6l, in the early 90s, that is capable of 550whp, on stock internals, what's to stop them from make an engine 1.2l larger, with technology that is 13 years newer, push 550whp on stock guts? Pretty God-****ed good. For $68,000, you can have a car that was designed, tested, and tuned SPECIFICALLY to beat the Porsche 911 Turbo. At the 'ring. And did so... In just about all aspects of performance. And that was the prototype, with a 450-hp 3.7 TT in it. Did I mention, that it's roughly HALF the price of the 911 Turbo?

Seriously.

But then again I'm pretty sure the people that don't like it for random reasons also own American made trucks................

 

[Lingerfelt 10+ year member]

Unfortunately for Nissan (and fans of the GTR), I highly doubt anyone is going to be cross-shopping Nissans and Porsches.

I still think the R34 GTR looks better, they should've stuck with the prototype design (looked better IMO), and should've kept Skyline in the name.

 

[W8 a minute 10+ year member]

Did I mention, that it's roughly HALF the price of the 911 Turbo?

Did you know the Chevy Aveo will get you to work at the LEGAL speed limit for nearly 1/10th the cost?

Did you know that Dual makes subwoofers also?

Does anybody want either? NO.

 

[W8 a minute 10+ year member]

Seriously.
But then again I'm pretty sure the people that don't like it for random reasons also own American made trucks................

No I don't. I just think it's butt ugly. There are also a lot of people on this board who think a Honda Civic is the greatest car ever and anything Japanese is superior. I owned a Sentra Spec-V and if that car was any indication of Nissan's quality then I'll have to pass. That was the worst 4 months of my life.

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

I think some of you guys are blind........the lines on it are shit.......

 

[JoeHemi57 10+ year member]

0.27 drag, they even state that form followed function. i'd still pimp the hell out of it.

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

its under powered at 475hp and over priced

you do understand that the 350 Z, which has only 287hp still goes 0-60 in the same amount of time as a corvette, right?

and this is a much higher amount of horsepower, in a much lighter car.

the GT-R is a mean beast, and it has been talked about ALOT over at the 350 forums... it is fast, brutally powerful, and looks killer IMO.

oh yeah, it also lapped the nurburgring faster than the mercedes/mclaren SLR, at 7:35 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif

and for a production car, at that price, you cant touch that... that is VERY impressive, i dont care what you compare it to. dollars to dollars, you cant outperform that.

 

[fwb_1234 10+ year member]

I like how it looks. Do we have a face shot?

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

apparently on that run around the nurburgring the GT-R pulled 2 g's of lateral.

which, all things considered, is not overly impressive given the track. but still pretty impressive IMO. i want to see what it does on a skid pad.

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

I like how it looks. Do we have a face shot?

http://my350z.com/forum/showthread.php?t=304055

that should have any pic you want //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

looking at this thing makes me want to go out and drive my car lol.

 

[Lingerfelt 10+ year member]

you do understand that the 350 Z, which has only 287hp still goes 0-60 in the same amount of time as a corvette, right?

On what planet does this happen?

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

On what planet does this happen?

should have said about the same time... although, they arent too far off.

4.8s compared to 5.3s. the point of the statement though, was to say that this car is underpowered with 475hp and going to 60 mph in 3 seconds is pretty absurd.

 

[Lingerfelt 10+ year member]

should have said about the same time... although, they arent too far off.
4.8s compared to 5.3s. the point of the statement though, was to say that this car is underpowered with 475hp and going to 60 mph in 3 seconds is pretty absurd.

Half a second is a huge difference, especially in 0-60 times. I'd also like to add that 4.8 0-60 for a Corvette is pretty slow.

The GTR has AWD, traction works wonders and 474 horsepower isn't exactly underpowered.

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

id consider .5 seconds in the quarter to be vastly different than .5 secinds 0-60