GateCrasher

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North Star

Here we go!

fishfryer

The GT-R is awesome until you look at it, then...

RC 94

You can see that many times the ZR1 messes up and gets loose. Conditions are most likely different. The fact that with what looks like a worse driver the ZR1 still keeps up is more impressive

rockville

Funny that when MT used the same driver on the same day the Z06 Carbon ended up just 0.23 seconds back. It seems that who beats whom is only clear when the marketing guys set up the test.

BTW, the 2012 GTR is very impressive regardless of the ring time hype that Nissan is obviously going for. Too bad it's just so... well I guess a mother could love the looks.
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/..._friendly.html

North Star

I love the looks of the GTR.

There is a really nice one on 20" LM's at my work. That thing is killer!

H22toF20

WOW very close. The ZR1 did get loose a couple times though.

jasonjm

The slide in 6:2X lost him time.

One car obviously sounds better, and +/- 2-5 seconds is still too close to call a definitive winner.

sparrow

Polarizing looks vs looking like the same car dolly parton drives in automatic just w/ a few exterior doo-dads. Anytime I see a gtr and am around non-car enthusiasts they all like it. Get around a person who has 10 milliliters of American car fanboyism and the gtr is the elephant man. I like the all versions of the c6 btw believing that the z06 is the best looking. Sadly since you see corvettes EVERYWHERE it has nowhere near the presence or aesthetic appeal as a gtr imo.

rockville

You are spot on. The Corvette, IMHO, looks really good but it isn't striking because it's common. It's the curse of being a popular car. If the Corvette were GTR rare it would definitely stand out more. Still, what I find sad is there doesn't seem to be any reason WHY the GTR has to look bad. The previous Skylines were conservative looking like the older BMW M series cars. Nissan has over the years done some very nice looking sports cars as well. The first 240Z and the last 300ZX come to mind. Why couldn't they make the GTR look good? It's not like good styling costs extra.

The one place I disagree with you is the aesthetic appeal part of your post. The Corvette's aesthetic appeal is only diminished because it's common. I don't look at a Corvette because I already have its curves in my minds eye. I look at the GTR and try to comprehend how a car (reportedly as I've never driven one) that good could look that ungainly.