GTR on Top Gear this sunday by The Stig

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07-18-2008 | 02:40 PM

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vishnus11

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Originally Posted by dickiejohnson,Jul 18 2008, 02:31 PM

This is not surprising. The GT-R has been shown to keep pace with the Enzo on many courses.

If anyone's interested, there's a new GT-R (red) test in the Automobile August issue. The result they got was:

0-60: 3.4
1/4: 11.6 @ 122
lat g/cornering g: .99/.99
70-0: 149ft
slalom: 73

They tested it along a 911TT and every one of those number beats the 911TT's.

damn! 70-0 in 149ft. and slalom at 73mph.

HOW?! This car just keeps getting better and BETTER. Kudos to Nissan - I bow down to their engineers

07-18-2008 | 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by vishnus11,Jul 18 2008, 02:40 PM

damn! 70-0 in 149ft. and slalom at 73mph.

HOW?! This car just keeps getting better and BETTER. Kudos to Nissan - I bow down to their engineers

Actually, those #'s are not records or anything, but excellent for sure. If I remember correctly, another test got almost 74mph for slalom, but don't remember if it was C&D or R&T.

07-18-2008 | 03:50 PM

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Some people around here are masochist... I won't name them but you know who you are.

For $70,000 this car is setting some nice records. Althought it does have its shortcomings its positives mostly make up for it.

07-18-2008 | 05:06 PM

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Is it all the electronic gizmo driving aids that do it? Basic traction control improves my times by 1 sec on a 50 sec course. But hell, it surely doesn't feel as good (too ho hum) as when it is off and I am trying me darnedest best to keep the back in line.

But yes - Kudos the Nissan on this beast. The new NSX and LF-A have a lot of work to do to better this beast out of the box.

07-18-2008 | 06:12 PM

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Thanks for the site guys!

07-18-2008 | 09:42 PM

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Is it on BBC Sunday night? I swear all the ones I have DVR'd have been on Monday nights(eastern time).

07-19-2008 | 05:06 AM

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Man that's fast. I can't even imagine what the Spec-V will do. I'm looking forward to seeing Sunday's results.

07-19-2008 | 03:29 PM

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Looking forward to this show.

If the GT-R is not as monstrous in a straight line as some others but get extremely impressive track times, what does that mean?

07-19-2008 | 05:14 PM

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That it has HUGE grip, handles pretty well in transitions, very good brakes (beats a lot of carbon ceramic cars in that dept.), and has a good powerband to work with on a track...