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V spec = Game over.

The prototype Nissan GT-R V-Spec, wearing the "Victory Specification" designation reserved for the ultra high-performance Nissan GT-R, has been caught lapping the famed Nürburgring at an incredible, if not simply unbelievable, 7:25 per lap. This, according to bystanders trackside. (For comparison, Walter Röhrl lapped the Ring in 7:28 while driving a Porsche Carrera GT in 2004.)

:eek:

that would be a hell of a daily driver!
 
330 lbs. weight loss is awesome. So basically it weighs the same as a Gallardo, or 911 TT but is more stable and has better electronics to get you around the track faster.
 
Still ugly
 
Still ugly

Hehe have to agree with you there. Even with the awesome specs, still have a hard time getting over the look myself. :biggrin:
 
Super impressive stats, and I am SURE that car beckons the future of supercars.

That said, I have been looking at it for months now trying to figure out why it just doesn't do it for me. Looks are iffy, and it is kinda big but I could get past that. I think it is the electronics.

They have been proliferating for years in daily drivers. Some things are great like bluetooth, navigation, radar cruise, IR night illumination, etc. Some are borderline acceptable like iDrive and paddle shifters. Some are downright annoying to the point I would rip them out the day I got the car (onstar tracking, TCS you can't turn off etc).

I think the reason this car has struck a chord for me is that I have grown to view daily driver cars as a tool. Therefore, I am more appreciate some of the gizmos and look past some of the electronic nannies.

With sports cars for me, I am less likely to appreciate the gizmos and tolerate the nannies. I don't compete in F1, I don't really want the e-aids regardless of how much faster they make me, and I already have a playstation at home. I want a sports car I can feel passionate about. To me, there is beauty in the mechanicals of a car.

It is like we are going from mechanical to digital watches. Better by the metrics, but just doesn't evoke the same passion in me. I bet the GT-R would cream an Exige around the track, but I just can bring myself to want one as much.

Anybody else feeling this way, or I am I the only crazy one?
 
Impressive.

Every GT-R thread seems to gather lots of negative comments on the looks. I think it looks mean. A good perfoming car shouldn't be cute it should be mean! :) I don't think it matters on a car like this, people buying this thing are buying for performance noot looks. IMO, every Porsche is ugly, Viper is ugly, Audi R8 is hideous but hey, I'd take any of them and smoke some cute VW New Beetles all day. With those numbers I'm sure everyone would want one!
 
HOLY MOLY! This thing's beyond comprehension. No wonder why Nissan won't let you mod it. Why would you??

I predict a good drive in one of these will will lap an average driver (me) in a averge NSX :wink:
 
LOL and Honda says no next NSX until they can beat this.
 
Any one else thinks it looks like a G37?
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Actually infinite was designed in help from Porsche. This car is a wana be Ferrari Scag. Impressive numbers but still not an exotic, this car is like those ugly radicals which most people dont care for.
 

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Super impressive stats, and I am SURE that car beckons the future of supercars.

That said, I have been looking at it for months now trying to figure out why it just doesn't do it for me. Looks are iffy, and it is kinda big but I could get past that. I think it is the electronics.

They have been proliferating for years in daily drivers. Some things are great like bluetooth, navigation, radar cruise, IR night illumination, etc. Some are borderline acceptable like iDrive and paddle shifters. Some are downright annoying to the point I would rip them out the day I got the car (onstar tracking, TCS you can't turn off etc).

I think the reason this car has struck a chord for me is that I have grown to view daily driver cars as a tool. Therefore, I am more appreciate some of the gizmos and look past some of the electronic nannies.

With sports cars for me, I am less likely to appreciate the gizmos and tolerate the nannies. I don't compete in F1, I don't really want the e-aids regardless of how much faster they make me, and I already have a playstation at home. I want a sports car I can feel passionate about. To me, there is beauty in the mechanicals of a car.

It is like we are going from mechanical to digital watches. Better by the metrics, but just doesn't evoke the same passion in me. I bet the GT-R would cream an Exige around the track, but I just can bring myself to want one as much.

Anybody else feeling this way, or I am I the only crazy one?
GT-R would cream anyone around the track. I'm with you on the gizmos. It will make you faster on the track but maybe it takes away from the fun. I'm pissed about cd's taking over vinyl for the same reasons. but we'll have to get used to the latest "e-aids" you mention. I'd love a GTR of course although It looks like a 350/G35 mashup, they should supercar it out and lose the classic family sports sedan car styling.
 
And all the Honda executives are sitting around a table saying

"Damn...Why didn't we think of that? Oh well, always next year."
 
I love it. It does resemble the G35/37/Nissan Z from certain angles, but overall it is a very aggressive look. It will never be sexy in the way the NSX is sexy. The NSX is like a Belgium ballet dancer while the GTR is like an East German prostitute with a yeast infection--hot from certain angles, but something you would never want to mess with without protection.
 
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