Don’t look at me, look at the freakin’ traffic in front of you!’ Generally it’s not very healthy for a biker to take his eyes off the road for so long, but you can’t really blame him – it’s not every day you see a brand-new Japanese supercar. We’re in Tokyo taking photographs and trying not to cause accidents, the latter being tricky when a car looks this good.
Watching the new Nissan GT-R’s reflection rippling across the surface of yet another mirror-windowed office block, it looks a world away from the bluntly functional exterior of the old R34 Skyline. The new car’s performance should be sensational, but for the first time this is a GT-R than can be craved at a standstill as well as at full tilt.
It is brilliantly and unashamedly Japanese in its design – a German or French manufacturer just wouldn’t make a car look like this. With its bold lines and riot of creases, it fits into the Tokyo atmosphere perfectly, yet it’s also aerodynamically tidy, with a drag coefficient of Cd 0.27........
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