Nissan Skyline GT-R Faster Around the Nurburgring Than Porsche 911 Turbo

those are awesome times, congratulations to Nissan. But let's keep that in perspective. You could take a Mustang and build it to beat a 911 around the track. The fact is at the end of the day there's a pretty huge status gap between these cars, and when the guy with the 911 Turbo is busy getting ushered into the VIP section of the club to have a threesome with two models while his 911 Turbo gets the front valet spot, I don't think he's going to care that the Nissan is 2 seconds faster around Nurburgring.

— JRobUSC (View Profile)

Posted on 9/22/2007 2:01:07 PM | | Votes: 1   

you know what else is slower than this around the track? Every single BMW, Mercedes, Audi, and Aston Martin, every Porsche besides the 911 GT2 (they don't make the Carrera GT anymore), and all but one or two Ferraris and Lamborghinis. And so what? Everyone with the money to buy all those cars will take the ones that don't have "NISSAN" on the front end. The guy who buys the Nissan can brag he can beat those cars, the guy with those cars couldn't care less.

— JRobUSC (View Profile)

Posted on 9/22/2007 2:06:51 PM | | Votes: 0   

Like who cares.

— dlin (View Profile)

Posted on 9/24/2007 9:56:19 PM | | Votes: 1   

U said it Godzilla has Arrived!!!!! And the take is that they have left considerable engineering room for easy power upgrades (a Hallmark of the GTR's).
I do think the the Nissan team is chasing Porsche ... and not only on performance terms ...
If anybody here is familair with GT racing, they are aware that outright performance is not the main criteria , instead engineering data for its car components to last the race makes race winners.
Porsche is famous for that. If you run a GT team with Porsche's, their data, allows you far more leeway in setting up your car to last the race. (Aka LeMan's America - where the GT class was won by Porsche over Ferrari)
Nissan has set up a system exactly to match that ...

To the dude who was comparing a hopped up Mustang to the GTR ... the GTR is built to take abuse like a race car. Same with the Porsche. Your one off Mustang will probably do one lap well but in a GT race get eaten up alive if you dont have data for its components to see the level of wear/tear.

— izfuney (View Profile)

Posted on 9/22/2007 5:17:00 PM | | Votes: 6   

jealousy?

— Htay7500 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/21/2007 9:37:23 PM | | Votes: 8   

No, it is ugly -for a sports car.

It always has been.

— Matthew1 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/21/2007 11:27:00 PM | | Votes: -3   

But that doesn't mean it doesn't perform well, which is really what matters. It has road presence. That's an excuse for strange looks, yes, but it is just moot at this point. The car will take rich ricers and even converts (ex-Porsche, BMW drivers) by storm.

— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 9/22/2007 1:26:33 AM | | Votes: 4   

The Nissan Skyline has always been a bland, boring and emtionless piece of design. But it was a hoot to drive. Witht this new R35 they are entering the elite market, or at least trying to.

— SevorbeupstryIsBack (View Profile)

Posted on 9/22/2007 4:43:47 PM | | Votes: -4   

Er, 350Z an Miata, no the Miata isn't fast, but it is a sports car in its truest form.

— theoptimisticpessimist (View Profile)

Posted on 9/22/2007 7:39:49 PM | | Votes: 3   

let the deboosting begin.

— Htay7500 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/22/2007 9:00:24 AM | | Votes: 6   

I have to agree with you to some degree. German performance cars, seem much more commonplace than Japanese ones. Performance Porsches, Mercedes and BMWs can be a fairly easy find in any city, but cars like the Supra, NSX and the 3000GT VR-4, seem almost nonexistent. I'm sure this statement won't apply to southern California.

— Bmw8ter (View Profile)

Posted on 9/22/2007 9:55:53 AM | | Votes: 5   

I'm not sure I agree with your statement "I'd like to have something that isn't seen often, or better yet EVER seen. and thats why I love japanese cars much more than american and euros." -If you apply this to Japanese cars in general that's not true. Most cars you see on the road, at least in NY, are Japanese. If your applying that statement to Japanese performance cars...then it seems that's more appropriate.

— Need4Speed (View Profile)

Posted on 9/22/2007 1:09:10 PM | | Votes: 1   

I think it's a regional thing. In my neck of the woods, American and Japaneese sports cars are everywhere. Corvettes, 350Z's and even NSX's it seems. It's rare to see a 911 and when you do its a ho-hum 996 C4 with a dent in the back bumper.

If I were in it for the show, anything in the $70K and up bracket for a sports car would be more than adequate around here. Then again, I live in the mountain state where its easy to impress everyone in their Subaru.

— Threepoint1415926 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/22/2007 1:49:39 PM | | Votes: 1   

N4S: yes I am talking about Japanese sports cars. But I do like mainstream japanese cars like the accord and LC but thats a different story.

— Htay7500 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/22/2007 2:22:50 PM | | Votes: 1   

A comment I'm sure your parents made the day you were born.

— answer (View Profile)

Posted on 9/24/2007 12:25:36 PM | | Votes: 1