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Three Generations of GT-R'S Battle The New R35 to See Whether or Not It's Worthy of the GT-R Badge

aston_martin submitted on 4/28/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:45:38 PM

Australian Motor Magazine pits the new Nissan GT-R35 against the three GT-R's that propelled the GT-R badge into legend and to see whether or not the new one is worthy of the GT-R badge....

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Video: Jay Leno’s test drives the 2009 Nissan GT-R

omarrana submitted on 4/28/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:00:48 PM

We definitely would love to see Adam Corolla and Jay Leno host the U.S. version of Top Gear, however Leno has already turned down the offer fearing that Americans will ruin the show for what it’s worth. Nonetheless you can see Leno’s take on the l...

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Has Nissan Upset The Order Of The Sports Car Universe With The GT-R?

Agent009 submitted on 4/28/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 3:46:27 PM

The first time I thought I had driven too fast into a corner in Nissan's new GT-R, I realized this was not just another high-powered sports car. Instead of plowing toward the outside of the turn, or spitting out its tail, the 2009 GT-R simply hunkere...

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Toyota’s Virtual Crash Dummies Advance Racecar Safety

Agent009 submitted on 4/28/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 11:25:36 AM

The FIA Institute and Toyota have worked together to use the THUMS system to recreate high speed accidents and their effects on human physiology, allowing them to study the kind of serious injuries that are difficult to measure with convention...

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TOP GEAR: The Stig Takes a Spin in the Nissan GT-R

aston_martin submitted on 4/26/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 6:50:22 PM

We burble out of Nissan's testing facility at the Nürburgring to meet the Porsche, bound for some of the best A-roads in the area, followed by the 'bahn. You will have noticed by now that the Stig appears in these photographs. He materialised fro...

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Road and Track Comparo: First US-spec GT-R vs. Corvette Z06 vs. 911 Turbo

ptral submitted on 3/19/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:10:19 AM

Every once in a while, a car comes along with so much hype that not only does it capture the attention of car enthusiasts everywhere, it creates a frenzy among publications all over the world vying to be the first to drive it, test it and compare it ...

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