Comments on: Nissan GT-R buyers treated to Nürburgring drive

By: James F

James F — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:46:10 +0000

Re the Porsche v GTR stuff – I think Porsche recently said somewhere that when Nissan published the figures which shows quicker than the 911, it was tested with slicks (not road tyres)… Could be hot air – not sure – but thats what Porsche said a couple of weeks back.

On another issue – I love the GTR, however, like the W427 – I have trouble with the dollar value of both these beats given what you can also buy with that sort of cash..

I also wonder what resale will be like??

By: George

George — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:29:24 +0000

I sure as hell hope they have a poor resale value – I will own this car at one stage in my life.

The GT-R had a limiter for both its AU and UK power laps. Strangely though Nissan haven’t explicitly mentioned whether its GPS speed limiter works here in Australia – though I doubt it would have recognised Camden airport as a race track anyway.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:09:09 +0000

in aussie top gear the speed limiter was on, that’s why there is an asterix next to it.

By: George

George — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:54:29 +0000

It looks like a great car but i wonder what resale values will be on these cars?
I’m scared in a couple of years time from now, you will see P platers driving these japanese missiles

By: Ivan

Ivan — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:49:56 +0000

Dan, if my sources are correct, the GTR still had the limiter on when going around the track. So the top speed would have been limited to 180km/h on some parts of the track.

I think that’s what I heard in UK TG. Not sure for the Aus one.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:56:27 +0000

Went to filming of Top Gear last night, it was for episode 8 (last of the season). On the lap times wall sheet a Porsche 911 GT2 did a lap time in the 1 minute 6 second are, the GTR was 1 minute 9 second. Found this interesting with all the reviews of GTR vs Porsche.

Audi R8 did a 1 minute 11 seconds in the rain, so that woudl have to be in the same range as the GTR in the dry you would think?

By: WVB

WVB — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:23:18 +0000

The cynic in me says Nissan are surreptitiously throwing as many gtrs at the ring all at once in a vain attempt someone will fluke a trump and beat the viper srt lap time. Hehe.

By: Genie

Genie — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:52:13 +0000

^^ I’d say the front probably. The headlights and the profile of the front are very similar, although the grill is quite different. Sounds pretty awesome having a sponsered track day, I’m just wondering how many people had a bad day and ran their brand new GTRs into a wall.

By: smokin'R32

smokin'R32 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:36:27 +0000

Hotted up 350Z? What angle are you looking at??

By: Victory

Victory — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:55:01 +0000

Regarding the first post, GTR might be a must have, but surely it doesn’t combine elegance?
Looks more like a hotted up 350Z, and that’s not a look people with elegance aspire to have.
As for strength, we shall see. I heard there have already been a few cases of gearbox failures due to VDC being turned off and launch control being used often. Apparently warranty will not cover this expensive problem.