Comments on: 450kW Nissan GT-R hybrid rumoured for 2012

By: Beamalloy Titanium Coating

Beamalloy Titanium Coating — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:33:06 +0000

Will this come in electric?

By: The Realist

The Realist — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:23:25 +0000

Mate you have no credibility. You still think Czechoslovakia is a country in Europe. Shows exactly what you know about the world.

Rather than post on here perhaps you should go back to grade 2 and learn how to read an atlas.

By: ky

ky — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:10:11 +0000

Toyota is making the next Supra. It’s called the LF-A.
A journalist test drove one and said that it’s engine lacks torque for city driving. It uses a electronic operated manual gearbox which is flawed in city driving. The journalist is puzzled as to why Toyota went that route when the most logical thing to do was to jump on the bandwagon like Ferrari and Porsche and use the dual clutch transmission.
Guess Toyota didn’t want to follow in Nissan’s footsteps.

By: ky

ky — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:53:31 +0000

Drove a friend’s GTR the other week. Spent about 2 hours pussyfooting around town and another 2 up on the winding hills. Here is my impression.
- If you’re gonna buy the GTR just to pose, there are better cars, Merc, BMW, Ferrari etc.
- Around town, there’s no other supercar that can match it in terms of space and practicality.
- Suspension is a bit hard, but think about this, a Veyron’s is even harder and no one is complaining!
- GTR just won 2009 MOTOR magazine performance car of the year, along with the R8.
- GTR will wipe the floor when it comes to ‘bang for you buck’ test.
– In Australia, what’s the next best car for 160K? – a M3. The base 911 is still above 200K. These 2 cars can’t even hold a candle to the GTR.

By: Trump

Trump — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:15:02 +0000

I rented an R35 in Japan last month for 12hours. The lineage has been my idle car for as long as i can remember and i guess i built it up to be more than it could ever deliver, cause i was mildly disappointed.
Took it to Mt Haruna where drifting began and absolutely rung the titanium coating balls off it. It is mind blowingly quick and the launch control is unbelivable, despite all the japanese text that came up on the dashboard.
I did feel bullet proof in it. Hit a few corners a little too fast and felt all the electronics rescue me on a few occassions. Eventually that could be the undoing if i owned it fulltime, there is only so much electronics can do.
Overall impression of it was that it is too big and could never live with the gearbox around town. Nil turbo lag and surprisingly economical, was expecting well over 20 l/100km, returned about 14.
The experience was amazing and will prob save me a fortune cause previously i would have considered buying one. Now i’m not so sure.

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:07:24 +0000

None of the executives or designers at Holden ever said that they were going to make the TT-36 Torana; the Coupe 60; the SS-T; the SS-X; the Sandman or the Efijy..

Whereas Toyota did say that they were working on a next generation Supra. Which means that the Supra isn’t a concept but a project car

Concept cars like the Efijy are usually seen for the first time at the first day of the motor show – and theres no guarantee that they will go into production

Whereas we usually see images/sketches/photos of upcoming production cars like we have with the “Supra” long before we see the actual car.. Since then we have continued to see images of the same car with slight cosmetic changes – but we are still waiting

If a company like Holden can make a Commodore Coupe [Concept]go from production to reality in less than 4 years .. why can’t Toyota?

By: Jester

Jester — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:39:35 +0000

Completely agree – and how the hell can people expect to really “feel” how the car feels by being driven around the block in a suburbia. This car is made for the track and the real driving roads, I’m sure you would change your mind if someone that knows how to drive would take you for a hot lap.

By: Jester

Jester — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:37:11 +0000

end of 2007 – end of 2011. 5 years was always what Nissan stated as a life expectancy for the R35, which means 2012 for a major re-do. Makes sense.

By: SteveH

SteveH — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:28:48 +0000

You are right Wheelnut. Every concept car that a manufacturer shows at a car show goes into production, doesn’t it? Still waiting on the Coupe 60 and the reborn Torana to make an appearance then.

By: SteveH

SteveH — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:25:02 +0000

Wheelnut, your ‘point’ that you make about a simpler smaller engine is easier to get more power out of with forced induction is not valid with the examples that you listed. All of the examples that you listed are bigger than the LFA engine, so I don’t know what you are on about. If you had used examples like a Porsche Turbo or the GTR engine, you may have had a point, eventhough I am not sure if they put out more power.

As for the Aurion V6 being derived from Toyota’s F1 experience. Thats just marketing spin. Being a Holden man you should know all about that.