Sour grapes or legitimate complaint? That's the question we're left pondering after reading that Porsche believes Nissan must have cheated to record its 7:29:03 lap time of the famed N
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Sour grapes or legitimate complaint? That's the question we're left pondering after reading that Porsche believes Nissan must have cheated to record its 7:29:03 lap time of the famed N
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hmmm i look forward to the nissan response
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sour grapes me thinks. They're trying to compare times from different drivers etc. too many variables. Whoever clocked the times claimed by Nissan would have no doubt a lot more experience driving the GTR than who ever porsche had driving it.
In anycase, I've seen the GTR put to the test at a recent tarmac rally even here which was held on closed off public roads in rural areas over 3 days.
At the end of the event the GTR took first place with a 24 year old at the wheel.
In 2nd place was a Gallardo Superleggara driven by a former GT cup driver.
3rd was a GT2 driven by an ex national supercar champ and former JGTC driver.
to top it off (something quite relevant to Porsche's complaints) the 2nd and 3rd place cars had race rubber on while the GTR was still on road tyres due to the fact they couldn't source any semi slicks for the 20" wheels.
To be fair the other cars looked a little quicker going into corners etc, but once the GTR was able to take a line it simply took off. The acceleration out of the corners is just nuts, let alone the straight aways.
At the end of the day it was a relatively inexperienced driver put up against guys with a lifetime of race experience in formidable cars and he got a result in real world conditions.
These sorts of results speak for themselves
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, but next year you'll have a better chance getting a cheaper one
lol your gonna look at a $7000+ dealer mark ups over base msrp on average right now
oh, and did i mention they are a little over $100,000 right now. When msrp is 76,000(gt-r) -79,000(gt-r premium).
wow. nevermind....even if i had the moeny, i wouldnt buy it.
Inside Line says: Here's more proof that high-performance cars can make even engineers from the world's most sophisticated car companies act like scruffy teenagers in high-school auto shop.
