Once again the GTR wipps the Porsche 911 S

m4a1mustang

Fair enough. But you've got to be silly to realistically think a 911 CS has a shot at matching the lap times of the GT-R. And similarly silly to consider the GT-R besting the CS as some sort of real victory. It's a given.

It's akin to comparing a Pirelli World Challenge GT car's lap time around Laguna Seca to that of a Continental Tire Challenge GS car's time.

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I somewhat agree and somewhat don't. Bang for the performance buck, GTR shows its stuff here. But that's kinda like pitting a boss mustang against a 335i. Both have the same MSRP, but the boss would crush it in performance tests.

m4a1mustang

Exactly. All I'm saying is the people who know know that the GT-R is really not setting its sights at the performance level of the 911 CS... instead it's looking higher at the Turbo and GTX cars. That's what it does.

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Shamu

Exactly couldnt agree more. Silly to compare the meek little 911 S against this fire breathing turbo monster. It certainly highlights value of the GTR but its not a fair fight. Lets see how the new 991 GT2 fairs against the GTR. Or even the new 991 based GT3 when it hits the streets.

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JimJimmy

I agree that is 100% fair on the performance side, but rice side, you could have what? 2 and a half 3 GTR's? Not arguing, its just interesting. It's not like we are talking about an Aston Martin who just tries to make their Luxury cars look and kind of feel sporty. Porsche's are supposed to be very high end sports cars.

Again, sure not putting down Porsche because I’d still take the Porsche its more of a complement to Nissan!

bigsix

Yeah! I'm excited to see how the new 991 Turbo will compare to the R35 GT-R. The GT-R is amazing in how it set a new standard for super-sportscar performance at great value for money.

Is Nissan working on a new GT-R now ?

MC

R35 platform has 4-5 more years R36 is looking like 2018 now

between now and then its gonna be tweaked every year with a rumored overhaul in 2015 similar to what took place last year

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bigsix

Oh cool, thanks for the info (!)

Zoren 370

R36??? Did they release a drawing or a prototype of how it would look like?

MC

na i talked to one of the lead japanese engineers and project managers on the GTR team and he said everything is focused on the next few years of the R35 and he stated it was a long ways off.


i mean there is so much going on with the R35 in the next few years i wouldnt expect protoypes until maybe 2016 or something

the persisting rumor is that it will incorporate hybrid technology and the groundwork was layed for it a few years ago in the essence prototype

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