Jeremy Clarkson Drives the GT-R - Top Gear Video of Nissan's Super Car!

Unbelievable cornering. I'm left speechless.

It seems there's endless grip while at the same time RWD-biased.

— dlin (View Profile)

Posted on 7/21/2008 10:47:42 PM | | Votes: 1   

Maybe it was in the sun too long :-(

— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 7/20/2008 11:47:08 PM | | Votes: -12   

I want one

— pchera01 (View Profile)

Posted on 7/21/2008 3:28:17 AM | | Votes: 6   

I'll bet you Nissan loses a bundle on each one they sell. The GTR's purpose (much like the R8) is to boost Nissan's image, so the price they ask (even with the inevitable dealer markups) has nothing to do with the manufacturing costs. If a company were really interested in pricing the GTR correctly (with appropriate profit margins), the car would be priced in the same range as the cars the GTR is designed to compete with performance wise.

— pcar4evr (View Profile)

Posted on 7/21/2008 3:29:16 PM | | Votes: -1   

what ever boy

— pchera01 (View Profile)

Posted on 7/21/2008 3:30:42 AM | | Votes: 7   

Agent 63, I'll give you credit. That was not something that needed to be deboosted. You are entirely right to your opinion. I would agree with you that it lacks the refinement of the cars it is compared to. I honestly do not believe that was Nissan's goal. I believe they gave the car a nice link back to its heritage via the interior and exterior design. All along they have been claiming only its performance would put it in supercar range. So to your point, mission accomplished. Nissan has quite an accomplishment on their hands. So in my opinion, there is really no need to deboost you.

— montyz81 (View Profile)

Posted on 7/21/2008 7:48:58 AM | | Votes: 4   

"Were they really the horsepower Nissan claims or is it somewhere near 500-ish like some article that popped up on the website indicated."

When porsche 911 and gtr were test in that same time on that same dyno they obtained very similar results in horsepower , so gtrs probably have 480 hp ( or the same as 911 turbo if 911 turbo don`t has 480 hp like porsche claims ) :

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/13/nissan-gt-r-meets-the-dyno-997-porsche-turbo-and-e92-bmw-m3/

— abcd (View Profile)

Posted on 7/21/2008 11:34:45 AM | | Votes: 1   

One thing for sure is that the GTR is an incredible car, and the lap around Top Gear's test track is most impressive. However, I have never seen a car with such a vast span of performance numbers. Edmunds had the 0-60 in 3.3 secs. all the way up to Car and Driver's 4.1 secs. That is an awfully big difference especially when you're talking about an awd car with launch control(very hard to screw up). These kind of figures invite the conspiracy theorists. Dispite this, it would be the performance car I would own under 100k.

— golfer38 (View Profile)

Posted on 7/21/2008 9:28:49 AM | | Votes: 2   

Air temperature, Humidity, and Atmospheric pressure. C&D may have tested it somewhere else. there are many variables that make a world of difference in a cars performance. Motorweek got 5.1 sec o-60 for the C63 AMG slower than I have ever seen. Air temperature, density, humidity and atmospheric presure and elevation make quite a significant impact.

— 85bmw745i (View Profile)

Posted on 7/21/2008 10:52:23 AM | | Votes: 3   

85bmw,
Obviously that's true. However, in this case, the rest of vehicles tested in the C&D article, were consistent with tests in the other publications.

— golfer38 (View Profile)

Posted on 7/21/2008 2:43:46 PM | | Votes: 1   

Say what you will, but If that were the case, it wouldn't have done so well on the top gear track as well. Look at the cars it beat, and was within a couple of tenths of catching the Enzo, and if the stig would have gotten a better launch it might have tied or even barely beat it. I know this car will never appeal to owners of ferrari's, ETC, but it will surely catch the attention of more open minded buyers shooping for the corvette. I like it better than the vette simply for having much more features and a way better built interior. Most vette shoppers are too patriotic and don't care if the GTR is better or not, they only buy American, but the more open minded vette shoppers will give it a look, and I think they will be more than impressed, especially with the handling.

— 85bmw745i (View Profile)

Posted on 7/21/2008 11:02:16 AM | | Votes: 4   

No, what they will be disappointed with will be getting walked in a straight line, because this car isn't that fast in one. They may also be disappointed with their 8-9 min ring times because they don't realize they aren't professional drivers.

— wedouglas (View Profile)

Posted on 7/21/2008 2:58:08 PM | | Votes: 0   

clearly, the journalists are given cars that have been modified, there can be little doubt considering the great discrepancy in performance that is being reported. Even Clarkson makes the point at the beginning of the video about the particular car he was driving having about "a million hp". When the ringers are gone, we'll see the real GTR

— pcar4evr (View Profile)

Posted on 7/21/2008 3:33:43 PM | | Votes: 1