Do You Agree? "Driving The GTR Is Science But Driving The M3 Is Art"

Mosport is, unequivocally, North America’s highest speed racetrack. For several years Mosport raceway – now badged Canadian Tire Motorsport Park under new ownership – has provided BMWBLOG the ideal proving grounds to test the true dynamics of BMW cars and SUVs. I suppose it is in some measure Canada’s Nurburgring – minus the castle and great length (so… it’s not really – but that sounds cool). Suffice it to say that Mosport is BMWBLOG’s home proving ground and playground and after putting in so many laps both wet and dry, we affectionately call it home.

Of course, we’ve tested more than BMW metal around this retired Formula 1 circuit. Late this summer I strapped into a shiny new Nissan GTR to set a new benchmark for lap time and trap speed. BMWBLOG met Godzilla, as she’s so aptly been named.


I write this racetrack review for BMWBLOG for two key reasons: to draw comparisons between Nissan’s AWD system and BMW M’s XM AWD system; secondly to ponder the success of Godzilla, and where BMW’s M3 slots in by way of competition.



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Yonder7 - 11/27/2012 1:16:19 PM

+1 Boost

Yes I agree....

Driver8 - 11/27/2012 4:59:52 PM

+2 Boost

I've never driven a GTR but when I see people say how the car "outdrove" them I wonder if it was that they were too afraid to fully exploit the potential of the car.

D8.

weaponX - 11/28/2012 1:28:53 PM

+1 Boost

I drive a GT-R daily, and have owned an E46 M3 along with an E60 M5. While the driving experience of the M cars is great, the GT-R is just simply in another planet. Period. The type of performance levels that you can generate, which is a lot more accessible with the GT-R, is just mind-bogglingly surreal. It is especially addicting and the machine just gives the driver an immense sense of confidence (and invulnerability) like no other car on the planet. It just grips...grips...grips..grips and grips! By the time the tow truck pulls the M3 out of the ditch, you would probably just be pushing the GT-R at 2/3 its limit.