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Originally Posted by Tarolisol

Im not sure where you guys get your info but the Nissan GTR has one of the best times on the nurburgring track in germany, and thats not a straight line. Beating out million dollar cars. Faster then the porche 911 turbo and carrera GT on straight and winding tracks.

You don't happen to own a Skyline do you?

Dont want this to become a slagging match over which car is better than which...

I love the GTR (I've owned an R32 and driven R33's & R34's) & I never said it's only good in straight lines.

As regards 'info' on lap times... the GTR is actually slower than a Carrera GT around the 'Ring.

7:28 - Porsche Carrera GT (official factory time 7:32)
7:38 - 2009 Nissan GTR
7:40 - Porsche 997 Turbo
8:32 - Porsche Boxster S
8:42 - Lotus Exige

Don't forget that one of the prime objectives of the GTR development team was to beat the 911 Turbo around the Nurburgring.

They achived that goal but, at what cost?

The car is stupendously fast, handles well (but not as well as a Lotus!) and is reasonably cheap for the performance (approx. $80k) - but it's heavy (near 4000lbs), soul-less (drives like a Playstation game - many reasons for this) and at the end of the day, looks damned ugly!

Put it on a tighter track (that is more typical of the kind of tracks you & me would drive around) and the GTR would start to become ponderous, heavy & underbraked compared to 'trackday' cars such as Elise & Exige.

The slower lap time around the 'Ring is due to the Lotus hitting it's rev limiter on the straights (small, low horse power engine).

Originally Posted by Tarolisol

Also the Elises speed comes from how light it weighs which means big people can slow down the car immensly.

That's the beauty of the Elise

Let's put it this way...

Some people prefer to knock down a house with a wrecking ball & some would prefer a small, well placed explosive charge.

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