Nissan Beats Porsche? 2009 Nissan GT-R (U.S.-Spec)

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For a few seconds, you give in to the spectacle of driving a 2009 Nissan GT-R. This car attracts its own entourage and then takes you along for the ride. It's not just the Skyline mystique, either. It's the fact that even in production sheet metal, the R35 GT-R looks like a one-off concept stolen from a Southern California design studio. It has as many hard contours as a Porsche 911 has soft curves. You have the key fob, and still you ogle it.

Soon, though, you point the GT-R down an on-ramp and plant the throttle. The effortless brutality with which the 2009 Nissan GT-R gathers speed is what you'll describe to your friends — once everyone's tired of talking about the styling, that is.

What you won't tell them is that you suspect your supercar might be a sociopath. It doesn't flow around corners like your E46 BMW M3 did, nor does it transmit feedback through the steering wheel for the sheer pleasure of it.

Instead, the 2009 Nissan GT-R bends asphalt to its will. When it talks to you about tire grip, you get the feeling it's only bothering because you're part of its great plan to break free of the Earth's orbit. Should it ever achieve this, you imagine that its conversation will cease and it will simply expel you into the airless void. Until then, though, you have the conn.

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Nissan Beats Porsche? 2009 Nissan GT-R (U.S.-Spec)

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  • yea right man u can ...

    yea right man u can just kiss my ass i know the gtr doesnt loook like the old skylines and yes the r34 is my favorite but still be thankful that the new gtr came to the us just not stayed in japan dumbfuck

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  • cool car, but the ...

    cool car, but the interior looked lame is it on the market yet???

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  • This car is more ...

    This car is more like a Ford mustang with toys than a porsche 911.
    give up the back seat Nissan GT-R.

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  • I think that...Shut ...

    I think that...Shut the F**k up, retarded, asshole, motherfucker. Your a nit picking, S**t eating, P***y Its a great car, so shut the F**k up....Works better for me, and now qualifies me as a nit picker. Damn man. You got 500 characters, use them.

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  • WOW...how ...

    WOW...how articulate of you. Was that hard? stringing together profanities together to make somthing legable. Look I know its a great car, I think I said that in my comment...Oh yeah, "Awsome numbers the cars a beast", but it could have been so much more... The R32 was sleek and powerfull. The R33 was beefier in the quarterpannels but still retained the same lines. The R34 went back to that sleek style and added more power. Skylines have had their own style and it a shame Nissan took that away.

    By ckdf77 [Affiliate User] 1214225456 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • I may just post ...

    I may just post this on all the R35 vids cause I don't think I'm alone here.

    Oh look... Its an overpriced Infinity G. I'm Very disappointed in Nissan for using the Infinity Chassis for this car. Skyline has always had its own signature style. You see one on the street and go "holy S**t that was a fuckin Skyline". Now I can go "Wow that was a nice looking Infinity". Awsome numbers, the cars a beast, but it could have been so much more....what a waste.

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  • the gtr is ...

    the gtr is practically automated. If ur the type of person that simply pressing down the pedal is fine for u than kool. For many ppl though, all the advanced technology takes the fun out of driving.

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  • hahahah, I don't ...

    hahahah, I don't see GMs laptimes.

    By gmax876 [Affiliate User] 1214168630 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Does skill make you ...

    Does skill make you feel better than the next guy, or does the confidence of driving hard, fast and "cough" safe?

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  • they have very ...

    they have very indepth reviews of this car if you have a PS3 and Gran Turimso 5 Prologue, since the makers of the game helped design the computer system in the car

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  • yea youre right. i ...

    yea youre right. i guess i like turbochargers too much.

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  • cough, where is the ...

    cough, where is the skill required to drive this car?

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  • Tsukuba Time Attack ...

    Tsukuba Time Attack result
    1 GT-R(R35) 1'02"143
    2 GT-R Vspec(BCNR33) 1'03"58


    3 Porsche911 turbo 1'04"12 <--porsche

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  • You're a dickhead.. ...

    You're a dickhead...an ignorant dickhead! That is typical american verbal diahorrea...

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  • shut the F**k up ...

    shut the F**k up asshole retarded motherfucker; ur a nit picking S**t eating P***y it is a great car so shut the F**k up.

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