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Tuesday, October 16, 2007     Picture Gallery - Nissan GT-R     Courtesy of Nissan Press, enjoy! Tools & Links for DrivingEnthusiast.net post number # 2232     View and add comments: Comments:   Trackback: Trackback Link and count:;[]   Permanent URL for this post: http://www.DrivingEnthusiast.net/sec-blog/2007/10/16.html#a2232   See similar posts in these categories: Nissan GT-R | Nissan-Infiniti   Search Google for similar topics on the web: Google It!   RSS Feed for DrivingEnthusiast.net   About DrivingEnthusiast.net  Motor Trend breaks the GT-R embargo     Motor Trend has spilled the beans on the GT-R, breaking the embargo with Nissan and releasing the details of the GT-R. The next issue of Motor Trend, available in a couple of weeks, has a cover story on the GT-R. The GT-R is one of the most eagerly anticipated Japanese new cars in many years, to say the least. AutoWeek and dozens of other sites have the full set of pics - inside and out. Including the final details of the engine and it's HP and torque specs (impressive). Yes, an embargo is a legal agreement and directly or indirectly Motor Trend broke it. Follow the link above to AutoWeek, where you can see the full set of press pack images. The forums are full of discussion on this car already, comparing to the Z06 and others. What these people don't understand is that the Z06, as a Corvette, has a certain image it has to carry around on it's shoulders. It's baggage, it's a dark cloud. It will take a long time before it goes completely away. GM has to earn it the hard way. The GT-R, on the other hand, is and has always been a far more sophisticated car - appealing to enthusiasts who appreciate cars for their technical sophistication as well as for their their accomplishments. The GT-R has no shortage of either. The Corvette has very very little technical sophistication.. . and a number of areas that are downright crude (such as the suspension... and the resulting bad high-speed dynamics). It does have it's accomplishments on the track, without which it'd be nothing more than a low-brow muscle car. Nonetheless, these are two different cars for two different markets. Only the smallest subset of 1% of Corvette owners will take their cars to the track to test and their limits and develop true driving skills... it remains to be seen what the percentage will be for upcoming TR-R owners. Tools & Links for DrivingEnthusiast.net post number # 2231     View and add comments: Comments:   Trackback: Trackback Link and count:;[]   Permanent URL for this post: http://www.DrivingEnthusiast.net/sec-blog/2007/10/16.html#a2231   See similar posts in these categories: Media: Motor Trend | Nissan GT-R | Nissan-Infiniti   Search Google for similar topics on the web: Google It!   RSS Feed for DrivingEnthusiast.net   About DrivingEnthusiast.net			Prior Blog Posts by Date October 2007 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31       Sep   Nov Use this calendar to navigate thru prior blog postings by date.
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