[DeTomaso] Why Is the Nissan R-35 GTR so fast??

[Arjun Ghosh-Dastidar]

It's called having the world's best 4wd system and complimentary suspension.

It's about having the world's most tuneable engine.

It's a halo model that Nissan doesn't burden with badge snobbery pricing,
hence the extreme value for money.

And for the price of a GTR, you can also have a Pantera that will run rings
around an Enzo. It's a matter of getting the suspension/aero/weight set up
right and adding horsepower.

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Lee, Patrick Q <patrick.q.lee at rbc.com>wrote:

> Okay, I have a reasonably fast 71 Pantera with a nice 393 stroked street
> motor, with alloy heads and 11:5 compression.
> I have a 2011 Jaguar XKR Special Edition with 510 hp which also feels
> stupid fast as well....but Top Gear has the Nissan GTR literally
> thrashing
> every Ferrari (Enzo included), Lambo (LP640 included), the Maserati MC
> 12, any Aston Martin, any Audi any Jaguar, any Mercedes, any Porsche,
> any Corvette.....
> My god, the only thing within sight of this rocket around a track was
> the Noble, the Atom and the Bugatti Veyron and they weren't any faster.
> This is the regular R-35 GTR you can buy for 90 grand. If you tweak the
> blowers, this thing will generate 700-1000 hp.
> They have one that did 8's in the quarter at 170 mph....what is going on
> here???
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