R35 Skyline GTR- 11.67@111mph hitting speed limiter
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IMHO i would take a sexy R35 instead of a z06 even if in fact the chevy is faster.
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The first two US market R35 are in the states. As of about 5 pm yesterday someone snapped pics of two white R35's outside a shop in cali.
> Mitch Hedberg wrote:
> I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.ASE certified parts specialist.
2004 Impala LS 3.8 -
Jeeez...y'all are forgetting that EVERYONE thought Skylines were ugly until 2 Fast 2 Furious. Then everyone jums on the R34 bandwagon, hardly realizing there was even an R33 in the first one, haha.
They ain't made to be pretty. They're designed the way they are to incorporate superior aerodynamics, and guess what! The GT-R has a lower drag coefficiency than the Z06.
The GT-R is faster than the 911 Turbo on the Nurburgring, which was Nissan's target. The Z06 will fall to it in performance. Sales, however...I know that all the GT-R's are going fast. FL had all preorder slots filled at the beginning of the year. Whether it will beat the Z06, who knows.
And y'all are calling the GT-R a pig...shit, a C6 ain't a featherweight either, ya know.
-Peter
1991 240SX
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Afsil80;208613 wrote:
Jeeez...y'all are forgetting that EVERYONE thought Skylines were ugly until 2 Fast 2 Furious. Then everyone jums on the R34 bandwagon, hardly realizing there was even an R33 in the first one, haha.They ain't made to be pretty. They're designed the way they are to incorporate superior aerodynamics, and guess what! The GT-R has a lower drag coefficiency than the Z06.
The GT-R is faster than the 911 Turbo on the Nurburgring, which was Nissan's target. The Z06 will fall to it in performance. Sales, however...I know that all the GT-R's are going fast. FL had all preorder slots filled at the beginning of the year. Whether it will beat the Z06, who knows.
And y'all are calling the GT-R a pig...shit, a C6 ain't a featherweight either, ya know.
I still think the R34 is ugly.
Also, The regular C6 only weighs in a 3240 lbs. It's only 100 lbs more than the Z06 at 3132 lbs. Neither one are pigs when comparing it to a 3900 lb car.
I disagree that the Z06 will fall to it in performance.
Nissan has said "the GT-R will accelerate from zero to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds, finish the quarter-mile in 11.7 seconds "
So there is probably a chance some good driver will get better out of it, but I don't think it will take the Z06.
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Bench Racing FTL
Point is, nobody on here can drive a GT-R or a Z06 at 10/10ths. It's a matter of what you like, and I think the GT-R offers a lot to like.
It will be interesting to see what they do to them in the US market -- in Japan the car is ridiculous... the ECU is tied into a GPS receiver.. you cannot exceed a certain speed unless you're at a known race track. Immediately after going to the track you need a "post track" service at a Nissan dealer for $1k.. wheels cannot be changed, etc etc. Total cock-up IMO.
It remains to be seen what kind of gayness accompanies the GT-R in the USA.
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Sweet Ass car in person though....:D
R.I.P 1QK_PNY:icon_salut:
Current Ride-1983 Mustang GT T-top. 03 GSXR 750.
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If we are comparing apples to apples the ZR-1 is the one you have to look at for competition for the GTR just because of the price tags. I love the R34s and the R33s are very sexy IMO. The new one well its not ugly but I'm not going to call it sexy either.
> Mitch Hedberg wrote:
> I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.ASE certified parts specialist.
2004 Impala LS 3.8 -
capitlj;208651 wrote:
If we are comparing apples to apples the ZR-1 is the one you have to look at for competition for the GTR just because of the price tags.What the hell are you talking about? GT-R has same price as Z06.
The GT-R is being labeled as the car that is faster than the 911 Turbo at less cost. That was their intent, and they achieved it. Nissan didn't set the Z06 as their goal because the 911 and GT-R have been rivals in the European racing circles. You never hear about this because the majority of everyone in the USA cares about NASCAR and drag racing.
-Peter
1991 240SX
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Oh man you know what supercar I want to win?
Seriously, this thread should be called "what's faster, my astrovan or my malibu" cause it makes just about as much sense.
The R35 like it or hate it is a supercar. So get over your penis waving and just realize that it's an incredible machine that eats roads.
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I stand corrected, I thought the GTR's were in the 85 to 90k range. Base models are listed at 71k, thats ZO6 territory for sure. Did anyone say something bad about the Skyline, besides the asthetics? Its not a very good looking car but noone is disputing its fast as hell. Just it could have been better, lighter, faster, more of a skyline, and less of something that, I think, was designed with a big eye toward the US market. Its lost some of its thunder just because they are selling it here. Don't get me wrong I'm happy that we can finally get the Skyline here, it just seems like a case of "Never meet your heroes."
> Mitch Hedberg wrote:
> I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.ASE certified parts specialist.
2004 Impala LS 3.8
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