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12-05-2008, 08:28 PM | #2 |
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"Astonishing speed and mechanical grip. More confident at 150 than the GT-R, which is saying something," :headbang:
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12-06-2008, 03:22 AM | #5 |
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So 135i won car of the year award?
edit: found a link http://www.motortrend.com/oftheyear/..._bmw_135i.html
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12-06-2008, 07:13 AM | #6 |
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GT-R won car of the year. The 1er was a top ten finalist.
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12-06-2008, 07:19 AM | #7 |
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If I remember correctly, wasn't there a rumor of those early mag tested cars having a bit of a "factory" tune? Something like halfa pound to a pound more boost?
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12-06-2008, 09:02 AM | #8 |
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Leave it to Motor Trend to usually pick the least imaginative winner. The GT-R hype deflated pretty fast - except at MT.
By the way, Nissan announced it's dropping the Launch option from future GT-Rs.
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EVO (Best auto mag. out there) picked the GTR as coty as well. Like the GTR or not, it truly deserves coty. |
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12-06-2008, 11:43 AM | #11 | |
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i have only seen it on the street once, and I wasn't even in america (hong kong) and the car has incredible presence. but what this article really does, is make wish I could have swung the 135. |
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12-06-2008, 02:22 PM | #12 | |
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Those claims were lies, well gross exagerations. They did stuff to the GT-R's and gave them extra horsepower and torque then handed them out to be tested. Porsche got so pissed off with their claims, they went out and bought their own GT-R's put them to the test on Nurem..ring and never were able to meet or beat the times that the GT-R posted before it came out. It never beat the 911's time around the ring, well, not a GT-R you can go and buy from the factory anyway. |
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People that hate on the GTR are not true car guys in my opinion. A true car guy can appreciate good things in any brand even if you would never buy one. |
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If more people knew the story behind how Nissan got that time, they wouldn't be so skeptical. Oh, yeah. It also won AutoExpress and Automobile Magazine COTY. Named co-finalist (with the 135i) as 0-60 Mag's car of the year. Car Magazine named it runner up to the LP560, but said the GT-R definitely lived up to the hype; it also placed ahead of the GT2 in both ranking and in their lap times. The length of time of the GT-R's accolades is astonishing, winning TopGear's Performance Car of the Year at this time last year (losing out to Audi's R8 for overall honors). In my lifetime, I can't remember a single car with such far-reaching impact. |
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