Updated Nissan GT-R Brings The Fight Back to Porsche
If you've been under the impression that the cold war is over, you haven't been watching the arms race unfolding between Japan and Germany. Fortunately we're not talking about World War III here, but an escalation in the performance wars between Nissan and Porsche. The former took aim square at the latter with the all-conquering GT-R, and Porsche has been responding in kind with ever faster versions of the 911. With the ball now in their proverbial court, Nissan unveiled a revised version of its all-wheel-drive supercar affectionately known as Godzilla at the Tokyo Motor Show this year.
Improving on the formula that already incorporates a 3.8-liter twin-turbo V6 driving 480 horsepower to all four wheels through a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, the revised GT-R has been fitted with an upgraded suspension, exhaust system, aerodynamics package, high-performance tires and info-tainment system to bring the fight back to Germany. Your turn, Porsche.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
frilund Oct 28th 2009 6:27AM
Interesting is that Porsche gets in a sour mood when someone else builds cars that go faster around a race track. A bit childish :)
The Japanese builds some really good cars, they should not be taken lightly when it comes to make faster cars either.
Also, there is a South Korean man who is building the first supercar from there, the Asians might soon be like the Germans, building some of the very best in the automobile world.