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Old 24th September 2008, 04:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Autocar this week....again!
GT-R is voted "Britains Best Drivers Car 2008"

And it's not even on sale yet!!!
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Old 24th September 2008, 04:09 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Very impressed with the times it was producing over their test courses especially given the j-spec restriction.
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Old 25th September 2008, 06:03 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Online report here:
Performance Car of the Year 2008 | Automotive & Motoring News | Car Magazine Online

But most useful will be the video:
Performance Car of the Year 2008 | Automotive & Motoring News | Car Magazine Online
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Old 25th September 2008, 06:35 PM   #4 (permalink)
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GT-R is voted "Britains Best Drivers Car 2008"

And it's not even on sale yet!!!

I thought it was in newsagents every Wednesday
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Old 25th September 2008, 10:59 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I thought it was in newsagents every Wednesday
got me there!! Question is, did you get it??
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Old 26th September 2008, 06:39 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Maybe I've just been reading to many car magazines of late but I felt the Autocar article was very flat. Considering they had the Isle of Man for the day along with lots of extras, and some amazing cars. I would have thought some passion might have crept into the piece dull dull dull

Maybe all the talent is at Drivers Republic now?
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Old 26th September 2008, 06:42 AM   #7 (permalink)
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got it and great review

car looks good in black too!

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why havent they removed the limiter on this car?
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Depends where it was tested i suppose, the GTR only self removes the limiter on certain Jap tracks IIRC?
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why havent they removed the limiter on this car?
My understanding is, this is press car, for use by the UK press (it is a JDM car). Given they want to demonstrate the cars ultimate ability to the press, why not remove the limiter?
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Old 26th September 2008, 12:18 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Nissan GB keeping Nissan Japan happy?
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Or because they don't want some ham-fisted wanna-be race driver journo beating the crap out of it and making it no use for anyone else afterwards
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Old 28th September 2008, 01:08 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Or because they don't want some ham-fisted wanna-be race driver journo beating the crap out of it and making it no use for anyone else afterwards
Nice vid footage tho' :

Autocar Videos - Autocar.co.uk

I guess they*almost* didn't need to delimit her... + bet that no-one's got around to it... GT-R Academy day ones were defo delimited & totally ballistic !

Can't wait, *must* wait !

P.S. "Making it no use for anyone else".... cue for Davros to leave the room?

From what I recall, this press car seemed bullet-proof last time it was in Dave's caring hands...
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Old 28th September 2008, 02:09 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Question On/off-able?
P.P.S. Dave, iirc, you definitely demonstrated 260kph down runway 05 at CCity airport - although you didn't select flaps and take-off !!!

Is the UK car's limiter on/off-able ?
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Ofcourse it would be rated so high..... with the design and model it has, nothing can get closer to beat it ...
To add to it - its 193 mph top speed with an outstanding 480 hp torque
IT IS UNTOUCHABLE
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