January 19, 2008

Hmm.... GT-R crushes Turbo.

While it's not surprising that a Japanese car show would have the porcine Nissan GT-R crush a 997 Turbo automatic, did they really have to stack the decks by using an apparently clueless driver in Porsche?  

CG will correct me if I'm wrong but if there is one thing stock Porsches don't like is an early apex and the Turbo driver is constantly turning in early and sliding out of the turns, losing all momentum.

That being said, I'm still trying to figure out how Nissan engineers have managed to make a 4000lbs car stick like that..... I wonder is the car comes with those "almost r-compound" tires like evos and STi do, the show clocked it at over 2 seconds faster than the 997 turbo automatic on that track! For sure your tire bill will be expensive.


6 comments:

  1. I've been watching best motoring for quite some time now and I do think they are JUST A LITTLE biased towards their fellow countrymen...

    Regardless, I don't think they underperform any of the cars on purpose.

    Although, I remember watching an NSX beating the living trash out of an F40, Diablo and a 911 on this very same track... Tsukuba.

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  2. Reference my comments on the Best Motoring footage of the McLaren F1 from a few days ago. It is no coincidence... these guys play dirty.

    -Freep

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  3. The Porsche Turbo (AWD) drives very differently from the Carrera S or GT3 because of the AWD. I've read a lot of of reviews complainning about the lack of confidence in the setup as it is extremely tail happy under power on corner exit.
    As you can see from the Video the 997Turbo driver needs to hold a tighter line through the turn as the car drastically drifts on opposite on exit.

    My guess is that the OEM setup of the Turbo can be improved significantly to make it faster and match the nissan GTR. I think Prosche on the Turbo erred on the side on making it more fun to drive, so they didn't get any understeer complaints as it has been the norm with their AWD models

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  4. I say the test driver was driving the 997tt improperly. If he had turned in properly, and allowed the car to track out normally, the exit drifts would have been drastically reduced.

    He was intentionally holding the car in to make it slide (and thus, slow it down).

    -Freep

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  5. I agree with the Freep, though the reason might have to do with holding a "defensive line".... which is just as silly in a "test"

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  6. Oh man, what I wouldn't give to get a comment on that vid from Walter Rohrl !

    -Freep

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