Road & Track sets Godzilla to the Octagon!

**dhel** · April 16th, 2008 07:29 PM

Here's the May 2008 issue of Road & Track, where car media calls "the 2nd coming of the super supercar" - Nissan GTR were pitted against 2 of it's most popular rivals, an iconic American muscle and a European snob supercar.

Here's the cover...

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=6594

**niky** · April 18th, 2008 03:27 PM

So.... who won? (as if I had to ask...

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**cd!** · April 30th, 2008 10:00 PM

Wow!! U mean Sakuraba beat the crap out of Chuck Lidell and Goerge St. Pierre?!! Well, as of now their have been very impressive reviews for this Ninja, although I heard American Cowboys and Sleek European Spies have been trying to criticize the car down to the bone. He he... I can really tell they are indeed threatened.

Hey this may be a a start of a new era for Japanese performance cars lead by Godzilla himself!!

**Chelsea_318** · May 13th, 2008 09:39 PM

Nasty!!!... eh how much more if they used the supercar's V-spec model?!

And guys did you know that this beast was so scary the GT500 decided to put a 50 kilo handicap on this new Godzilla before it races? a first time in the GT series. Record setting again huh?

(I believe the R32-R34 had a 40 kilo weight handicap, the highest then)

**N-nigma** · May 18th, 2008 09:54 PM

Well that's why it is a legend... still keeps on kicking ass the competition in a global basis, that's the hobby of Godzilla ya know.

Originally Posted by Chelsea_318

Nasty!!!... eh how much more if they used the supercar's V-spec model?!

And guys did you know that this beast was so scary the GT500 decided to put a 50 kilo handicap on this new Godzilla before it races? a first time in the GT series. Record setting again huh?

(I believe the R32-R34 had a 40 kilo weight handicap, the highest then)

You mean they increased the weight handicap of the GT-R even more?! he he. Still trying to tame the beast I see.

**RaGz** · June 22nd, 2008 06:57 PM

Just watched a tv program here in japan today.. the GTR was beaten by a Gallardo Superleggera by a few tenths of a sec on a 3 lap race. and Keiichi Tsuchiya was the one on board the "GODZILLA".

**Justin2** · June 29th, 2008 12:00 AM

[SIZE=2]Hey score 1 point for the lambo!... at last somebody did tame Top Gear's Supercar/beast of the Year at a certain point. But I guess the Godzilla still leads their match up.. by still a long shot. There's quarter mile drag, world known race track lap time records, motegi race w/ fellow lambo Murcielago[/SIZE], 911 Turbo and Exige S, etc. etc.

As the critics says, Japan's National Performance car is currently King.

See this vid (part1 and 2) from U.K's Autocar- Nissan GTR vs. Porsche 911 GT3 vs. BMW M3. He said... wow and baby Veyron... but he keeps referring to the Nissan GT-R as a Skyline GT-R. Hey it's a Skyline no more bub.

And oh did I mention that the GT-R is the heaviest of the 3? So what will happen if the much lighter more powerful V-Spec version come out? world domination inevitable.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjwJl4t-DF8"]YouTube - Nissan GT-R | Porsche 911 GT3 | BMW M3 [Autocar] - Part 1[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzEivL1Kruo&feature=related"]YouTube - Nissan GT-R | Porsche 911 GT3 | BMW M3 [Autocar] - Part 2[/ame]