GT-R Review
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Yet right underneath the last sentence, behold: 4 / 5 Stars 
Bottom line: the car world may have gone cuckoo for Coco Puffs over the GT-R but it’s ultimately a pointless, nerdy, twin-turbo, electronics-laden technological curiosity.
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It's definitely interesting to see a write up that is the opposite of everything else we've read so far. He does make some good points, but in the end he reminds me of a typical luxury brand badge fanatic, if it's not so and so a brand it's garbage.
To me this response wraps it up nicely:
To me this response wraps it up nicely:
John R :
May 7th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Interesting. To me, this reads like a pretty scathing write up yet you still have it 4 out of 5 stars.
I am wondering, is it that the performance is just that undenialble or did you really enjoy the car and are just being polemic in your review?
And I believe the parallel you’ve drawn to the NSX is flawed. Just because both are pricey sports cars from Japan does not mean they are similar. You might as well compare a DB9 to a Exige. They are both from the UK, so why not?
Here is what I mean. Say what you will about the NSX. It was a fabulous car and I am big fan of it, but you really had to love a $100k exotic that could have barely beaten a 300ZX Twin-turbo from a stop. The GT-R is not this. The MSRP at most is $76k (before the dealers decide to assault your check book), and it will consistently embarrass owners of cars 3 times its price almost anywhere and anytime.
Looks? I like it, a lot. And I am not 14 years old. I am 27. You want a car that attracts the attention of Goldiggers and sycophants? That’s what Porsches and Ferraris and Lamborghinis are for. I’ve known people like that and I don’t care for them. I think there is something to be said for anonymonity in car that is so effortless.
I find it amusing when a Japanese automaker puts out a design that is unmistakenly Japanese and then is chastised for it, but then offers a design that is more in keeping with American and European conventions and then is accused of plagiarism.
I’m glad you don’t care for it. Which is what I love most about its looks. Japan’s automakers will never achieve the “prestige” of the European premium brands and I don’t think they have to. To me the GT-R is Japan and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
May 7th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Interesting. To me, this reads like a pretty scathing write up yet you still have it 4 out of 5 stars.
I am wondering, is it that the performance is just that undenialble or did you really enjoy the car and are just being polemic in your review?
And I believe the parallel you’ve drawn to the NSX is flawed. Just because both are pricey sports cars from Japan does not mean they are similar. You might as well compare a DB9 to a Exige. They are both from the UK, so why not?
Here is what I mean. Say what you will about the NSX. It was a fabulous car and I am big fan of it, but you really had to love a $100k exotic that could have barely beaten a 300ZX Twin-turbo from a stop. The GT-R is not this. The MSRP at most is $76k (before the dealers decide to assault your check book), and it will consistently embarrass owners of cars 3 times its price almost anywhere and anytime.
Looks? I like it, a lot. And I am not 14 years old. I am 27. You want a car that attracts the attention of Goldiggers and sycophants? That’s what Porsches and Ferraris and Lamborghinis are for. I’ve known people like that and I don’t care for them. I think there is something to be said for anonymonity in car that is so effortless.
I find it amusing when a Japanese automaker puts out a design that is unmistakenly Japanese and then is chastised for it, but then offers a design that is more in keeping with American and European conventions and then is accused of plagiarism.
I’m glad you don’t care for it. Which is what I love most about its looks. Japan’s automakers will never achieve the “prestige” of the European premium brands and I don’t think they have to. To me the GT-R is Japan and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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