Rhillai (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} rhillai) wrote,@ 2009-01-09 07:50:00 |
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What a Car!
Nissan GT-R. The car to drool over.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,477
"The $76,840 GT-R lives up to that hype, and stands tall among the best that the sports-car world has to offer at a relatively discount price. It's a goal achieved through a mix of technology and, well, mystery.
The GT-R can accelerate from zero to 60 mph in as little as 3.2 seconds and has been seen turning quarter-mile times of 11.5 seconds, which is blistering to say the least. A 190-plus mph top speed is icing on the cake, and all of it is even more impressive considering the car weighs nearly two tons, crushing the scales at 3,836 pounds. That's several hundred pounds heavier than competitors like the Porsche 911 Turbo and Corvette Z06, each of which have significantly more horsepower, or so they say."
...more...
"An automated 6-speed gearbox with dual clutches is largely responsible for the ease in which it does this, but there is so much technology stuffed into this car that it exists for the singular purpose of easy speed.
The all-wheel-drive system is unique, delivering the power from the engine to a rear-mounted transaxle, which in turn sends up to 50 percent of it back to the front wheels through a secondary driveshaft when required. This isn't intended for getting to school on snow days, but purely for performance.
When you shift the transmission into manual mode and engage the GT-R's launch control for sprints of maximum acceleration, it lets you hold down the brake, floor the gas pedal, which spools the engine up to 4,500 rpm, then sidestep the brake."
...some specs...
"Base Price: $76,840
Type: Front-engine, all-wheel drive, 2-door coupe
Engine: 3.8-liter twin turbocharged V-6
Power: 480 horsepower, 430 lb-ft torque
Transmission: 6-speed dual-clutch automatic
MPG: 16 city/21 highway"
Nissan GT-R. The car to drool over.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,477
"The $76,840 GT-R lives up to that hype, and stands tall among the best that the sports-car world has to offer at a relatively discount price. It's a goal achieved through a mix of technology and, well, mystery.
The GT-R can accelerate from zero to 60 mph in as little as 3.2 seconds and has been seen turning quarter-mile times of 11.5 seconds, which is blistering to say the least. A 190-plus mph top speed is icing on the cake, and all of it is even more impressive considering the car weighs nearly two tons, crushing the scales at 3,836 pounds. That's several hundred pounds heavier than competitors like the Porsche 911 Turbo and Corvette Z06, each of which have significantly more horsepower, or so they say."
...more...
"An automated 6-speed gearbox with dual clutches is largely responsible for the ease in which it does this, but there is so much technology stuffed into this car that it exists for the singular purpose of easy speed.
The all-wheel-drive system is unique, delivering the power from the engine to a rear-mounted transaxle, which in turn sends up to 50 percent of it back to the front wheels through a secondary driveshaft when required. This isn't intended for getting to school on snow days, but purely for performance.
When you shift the transmission into manual mode and engage the GT-R's launch control for sprints of maximum acceleration, it lets you hold down the brake, floor the gas pedal, which spools the engine up to 4,500 rpm, then sidestep the brake."
...some specs...
"Base Price: $76,840
Type: Front-engine, all-wheel drive, 2-door coupe
Engine: 3.8-liter twin turbocharged V-6
Power: 480 horsepower, 430 lb-ft torque
Transmission: 6-speed dual-clutch automatic
MPG: 16 city/21 highway"
