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AUM said:
1. I am not a GTR lover - it is not my style.
2. I am a multiple Porsche owner.
3. I am astonished by those who discount all the independent tests of the GTR where is always laps faster than the 997 Turbo.
4. Why not appreciate the outstanding performance of the GTR as documented in countless independent tests (even if it is not your style)? Insecurity, perhaps?
5. At least the GTR seems to be a wake-up call for Porsche.
The only thing that is being talked about here is that Nissan lied about their NBR lap time, period. You say why not appreciate the performance of the GTR? Is anybody saying that the GTR is a turtle?... I say why appreciate a false claim as true? because that is what it is if you think a customer spec GT-R in street tires lapped the ring in 7:29 (much less the Euro-spec I reckon).
Its not about the general performance of the GT-R, its about its NBR performance that we are discussing, and real data vs propaganda. There is a difference.
That doens't mean the GT-R is slow, I'm sure it will still achieve a very good NBR lap time, but one that is realistic to its specifications, no more no less.
More so, the claim was so outrageous that most of the people used to studying NBR lap times saw it as stupidly imposible and that is what is was expressed in the NBR & GT-R threads, others fell for the hype like a midnight info-mercial and dispatched as anyone saying the Nissan was lying as anti-GTR and pro-Porsche, I couldn't care less. I'm just waiting for the SA Supertest to put the sad 7:29 marketing story in its grave.
Unfortunately I don't think Nissan will hurry to get the Euro-spec GT-R ready anytime soon because of this, and since the GT-R is not introduced by Nissan to sell thousands for profit but rather to sell low numbers at a loss (hence its price, who would buy a Nissan GT-R for 100k...) for a needed company image build-up, they don't have to hurry with the Euro-Spec.
I would even expect that Sportauto should lap the NBR faster on the GTR than on the 997TT. However, please keep in mind that the 997TT did the NBR in 7.52 (latest version). If the GTR does the NBR in (let's say) 7.45 it is faster than the 997TT. Still, the 7.29 are world's apart from 7.45...
