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The GT-R heir to the Skyline 2000 GT, the near-mythic sports coupe sold in Japan since the 1970s is the global image tent pole for Nissan, and its development budget is likely well padded by the boys in marketing.
WSJ: Nissan's Mad Scientists Grow a Bluntly Boffo GT-R | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
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If the GT-R's engineers had wanted to silence all these rude noises, they certainly could have.
WSJ: Nissan's Mad Scientists Grow a Bluntly Boffo GT-R | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
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But the GT-R doesn't make you oath and curse like a Viking as the 911 does.
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Pricing on low-volume imported sports cars is always mysterious, and there's no easy way to calculate the ROI on the GT-R.
WSJ: Nissan's Mad Scientists Grow a Bluntly Boffo GT-R | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
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The difference besides the GT-R's jaw-dropping price advantage is that those other (great) cars lack mechanical intensity, not at high speed but at low speed.
WSJ: Nissan's Mad Scientists Grow a Bluntly Boffo GT-R | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
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The Nissan GT-R, for instance, is a hellacious piece of machinery and, by the numbers, quite a bit faster than even the new 911.
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The point is, the GT-R's rawness is deliberate, an artistic choice.
WSJ: Nissan's Mad Scientists Grow a Bluntly Boffo GT-R | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
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It will never transcend the constraints of its weight and size, and it certainly isn't the dynamic equal of a Porsche 911 or Nissan GT-R.
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When you press the GT-R's Start button, pumps and lubrication circuits come noisily to life, the forged crank twirls and the aluminum pistons of the 3.8-liter twin-turbo V6 pick up the rhythm.
WSJ: Nissan's Mad Scientists Grow a Bluntly Boffo GT-R | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
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Not so the GT-R.
WSJ: Nissan's Mad Scientists Grow a Bluntly Boffo GT-R | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil