Nissan GT-R 2008

Should you buy a Nissan GT-R if you can afford it? Here are top 10 reasons why you should and should not buy a GT-R.

Top 10 reasons why to buy a Nissan GT-R.

The GT-R is a legend. Owning one giving you bragging rights.
Instead of driving a GT-R it on a playstation, you can drive one and still a playstation built in!
It beat the Porsche 911 GT2, Koenigsegg CCR at the Nuburgring lap record on standard tires. Not cool enough? It also beat the 1,000 hp Bugatti Veyron ~ via wikipedia
It won Top Gear’s 2007 Supercar of the year award
The engine and rear-mounted dual clutch gearbox are built by hand. Only around 1000 cars can be made a month.
It can pop your eyes out i.e. it can hit 0 to 60 mph (97 km/h) as low as 3.2 seconds
It won the 2008 Super GT season at Suzuka on its maiden run and the following race with a 100 kg weight penalty
You can hack the ECU to produce 590hp in case 470 hp is not enough.
You are actually getting around 510hp at the crank rather than 420hp as claimed.
The theme for the GT-R according to designer Shiro Nakamura is muscle upon muscle upon muscle. Enuff said.

See the Nissan GT-R in a cutaway view

Nissan GT-R cutaway

photo via wikipedia

10 Reason Why Not to buy a GT-R

It got beaten by 3 seconds on the Nuburgring by a Corvette
Sales is so good, Nissan decided to upped the price by $ 6,000
The Japs programmed it so that it can only do 180km/h unless it is on a Nissan approved race track (limited by GPS and ECU) or unless you hack the ECU
The gearbox might not take 590hp for very long.
It weighs almost 4,000 lbs
You can get a similarly fun toy for about half the price via the Evolution X sans the electronic gadgets. Off course only has about 300 hp.
You are likely to crash it. There are already news of this.
You might want a Spec-V GT-R
Can’t think of any other reason why you won’t want a GT-R

Just take a look at the photo above. Notice the transmission? More that enough to make a petrol head have wet dreams.

Nissan GT-R