Nissan Won't Let The 'Ring Controversy Go
Nissan raised a tempest in a chatroom (or 20) when it claimed a 7:29:03 Nürburgring lap time for its GTR, and taunted Porsche that this time beat its 911 Turbo. Porsche took the bait, claiming that its drivers couldn’t replicate the GTR’s lap time and that Nissan must have used non-stock tires. Nissan fired back, and as the controversy became mired in he said-she-said nonsense, the fanboys gradually lost interest. And now, years later, Nissan is literally shoving the controversy into the faces of Porsche owners in hopes of getting even more mileage over one of the sillier controversies in the world of performance cars. But can you imagine this nearly three-year-old taunt actually stinging Porsche owners into considering a GTR?
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I don't know whether this marketing stunt will win converts. But I do find it quite entertaining to watch a bunch of perturbed Porschefiles pulling a plastic #%&*-you from their windshields.
I see a GT-R and I wonder how long it will be before it blows an engine, or a transmission thanks to image that they portray and capabilities that are touted. I've learned long ago, it's not how fast it gets there, it's how much fun are you having getting there. I'd rather tackle the 'ring in my land yacht Chevelle than obliterate the record in a GT-R, twice before the Chevelle even laps once.
Mentioning the GT-R in a Porsche dealership gets a sharp pencil response on the 911 Turbo PDK.
In the end I think it is a bit pointless - really, as the cross shopping between the two is close to the square root of (not very much). On the other hand it is vandalism and I am quite curious to see what the reaction will be here in Germany. Plus with a grand total of ~80 GT-Rs sold in Germany last year compared to over 10k Porsches it is all rather academic anyway, right?