what a huge ugly car
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Bow Chica Bow Wow
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what a huge ugly car
http://jalopnik.com/365296/nissan-gt...d-over-the-nsx
geezus this thing is big..and **** ugly too.
I'll take the NSX thank you very much
geezus this thing is big..and **** ugly too.
I'll take the NSX thank you very much
Saw it at the autoshow. It doesn't look that huge in person. I'm wondering how it compares to a 'vette. Still a little too 'conceptish' for me... not that I'm particularly fond of Fast/Furious style cars anyways.
I don't think that the GTR is all that huge (about the same size as an S197); it's that the NSX is small & short (46 inches tall).
It's like comparing Tom Cruise with Verne Troyer. Yeah, that Tom is a giant of a man!
It's like comparing Tom Cruise with Verne Troyer. Yeah, that Tom is a giant of a man!

http://jalopnik.com/365296/nissan-gt+r-stacked-up-to-.
I'll take the NSX thank you very much
I'll take the NSX thank you very much
And whats wrong with that?
Unfortunately, I think a lot of today's car's are reflecting to some degree or another the GTR's tall, high sided and somewhat chunky looks. While tall, high sided and chunky might be an apt stylistic theme for, say, panel vans and SUVs, I think it is the antithesis of the look a performance street car ought to portray - sleek, trim, light and low - a look the NSX does connote.
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Yeah, that's the damning one. The R34 wasn't exactly compact, and the new one has some serious size on it. I have no beef with the R35's drive train, but I have serious issues about the size and styling decisions Nissin made with the rest of the car.
Sadly, a bit of a butterface -- "Everything's nice, but her face."
2009 Nissan GTR
Length: 183.4 in.
Width: 74.7 in.
Height: 54 in.
Wheel Base: 109.5 in.
R34 Skyline GT-R
Overall Length [in. (mm)] 181.1 (4600)
Overall Width [in. (mm)] 70.3 (1785)
Overall Height [in. (mm)] 53.5 (1360)
Wheelbase [in. (mm)] 104.9 (2665)
~4.4 inches wider, 2 inches longer , .5 inch taller

as a point of reference
2005 Mustang GT
Length: 187.6 in
Width: 73.9 in
Height: 54.5 in
Wheelbase: 107.1 in
Last edited by Vermillion06; Mar 11, 2008 at 04:06 PM.
Theres more to it than the total dimensions, for example i could create a big high-sided, rectangular vehicle that would have the same dimensions as a mustang, but it would be a lot bigger, chunkier, and heavier because it would fill up those dimensions to a greater extent.
Fortunately i dont need to build a car like that cause nissan already proved the point.
Fortunately i dont need to build a car like that cause nissan already proved the point.


