Looking for a GTR to eat for lunch

[GR8 Ghost]

I think it just moved

[Silververtu]

Very interesting news, thanks alot!

But I still can't afford one....

[GramCracker]

Aren't you lucky! Your getting that, right?

[Tiesto]

That engine looks quite intimidating, can't wait to see the final product!

[Matth13]

wooow thats more stock hp then the v12 was gonna be right?

[GR8 Ghost]

Aren't you lucky! Your getting that, right?

Oh yeah! [O_O]

[cerfus]

considering that nissian deliberately de-tuned the GTR, when that thing is tuned a bit, I would bet money that it will beat an R8..sorry.

[Silververtu]

considering that nissian deliberately de-tuned the GTR, when that thing is tuned a bit, I would bet money that it will beat an R8..sorry.

Get the Mine's computer and its Ti exhaust will be perfect for me.

[Vuel Egham]

You'll need it. Car & Driver just tested a GTR @ 3.3 to 60, and 11.7 @ 124. That is a fast mofo.

[GR8 Ghost]

considering that nissian deliberately de-tuned the GTR, when that thing is tuned a bit, I would bet money that it will beat an R8..sorry.

That would be the ricer thing to do. Detuned GTR vs. detuned R10 TT V10. My money is on the Audi. But the Audi can also be tuned. Twin Turbo V10. That engine is easily good for 650 horses, and still be driveable. Time will tell if they even make it. I'm just happy that the roof from the V12 is coming. That folks...is bad ass. Even without an engine, the R8 wins in the looks department. Am I right?

[marcus1701]

GTRs don't look particularly sexy, and looks too much like the Altima Coupe. If you're not a car guy, you wouldn't give it a second look. Albeit it's big and imposing but you drive that car to go fast on a track. It's the EVO of supercar's I guess with the most power/ dollar. $US75k I think....a real bargain.

[MrTT213]

i would def go with the r8
it looks so much sexier then the gtr

[cerfus]

well on looks hands down R8, Its not that good looking kinda off balance, front is too short in comparison to the rear, just something about it. But racing a 200k car against a 55k car, I would let the guy with the 55k-60k car tune it a bit. And how is that the ricer thing to do? I would tune any supercar for sure, as long as it still is drivable. A lambo Murci LP640 is in my future hopefully, and you better believe that im tunin' that Italian skank.My buddy just got one, deleted the cats, and ohhh myyy goood. Its so scary sounding.

So yeah detuned the TT V10 would beat a TTV6 ( I think those gtr's have V6's?), but thats like racing an E90 M3 against a lambo gallardo lp550 the numbers might be close on the launch but in the long run the lambo (audi) will be faster. Tuning an M3(GTR), and not the lambo (audi) would only make it even in my mind.

But off the launch I think the gtr will take the V10, the quattro makes it bog down, and the gtr has the fastest smg system in the world.

p.s. I raced a porsche cayenne GTS today and smoked it. terrible color too, burgundy.

[Eurotuned_A4]

that will be badass! and for the person that said nissan detuned the gtr...who cares. Im sure audi isnt maxing this tt v10 out either. chip and exhaust(which most people will do to the gtr) and your gonna be at some crazy power. plus, GTR is hideous. the older cars look mugh better, nissan made a horrible looking car imo....fast, but ugly.

[GR8 Ghost]

that will be badass! and for the person that said nissan detuned the gtr...who cares. Im sure audi isnt maxing this tt v10 out either. chip and exhaust(which most people will do to the gtr) and your gonna be at some crazy power. plus, GTR is hideous. the older cars look mugh better, nissan made a horrible looking car imo....fast, but ugly.

I think they made it fast so that you could keep it moving. Stop anywhere and people will laugh at it. LOL. Just kidding.

[Eurotuned_A4]

lol good one. The car just doesnt stand out in looks as it should....good looks that is. I think nissan focused way more on the engine/performance(not a bad thing) and just slapped on a regular look on top of it all. If the car had a decent look, i would even be game for one. But if you are gonna have a car like this, make it stand out imho. the r8 stands out, porsches, and even vettes do the same. All of these cars have the performance and the looks....a complete package. not many people will give thge GTR a second look unless they are car people.

[GR8 Ghost]

lol good one. The car just doesnt stand out in looks as it should....good looks that is. I think nissan focused way more on the engine/performance(not a bad thing) and just slapped on a regular look on top of it all. If the car had a decent look, i would even be game for one. But if you are gonna have a car like this, make it stand out imho. the r8 stands out, porsches, and even vettes do the same. All of these cars have the performance and the looks....a complete package. not many people will give thge GTR a second look unless they are car people.

I just drove through Times Square in the R8 at lunchtime. Guaranteed, the GTR would not have elicited such a reaction. I drove my brother around Manhattan in it and he was laughing at the adoration it gets. Cops, lawyers, secretaries (some hot ones I might ad), construction workers, homeless guys wearing rubber gloves, crack whores, bike messengers, tourists, kids, the elderly, nuns. Jesus would have picked a bad day to resurrect. I don't think anyone would have noticed.

[Vuel Egham]

LOL. Scandalous.

[Meradin]

ROFL. That was great GR8. I can't wait for the same.

[Nico]

I thought Audi pulled the plug of their twin turbo v10 due to the excessive heat the engine produced which led to all 3 of their prototypes burning down on the nurburgring!

http://paultan.org/archives/2007/11/...win-turbo-v10/

[GR8 Ghost]

I thought Audi pulled the plug of their twin turbo v10 due to the excessive heat the engine produced which led to all 3 of their prototypes burning down on the nurburgring!

http://paultan.org/archives/2007/11/...win-turbo-v10/

They fixed it with that sexy roof duct from the V12 TDI.

[marlonuf]

Thats a hot engine and I too am pleased audi looks like they will implement it. I agree with most what everyone else has said, the GTR is butt ugly. The only thing I could relent to was that its a purposeful design. Still, I wouldn't get one just on the looks and interior alone. I saw it at the NYC auto show and wasn't impressed. I guess if numbers impress you then you wouldn't care about the looks that much.

[vinny.dtw]

I'm honestly surprised by this move. Considering Porsche is now the big brother of Audi, Porsche would allow a v10tt that would basically chew into porsche turbo sales. Interesting none the less.

[Quattroownsyou]

Curb weight for the GTR will be around 3800-3900lbs...that's pretty heavy for a supercar (which means the GTR is making more than the advertised 480hp if you consider the tested numbers)...wait and see i guess.

Regardless...the V10 TT R8 will run down a GTR. Tune the V10 a bit and again...no contest. The bigger displacement and lighter weight of the R8 will make it a formidable supercar. Porsche had better do their homework before releasing their next series of 100 grand turbo cars...or else the R8 TT is going to steal a few customers.

[GR8 Ghost]

Curb weight for the GTR will be around 3800-3900lbs...that's pretty heavy for a supercar (which means the GTR is making more than the advertised 480hp if you consider the tested numbers)...wait and see i guess.

Regardless...the V10 TT R8 will run down a GTR. Tune the V10 a bit and again...no contest. The bigger displacement and lighter weight of the R8 will make it a formidable supercar. Porsche had better do their homework before releasing their next series of 100 grand turbo cars...or else the R8 TT is going to steal a few customers.

Not to mention it doesn't look like an Altima humped an 350z

[Murderface]

I don't see how people could expect a 3.0TT motor in a heavier car to beat a 5.0TT in a lighter car unless Audi strapped dual K03's to the R8

(which wouldn't make any sense and wouldn't produce 580hp...)

[A4CE1]

Not to mention it doesn't look like an Altima humped an 350z

hahahahaha what a way to put it... at the end of the day i'm sure the audi will dominate, and regardless... who would rather be in a NISSAN than an audi.

[b00st]

well currently the GTR is limited to 112mph. so when he offered up the mine's ECU...that VX ECU unlock the 112mph limiter as well as the 2nd defeat which is done via GPS SAT NAV. so both of those needed to be by-passed to get passed 112mph.
but as it sits stock...not much compares to it as is. i don't believe this V10 TT will beat it. aesthetics is one thing. if we are talking performance...thats another. we are comparing to different things here. the topics is R8 beating up on a GTR....don't think that will happen. looks wise...hands down...R8 with a V8 or V10...doesn't matter

but most speculation states that it is very unlikely that the R35 GTR will come to the U.S. with that 112mph limit...so in fact it will be stock on stock goodness. i've seen 3.6 0-60mph...haven't seen it as low as 3.3 but the GTR is a beast non-the-less. it does show a lil weaker compared to the C6 Z06 as far as reaching 100mph but its still a supercar at a cheap price.

[b00st]

honestly for me....i think the next ride will be an R35 GTR...i still have my S4 to cruise in. its no R8....but i like it.

[Stak3407]

Well their is some bad news, the reviews of the the new GTR are fantastic. In Road and Track it spanked a 911 Gt3 and a Z06 Corvette at the track by 5 whole seconds. I agree it is truly bulbous and ugly but it is spanking the competition.
And for $75,000-$85,000 loaded really reasonable as well. I would rather have an R8 but for the cost you are getting a super car killer.

[b00st]

yeah thats why i said performance wise....there isn't much that it won't beat.

visually...that can be argued. i've been a big fan of the skyline and to finally get my hands on one without importing it, will be cool. and as far as it being stock...its already a top performer....just wait till they do the actually re-mapping of the ECU, up the boost, do exhaust work....etc.

[dreamcar=rs4]

So it looks like the R8 V10 will be NA. Any possibility it could be twin turbo?

Looks like the roof intake on the R8 V12 TDI is functional, which could help resolve overheating issues. Audi could really put themselves on the map with the 572 hp RS6 engine.

If Audi is planning on beating the ZR1, they better have some form of forced induction.

[akasch]

even though the R8 is just beautiful, the gtr is definitely extreme bang for the buck

[jejeclown]

well on looks hands down R8, Its not that good looking kinda off balance, front is too short in comparison to the rear, just something about it. But racing a 200k car against a 55k car, I would let the guy with the 55k-60k car tune it a bit. And how is that the ricer thing to do? I would tune any supercar for sure, as long as it still is drivable. A lambo Murci LP640 is in my future hopefully, and you better believe that im tunin' that Italian skank.My buddy just got one, deleted the cats, and ohhh myyy goood. Its so scary sounding.

Dude, where do you get your info?? The R8 V8 is just above 100k (MSRP), and i cant imagine that the v10 would DOUBLE the price of the car, and how about this, if you can find me the new GT-R for 55k il buy one for you as well as for myself. Do some reasearch before making such bold statements.

[audi til I die]

Yeah the R8's MSRP is a bit over $100k but due to the high demand and exclusivity dealers are having a f*ckfest and doubling the price. My fave brand is Audi hands down but R34 Skyline is the best performance car ever t be built in an assembly line. R34's I6 RB26DETT engine is the most powerful engine yet and still kills all these 1/2 million dollar trinkets. R8's are beautiful vehicles and have everything in one package but if you honestly want bragging rights on a track you'll be embarrassed by a 10 year old, 2800lb, 1,172hp track monster. Skylines are veteran time attack dogs and even a modified R8 doesn't stand a chance performance-wise. R35's aren't even out yet and tuners like Blitz and Top Secret are speculating 1,000+hp applications. I'm not too happy that R35's are gonna be available to the yuppy crowd w/ an auto. The mystique of the GT-Rs will be lost. But its still a respectable car. And with a tastefully modded Nissan I'd be double-taking between both beauties.

[Auditude2.0T]

MTM Stage I Chip ($2500) for the new RS6 is rated at 702HP. If the R8 gets the RS6 engine figure around 750-850HP with Chip/Intake/Full Exhaust/Intercoolers and some little stuff.

[R1Wolf]

GTRs don't look particularly sexy, and looks too much like the Altima Coupe.

Altima Coupe, I have an Altima Coupe and I think the GTR's are straight up ugly. Wish I could afford and S5 or R8, but I can't. And with the amount of mile I drive for work, I would hate to do that to those cars anyway.

[audi til I die]

Altima's are nice but still FWD. Turn off. R35 grew on me aestheticly-wise.

[cerfus]

Dude, where do you get your info?? The R8 V8 is just above 100k (MSRP), and i cant imagine that the v10 would DOUBLE the price of the car, and how about this, if you can find me the new GT-R for 55k il buy one for you as well as for myself. Do some reasearch before making such bold statements.

were talking msrp, msrp on GTR's is around 60k-70k I know someone who was quoted 63k they didnt buy it for that much because of dealer markup but if were talking msrp, months back they quoted that for gtr's. And you cant see the V10 doubling that? seriously..if the V8 is going for 180k() then I can see the V10 easily shooting up to close to 240k. Although A F430 Scuderia is around the same cost and will spank that thing all day, scuderia's cost around 260k and its weight 2756 lbs. the R8 weighs 3439 lbs, and sadly I think the R10 will weigh a bit more..but I hope not. I just think they need to watch the cost of this car as it gets into certain other super car territories.

[jejeclown]

were talking msrp, msrp on GTR's is around 60k-70k I know someone who was quoted 63k they didnt buy it for that much because of dealer markup but if were talking msrp, months back they quoted that for gtr's. And you cant see the V10 doubling that? seriously..if the V8 is going for 180k() then I can see the V10 easily shooting up to close to 240k. Although A F430 Scuderia is around the same cost and will spank that thing all day, scuderia's cost around 260k and its weight 2756 lbs. the R8 weighs 3439 lbs, and sadly I think the R10 will weigh a bit more..but I hope not. I just think they need to watch the cost of this car as it gets into certain other super car territories.

ok. FIRST of all there are quite a few R8's on ebay going for under 150k i dont know where you got 180k from. Second of all i wasnt talking about the V10 doubling the GT-R i was talking about the V10 doubling the V8 (the V8 doubles the GT-R as it is). All im saying is there is no way audi will double the price of the V8 ( that would have to be MSRP over 220k) just for another 2 cylinders and some excess hp/tq. Your numbers are way off.