Motor Trend has announced the winner of its 2009 Car of the Year award and this year the award goes to the 2009 Nissan GT-R.
Motor Trend had this to say about the 2009 GT-R:
"The GT-R puts Nissan on a map that thus far only designated Maranello, Sant’ Agata, Munich, and Stuttgart as points of interest,” said Motor Trend editor Ron Kiino. ”Well, it’s time to stick a tack on Tochigi. In the kingdom of supercars, the GT-R positively belongs. Be it comparing 0-to-60 sprints, quarter-mile times, 60-to-0 braking, or lateral acceleration, the GT-R is one of the world’s best.”
"Plainly put: No Nissan has ever been as formidable or as awesome as the GT-R. More significant, no other 2009 contender crushes our criteria like the GT-R. For that, it wholeheartedly deserves our Golden Calipers."
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Comments (12)
all 3 readers voted for it!
Posted by lowest iq | November 18, 2008 9:39 AM
Posted on November 18, 2008 09:39
I'm still only about 80% in love with the styling, but I can't deny its herculean performance. Great choice for COTY.
-jOSH
Posted by Josh | November 18, 2008 10:43 AM
Posted on November 18, 2008 10:43
...only why is it so ugly again...
Posted by DuDe | November 18, 2008 10:45 AM
Posted on November 18, 2008 10:45
I seem to be in the minority on this site, but I actually like the looks. Its hard to deny that this is by far the best car released this year.
Posted by gm0n3y | November 18, 2008 11:17 AM
Posted on November 18, 2008 11:17
this car definitely deserves it.
let the hating begin.
Posted by TrainRekS | November 18, 2008 12:59 PM
Posted on November 18, 2008 12:59
NIce car, to bad it's a Nissan.
Posted by sparky | November 19, 2008 12:21 PM
Posted on November 19, 2008 12:21
not stylish beautiful, but engineered beautiful.
audi r8 can turn men and lady heads, but not this one.
anyways, there's a lot out there that still can't accept that this jap car can beat a lot of euro and US cars.
if it only had more displacement, it can beat more than it had now.
Posted by adrian | November 19, 2008 9:05 PM
Posted on November 19, 2008 21:05
I'm not sure if Nissan lied about the horesepower output of the GTR or not, but I ran into something interesting while dyno'ing mine, which I've had for about 3 weeks now.
Typically, an AWD system takes about a 20% drivetrain loss from engine to wheels. so with 480HP, I should end up with a whp number of 360-384ish. Much to my surprise (and delight) over 3 runs it averaged 420 whp. So either Nissan's engineers worked some miracle of friction/force reduction in the GTR, or the 'real' HP figure for the GTR is closer to 520.
Posted by Paul | November 20, 2008 7:48 AM
Posted on November 20, 2008 07:48
...or the chassis dyno is not calibrated. Every dyno is different, and 30 seconds worth of fiddling with the settings on the dyno computer can throw the numbers WAY off.
I wouldn't put too much faith in dyno results vs. published figures.
Posted by JB | November 20, 2008 6:10 PM
Posted on November 20, 2008 18:10
JB:
Tried a compltetly different dyno last night, basically same temp, humidity etc, and did about 1/2 a tank worth of gas in dyno runs. Once we finally fooled the GT-R's computer into thinking that it was on a real road and not a dyno. Consistently pulled 420-425 whp on 91 octane, as any 94 octane we get in town is ethanol blended which the GT-R does not like AT ALL!!!! One run it pulled 438whp, but that was one run out of close to 100.
note: I'm trying to establish a baseline number so when I make some mods I can figure out if they are helping or hindering the GT-R.
Posted by Paul | November 21, 2008 11:30 AM
Posted on November 21, 2008 11:30
This car is sexy... But its okay there's alot of haters out there!!!!!!!
Posted by GTR LOVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | February 5, 2009 10:30 AM
Posted on February 5, 2009 10:30
Nissan SUCKS
Their (filthy) company are useless & stupid
Nissan are scum, morons & gangster assholes
All their vehicles are all shit, rubbish, garbage & all dump
Their companies must be removed from this face of this planet
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Posted by Anonymous1 | August 21, 2010 9:56 AM
Posted on August 21, 2010 09:56