Thursday, March 29, 2012

Nissan GT-R

The new 2012 Nissan GT-R is even more impressive, and technically advanced as come to be expected from the GT-R line. Set the car up to your liking through the new touch screen system, measure the G-force you are experiencing, Time yourself on track days and much, much more. If the handling wasn’t impressive enough on the former model, it has now gone insane. The GT-R creators decided that simple air is not stable enough to be in the tyres of this car. The ability of this car to change direction famously forced car journalists Jeremy Clarkson to slip a disc part the way through a corner, which is why the tyres are now filled with nitrogen. Not only can the car corner like a roller coaster but accelerate like a missile 0-60 in just 3.1 seconds due to the 3.8 V6 engine. The only issue with this car is the limiter given by Nissan. Due to the cars blistering performance capabilities when driving on the road you are limited to 130mph and can’t use the full 530bhp sat under the hood. The centre computer recognizes when you enter a race track and automatically gives you the full power, as an attempt to reduce the temptation of driving like race car on the streets...another suggestion reported to be the real reason for this limiter is so the GT-R does not just leave police cars for dead in the case of a car chase happening. Kind of a cool thing for the GT-R owners to brag I think.


Peugeot 207 CC GT

The Peugeot 207 CC GT is a fun, stylish French car for day to day life. It looks great and is a very comfortable car to ride in. With the sporty design it looks like it could do 0-60 in 4 seconds and set your hair on fire but the truth is with these European fashion cars, the hard top fold down roof adds a lot of weigh which dampers the performance. This model is slightly heavier than is predecessor the 206cc but, the 207 is not made for performance as you might expect. Peugeot put in a straight four 1.6 litre engine that give you 43.5mpg, whilst pumping out 120bhp. This car is more about looking good and enjoying the time inside the car than setting fast lap times. The 207 is a perfect car to enjoy a sunny day driving around town doing the shopping or heading to see the family.