Well the reports are flooding in with first drives of the Nissan Skyline GT-R and from what they say, it is every bit as good as Nissan promised. 473 HP twin turbo V6, all wheels drive, Dual Clutch Gear box, and performance numbers that are making the 911s, corvettes, and M3s blush. The good folks at Edmunds Inside Line say the car not only spanks a 911 but how beating up on a 911 turbo??? While it has my Schnitzel eating German brethren up in arms, huffing that it is impossible to replicate the feel of a Porsche, the feedback that comes only from decades of evolution.

What I know is this, Nissan has raised the bar, and made the Auto World re-examine the type of performance that can be achieved in a sub six figure sports car. I can bet somewhere in Germany one if not a few of our favorite auto makers are getting buyers in line to bring a GT-R home to a team of frustrated engineers for immediate dissection. Congrats Nissan you have done a favor for those lucky enough to own a new Skyline as well as any of us who hope to buy a sports car in the next decade.

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