R35 Gtr Uncool? Top Gear Thinks So

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

...............and who would give a ratsarse what those tossers think???????????????????????

LMAO! For sure.

Who cares if its 'uncool'.

It was never designed to be a poser.

Practicality, excellent performance and tunability with an awesome price tag that serves it to the other supercars.

You gota point there.

Top Gear sucks, watch fifth gear if you want an informative tv program.

I do like Fifth gear when I watched some episodes.

Really I could care what Top Gear think of any car, cuz thats their opinion and we have ours.

[bt23]

it is a good show but why hang on their every word and verdict? after all, last time i checked wearing blazers with jeans wasn't very cool to begin with.

[JD_R33]

Uncool?

From a bloke who perms his hair?

Pffffffttttt..

[4door_Sleeper]

the only part i dont like about the car is its a v6..... should stayed a straight 6 and kept with the gtr heritage.... i know theyve gone v6 for a reason to mount the mount back further and have less weight over the front for better handling and blah blah...

FAIL

The first skylines were 4 cylinders, so by your logic they should have kept with a 4 cylinder in the name of heritage LOL

Times change, cars change, viva la change.

[scathing]

The first GT-R was a 2.0L inline 6 with normal aspiration. And RWD.

Allowing for the natural displacement creep that comes with any newer model, that would make the R32 GTS closer to the "heritage" of the GT-R nameplate than the ATTESSA equipped twin turbo car we actually got.

So who'd prefer the R32 that came from Nissan with the RB25DE over the one with the RB26DETT?

The GT-R's "heritage" is to be technologically advanced and f**king fast. That is all.

[NISMO]

The GT-R's "heritage" is to be technologically advanced and f**king fast. That is all.

And there you have it ladies and gents, summed up in one sentence. That should be the official reply to anyone saying, it's too big, too ugly, too V6 instead of straight 6, too auto instead of "real" manual.

What is the world coming to when a Z owner defends the GTR to GTR owners! :-)

[SimonR32]

FAIL

The first skylines were 4 cylinders, so by your logic they should have kept with a 4 cylinder in the name of heritage LOL

Times change, cars change, viva la change.

firstly the r35 is a GTR not a skyline...

second as previously said first GTR was a 2.0l inline 6

YOU FAIL ON ZE INTERNETS

[phunky_monkey]

They claimed that the brakes on the R32 would explode not the R33. That comment was made by that fat guy that lasted 1 season in top gear.

They arent cut up to drive gtr's? wtf lol They drive sooo many cars way better than gtr's.

They speak out of their arse, no doubt... but the fat guy had a point. 32's were recalled due to disc issues. The stock discs are shlt, simple as that, so he was right... just exaggerating a bit

[fuzzy_scuz]

If it is uncool then that means prices will drop as demand will fall. Meaning more cars available to be purchased.

[scathing]

What is the world coming to when a Z owner defends the GTR to GTR owners! :-)

Hey, I am a GT-R fan too! Or otherwise I wouldn't be here. It's just that the R34 was out of my price range when I bought the Z, the R33 too ugly, and the R32 too old.

If I were to be in the same position now, chances are I would buy a mint condition R34 GT-R over a brand new Z33 or Z34.

[krzysiu]

Top Gear sucks, watch fifth gear if you want an informative tv program.

Yea, i watch fifth gear when top gear is off air. Fifth gear is boring and only now they have started doing semi-stupid stuff to "try" be an entertaining as top gear.

[LTSJayce]

The GT-R's "heritage" is to be technologically advanced and f**king fast. That is all.

As said just earlier, thankyou kind Sir for defining the GT-R in such terms. You should get a patent or trademark or something onto that: it's GOLD.

[R33_NICK]

top gear insults cars to sell and some people found them amusing then again, whatever they said should not be taken seriously. tho what i hate about them is that they are biased. to them, british cars like the Aston Martin for example is considered the best eventhough the aston or any british cars basically have lots of breaking down problems, etc...

Edited January 29, 2009 by R33_NICK

[Gibbo_R35]

When I attend the live show of Top Gear in Sydney next week I will be sure to print out the entire thread and submit it to them......that'll teach em.

I am sure that they care as much about our feedback as we do about their opinion on which cars we buy. If I listened to every wanker in a Cardigan as to which car to buy then I would have bought a Porsche and not the GTR.

Cheers

[JD_R33]

When I attend the live show of Top Gear in Sydney next week I will be sure to print out the entire thread and submit it to them......that'll teach em.

Better still Jeff, how about on our collective behalf you take a big sign along that says something like "Poor dress sense & perms are uncool, not GT-R's", you know, like they do at the wrestling.

If they ever televise the show we can all go "look, there's Jeff"

[AndrewJZX100]

Funny how everyone raves about Top Gear UK like it's the shit, then they say a bad word about the GTR and suddenly they're talking out of their arse, not to be taken seriously etc.

As for the topic, meh @ GTR, plenty of cars I'd rather own.

[Soul]

Funny how everyone raves about Top Gear UK like it's the shit, then they say a bad word about the GTR and suddenly they're talking out of their arse, not to be taken seriously etc.

So true

[89CAL]

as someone already said, they havent put cars u would typically expect to see on the cool wall on it. They have put some pretty cool cars on there and some pretty cool cars not on there, I'm pretty sure they put the Gallardo on the uncool wall? And Jeremy loved driving it from what i remember.

Its not about typical coolness, its about coolness that has remained over time and what they think will continue to be cool for the next 10-20 years or so. I think thats more along the line

Not saying i agree, I think the GTR is awesome but when broken down it may not be the outlandish 'cool' we all think it is. Remember this is a skyline forum, and the king of skylines is GTR even if the R35 isnt a skyline at heart.

[handbrake]

Def. Cool - fashionably attractive or impressive

Basically equates to conformity, to hell with that.

Top gear is entertaining but it is mass market media, it is an entertainment show rather than an informative program (cue ridiculously contrived novelty events and now a world wide traveling circus).

I watch it far a glimpse at the cars I will never own and for the novelty factor, not for an informative appraisal of the cars they test.

I suspect the presenters don't take themselves or their opinions too seriously either, they would probably be the first to admit in person that it is all a bit of a laugh.

[lachlanw]

yeah what he said ^^^

top gear does what it does and it obviously works.

jeremy puts a lot of effort into being jeremy

didnt you hear him when he introduced the R35 " here we have a datsun 120y ' nissan have revised it a wee bit and now we have this "(pionts to R35)

and weve all seen the video of him driving the 1000hp jun 33 gtr