Nissan Gt-r Finalist For 2009 World Car Of The Year

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I wonder if anyone has read that the Nissan GT-R has been nominated as a finalist for the 2009 World car of the Year? Not only this it is also a finalist for World Performance car of the year. The GT-R faces some stiff competition though, but it's the only car with a double nomination. A world car of the year award would be huge for it's image if nothing else.

The Nominees:

WCOTY:

- Audi A4

- BMW 7 Series

- Citroen c5

- FIAT 500

- Ford Fiesta

- Honda Jazz

- Jaguar XF

- Mazda6

- Nissan GT-R

- Toyota iQ

- Volkswagen Golf Mk6

WPCOTY:

- Audi RS6 Avant

- BMW 135i

- Corvette ZR-1

- Lamborghini Gallargo LP560-4

- Mercedes C63 and SL63 AMG

- Mitsubishi EVO X

- Nissan GT-R

- Porsche 911

- Subaru WRX STi

[Max_ST-R]

Well here we are a few weeks later and Nissan missed out on the overall World Car of the year 2009 (which it was a finalist for and was won by the VW Golf Mk6)...but it did indeed win the 2009 World PERFORMANCE Car of the year (was announced at NY Motor Show). A great win for Nissan especially against the likes of the mighty Corvette ZR-1 and Porsche 911 Carrera.

Now I wait in anticipation at the results of the 2nd assault at the Nuburgring record in the 09MY GT-R and Spev GT-R. A world performance car of the year and a stock production car lap record at the Nurburgring in the same month would be quite an acheivement!!