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Both cost the same money,

Both are inline6 cylinder turbo's.

Heres some fast facts on the fast Ford:

Price: $43,965

Engine: Inline 6cyl dohc, 24valve turbo

Weight: 1732kg's

0-100km's: 6.0 seconds

0-400m: 14.3 seconds at 162km's/hr

Dont have the stats on the R34..

Consider that the R34 you buy for that money will most likely be a '99 model, and not a new car. Which would you buy, and why?

Which car is better? :)

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i would buy R34. The falcon is too big, heavy, common and not as quick to drive (refering to BFYB 03). I don't need/want 4 doors. and even if i did, i'd pay extra and spend a whole lot mroe time, just to find a GT-T in manual. A similar M.Y. chaser is also another car in mind for 4 doors

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I thought that would stir the hornets nest a little :)

I think they are quite similar cars, the only difference is the fact that the falcon has four doors. I'm sure in the back the skyline has only a bit less leg room.

It's not as outrageous comparison as say, V8 HSV GTS vs R33 GTST.. (differen class, different ages..)

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Originally posted by pentae

Rezz: A 2 Door Sports car that is slower than a shitbox falcon?

Ok fine, the Falcon might be faster(?), but why compare the two?

A better comparison would be a JZS161 Aristo and a Falcon XR6T?

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Now Now guys.. let's not get too carried away. I love my Nissans just as much as you do.

But if you want a Nissan family car the GTT & GTST are it. If you want a Nissan sports car you get a 200sx. If you want a racing performance machine you get a GTR.

The GTT is a Japanese family car with a turbo 6 engine, just as the XR6T's are.

It seems everyone has a different definition of sports car, and family car.

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i think u mean that the 4 door skylines are family cars if that. dont forget skylines hav also been about performance, unlike the commos and falcon who hav had performace forced on them. i agree there are levels of sports cars but not to the point were a skyline is a family car and a 200sx is a sports car. some people would say that porsche and ferrari make REAL sports cars(compared to japs), some would not

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Originally posted by pentae

Rezz: Aristo's arent exactly common like the R34's are.

R34`s aren`t exactly Taxi`s...:)

Seriously, the Ford weighs nigh on 1800kgs, they just keep getting heavier and heavier, when logic (and our son of rajab Colin Chapman) say otherwise, and Ford and Holden are actually spearheading a totally new class of automobile... the "500kw House"...:(

All good in my book, just I think they (Forb and Holdem) are in a class of their own. Incomparable to anything else but themselves...:uh-huh:

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