R35 Gtr Review In Herald Sun

[Sammy-qld]

I have the R35 as an everyday car...and yep if I was to write a review after taking it for a tottle down to the shops, grab the kids from school and then back to my desk job...I would say it is uninvolving. Auto mode has you shifting to 6th gear before 60km/h. You start depressing your foot in automode and guess what....nothing. The gearbox response in auto mode is for fuel economy and you get much better response from a turbo falcon...or my wife's X5 turbo diesel. Even if you give it a squirt on the streets it is still a little dull, because if has no body roll at street speeds, it has no hint of letting go, it has no risk factor, it is like boy in the bubble.

The 335 BM I had was great for the streets, at street speeds I could get it sideways, drift round a round about, all the fun things. I could plant the accelerator to the floor and use that speed for fun. In the GTR I get to stab quickly at the accelerator and boom 120km/h is on the dial. There is awe at the speed....however it is not involving on the street, you cannot come anywhere near any of it's limits. It even seems to float at low speeds, the steering is ordinary and the runing circle is quite big.....however you can certainly use it as an everyday car....I do.

On the track however is where you get to use the cars special abilities. I liken it to Clarke Kent and Superman. Clarke is nothing special, he is very ordinary, however put him in the situation and you have the man of steel.....same with the R35.

In short...R35 is capable on the road...but the fun in driving it everyday is in its potential and in the responses you get from other people....where this car is out of this world is on the track.

Don't take this review to heart....look at the reviewer and where it was reviewed, then appreciate where it should have been reviewed and by a decent journo.

Cheers,

I have to agree with you on this, I use my R35 as a daily driver and what you said here is SPOT ON accurate 100%. At normal speeds it does feel a bit uninvolving, and yeah didn't love the 6th gear at 60km's myself either but they did have to do that or you'd be going to the garage for fuel every 200km's. I think I go there every 250km's as it is LOL. If Ferrari had to come up with a everyday driving car I'm sure they'd have to make some sacrifices to achieve this also.

After reading your post I'm going to look into tracking my R35 soon to really enjoy it, now i've found a place I can repair my car at decent prices if it breaks

Gave it a crack on some empty roads at times and its just so exciting to drive anywhere near its limits I gotta experience that on a track. This car is so stable its like its designed to drive at 160km + speeds and anything below is childs play to it.

[Godcla]

I think you might be wrong about why "most people" buy an R35. I know a couple of people who have them, and they are primarily interested in track results first and foremost. Real posers just don't a Nissan, trust me. There are far more credible six figure badges which are much more socially palatable.

Writing a review like that, which puts the fair majority of the analysis on how it drives on the road is stupid. It's like judging your supermodel wife on how she cleans the dishes. Dumb, and besides the point entirely.

So if that was his intention, it was misplaced and just inappropriate. Especially considering this car has just reset the benchmark for some of the worlds most iconic sports cars. And just to echo something others have raised, you barely see Lambo's and GT3's etc written off because they just arent as engaging as a Subaru Brumby when gong to fetch the milk. Good son of rajab. This guy has a (not so) hidden agenda against GTR's - simple as that. Do some research into past GTR ramblings.

+1........The article just did not make good reading as he just did not show us the GTR by giving

the reader little details of it's behaviour under different conditions and somehow involve the reader

and then point to a conclusion and opinions......(be they good or bad)

Just like a school kid going into an exam that didn't do his homework.....He will know little but still have

opinions but show little leading to them.

PS: Motor Mag June has a GT2 v GTR review where one can almost smell the rubber and feel the G-Forces by reading......

Edited May 13, 2009 by Godcla

[Beer Baron]

there is a review in the sydney morning heralds drive lift out today. it was quite a well balanced review. simple, to the point, and fairly accurate. There was one BIG blunder though, and that is the knuckle heads published a photo of the 370Z interior as the R35.... d'oh

[Godcla]

there is a review in the sydney morning heralds drive lift out today. it was quite a well balanced review. simple, to the point, and fairly accurate. There was one BIG blunder though, and that is the knuckle heads published a photo of the 370Z interior as the R35.... d'oh

Seems like every review they get simple fact/s wrong .......will reviews on this Car never end....

[Beer Baron]

it was a pretty bad mistake considering:

A) their interiors look nothing alike and;

B) the 370 interior has a GIANT "Z" on the steering wheel which is very prominent in the photo.

[Godcla]

it was a pretty bad mistake considering:

A) their interiors look nothing alike and;

B) the 370 interior has a GIANT "Z" on the steering wheel which is very prominent in the photo.

Yea..Well it's their job and one would think they would take a little more care and pride in their work.......