Like it or not, the modern-era GTR has been an exhibit of the latest in car tech, all in one machine. Everyone has a different balance of what's too much.
@FrankGrimes: HA! Oh, well done, that's a beautiful photoshop. Can you show how it would look with the wheels stolen off it in an apartment parking lot?
Hybrid powertrains are quickly becoming the Bluetooth earpiece of the automotive world: dorky, invasive, annoying, unnecessary, and ubiquitous.The GT-R is already massively overweight and overcomplicated but it's hardly wanting for techno credibility, since the tech it has allows it to comprehensively overcome its Manuel Uribe-style porkitudinosity.
Nissan board room:
VP #1:"How can we add more weight to the GT-R?"
VP #2 "Do you mean gravitas? The GT-R is pretty much there already."
VP #1: "No, I mean more kg's. The car is a lightweight. I know, let's make it a silly hybrid that adds another 68 kg. Then we can call it green and envirofriendly."
VP #2: "Whatevar, dude-san."
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The amount of engineering that goes into to going that fast for that long boggles my mind.
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Yeah, at first glance, I thought:
"What a retarded attempt at 'art', having someone appear to be sitting behind the brake rotor."
Then what was on the monitor, registered.
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If you're on a budget, this works too: [jalopnik.com]
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Wait, what?
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VP #1:"How can we add more weight to the GT-R?"
VP #2 "Do you mean gravitas? The GT-R is pretty much there already."
VP #1: "No, I mean more kg's. The car is a lightweight. I know, let's make it a silly hybrid that adds another 68 kg. Then we can call it green and envirofriendly."
VP #2: "Whatevar, dude-san."
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And speaking of Rh, what about a Baby Godzilla?
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The production model will probably be based on the Altima Hybrid.