Officials at the DatsunDojo apparently hadn't received the press release yet when we contacted them for a comment, and said they'd need time to review it before commenting. Unofficially, however, one representative was heard to sigh heavily, and mutter, "Awww, FUCK." This may have had something to do with the fact that, due to out inability to calculate world times, we contacted them for comment at 3AM, their time, and most of them were sleeping.

Several hour later, a very tired and grumpy-looking group of Nissan engineers shuffled out with what they called a "sneak preview" of an upcoming GT-R for us. The diagram they showed us appeared to have been drawn in crayon, however in fairness, it was a pretty good drawing. There also appeared to be several stains from spilled drinks, and there was a definite aroma of strong coffee, spilled booze, and tears of frustration.

The car they demonstrated was the GT-R-R-S SpecV Type-R Sport S Ultimo Gran Turismo Edition. Based on the drawings, it appeared to be receiving at least another two turbos, which appear to be significantly larger. In fact, in the conceptual drawings, they were each somewhat larger than the front tires, and stuck out of the hood. Also, the GT-R-R-S Spe... uh... the new car received a much bigger rear spoiler, and what appeared to be streamers coming from virtually every rear surface. When questioned about the streamers, Nissan officials admitted those were, quote, "just speed-lines to show that it's going really fast. Oh, but we did also upgrade the computer! We just can't show that in the picture."

Meanwhile, when contacted in Detroit, members of the Corvette team seemed similarly unaware. The representative we reached by phone was surprised, and asked us to hold while he set the phone down for a moment. He returned a moment later, and told us, quote, "Yeah, we can handle that. Tell ya what we'll do, we'll throw a pulley kit on the ZR1, and boost the fuel pump's maximum pressure. That aughtta handle that Porsche. Shit, son, it's a small-block Chevy, you want some more power, just tighten the correct bolts."

He then told us that he had to cut our interview short, as it was his turn to bowl.