Week Seven EOC: The Pitch

The GT-R is one of the greatest modern supercars. It affordable, unlike a Lamborghini, and it is considerably fast. Over 500 horsepower delivered to all four wheels fast. I chose this car because I like imports and I’m a Nissan guy at heart. I currently driver a 1986 300zx turbo and I love it to death.
The slogan I chose, “A monster? No, a God.”, is actually a quote from the 2014 film. The reason I chose this quote is because the GT-R is often referred to as Godzilla. This happened in 1990 when the R32 GT-R was introduced in Australia. “The Australian auto press began to call the car “Godzilla” because it was a new monster from Japan, and the name quickly spread. The car had such an enormous winning potential, that it actually broke apart Group A Racing in Australia because of its dominance, much like the original Audi Quattro did in Group B Rallying.” (https://torquepost.com/2012/06/13/how-the-nissan-skyline-gt-r-came-to-be-called-godzilla/)
This 2017 GT-R is unique because of the craftsmanship that it takes to build one of these cars. “Each Nissan GT-R engine is hand-assembled by a single technician—and proudly bears a plaque carrying their signature – in a dust-and-temperature controlled clean room much like those used for Formula One racing engines.” (https://www.nissanusa.com/sportscars/gt-r/features) This new 2017 GT-R is unique because of the records that it holds. “The Nissan GT-R can accelerate from 0-60 in just 2.8sec, placing it alongside hypercar royalty such as the McLaren P1 and Ferrari LaFerrari. It even matches the ultra-lightweight Caterham 620R despite weighing three times as much. And on an open stretch of tarmac the Nissan would have the clear advantage, with its 193mph top speed helping it easily blast away from a 155mph 620R.” Not only is this car fast in a straight line, it is fast around one of the most world renowned race tracks in history, The Nurburgring. “Incredibly, the GT-R recently lapped the Ring in 7m18.6s, which is 1.3sec quicker than Chevrolet’s fastest production Corvette, the C6 ZR1. This also means that amazingly, the GT-R is one of the fastest production cars to ever lap the Nordschleife, placing it at the sharp end of a list that includes both exotic two-seater supercars and stripped out track-spec machinery.” (http://www.evo.co.uk/nissan/gtr/13489/nissan-gt-r-top-ten-facts)
This amazing car is the beginning of an entirely new era of Japanese supercars returning. Since the R35 went into production, Toyota announced the return of their legendary sports car, the Supra. Honda also released their sports car revival in the new NSX. The question is if these other companies can truly hold up the status of their previous cars and if they can, will they be able to top the GT-R?