My brother and I argued about this today: R34 v. R35 He likes the R34 for it's legendary straight-6 engine. The new skyline, in a straight line, is quite possibly the fastest street legal car on the planet. Insanely quick. Both are valued at $75k, they are supercars and for that price they are great value.
I'll get the top one. The R35. But with that money, I'd rather get a Benz...AMG C63 or something. dunno, more of a looks over performance type.
Hey, Godzilla is pretty damn fast for the price. However, it is quite literally not the fastest street legal car on Earth. Not even the fastest production car, let alone just street legal car. Nice car though. I would take the old one, I have watched a few youtube vids of those things with 1000 or so horsepower. DAMN. Then again, I would rather have a turbocharged big block chevelle that would eat it for lunch if we are just talking about the quarter mile.
Car & Driver tested out the R35 and they said in a straight line, Godzilla is the quickest street legal car on the planet. However, it doesn't handle as well as a Lambo/Ferrari/FordGT/Ect. It's a heavy car. Btw, I can't find the video but there is a clip of a twin turbo'd R34 going at full speed and it seriously sounds like a freaking jet.
As per usual Car and Driver is full of shit. This Shelby is ugly as hell. vvvvvvvv http://www.autospies.com/news/SSC-U...gatti-Veyron-As-Fastest-Production-Car-21467/ Here the Nissan gets a jump on the Bugatti. [video=youtube;CX-k0Lpahog]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX-k0Lpahog[/video] I haven't read Car and Driver regularly in about 8-10 years. The rag is horrible now.
I saw the new Nissan Skyline GTR at a little exotic car gathering at Bridgeport Village a few months ago. Nice looking car, but I'd much rather have a: Audi R8 V10 Lamborghini Gallardo my dream car... Porsche Carrera GT
The revention has too many angles for my taste. It almost has a plastic-y look. Btw, speaking of Chevelle's and old school cars, I'm a fan of resto-mods. I like a car from the 60's 70's era with a modern stance and technology. Like this Year One Firebird:
There are some affordable fast cars. The Subaru STi is a beast! It goes 0-60 in 4.6 seconds which is faster than a Porsche 911 carrera, Maserati Spyder, Aston Martin DB9. The 2006 STi was the last year they actually looked good. I HATE the hatchbacks. **edit** The '09 STi's with a wide body kit actually look beastly:
Year-One actually did a ton of work on the 'Bandit' Firebird. Body work, body kit, top is chopped, lowered with a modern stance, ect.
As pure driving machines - most modern cars are too... what's the word... de-sensitized. I test drove the previous generation Mitsu-Evo and the new generation STI. Fast cars, fantastic performance - but not that exciting to drive, imho, unless you take them on a test track and can try to push them to the limit. I would not replace my 40 years old track car for any of them... It is nowhere near as fast - but it is a lot more fun to drive.
Way, dude, Way. http://www.sportscarmarket.com/auctions/?ID=48082 http://www.sportscarmarket.com/Profiles/2009/September/Etceterini/ The Lancia is cheaper, the last Fanalone sold in the Monte Carlo auction went for $72K... Here are some current for sale ads: http://www.carclassic.com/stock.asp?Ref=DS31&Lang=en http://www.carclassic.com/stock.asp?Ref=EF09&Lang=en http://www.carclassic.com/stock.asp?Ref=EF23&Lang=en Both of these cars were the homologation racing specials, the GTA is all-aluminum with a twin-spark engine and won the European road racing championship in the mid-60s, the Fanalone was the rally-special that won Lancia their first WRC cup - aluminum body with perspex windows. Both of these cars were offered with conventional bodies (steel) and engines that are better for the street - and even there, nice ones can set you back $30-50K...
