http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qreQwTeaVWY

We're in a 2009 Nissan GT-R, helmet on, seatbelt fastened, left foot poised to release the brake and unleash Godzilla's wrath. But we're not on a racetrack. In front of us there are 22 miles and 402 turns of the best driving road in the world, Southern California's Glendora Mountain Road. We've covered this ground thousands of times, but today it's different. Today there are two California Highway Patrol cruisers stationed at either end of this twisting strip of sun-drenched blacktop. It is our personal playground for the afternoon.

The radio crackles the "All clear" and with the GT-R's engine revved to a launch-controlled 4,500 rpm, we release the brake and let the big Nissan do what it does best: twist physics into knots.

This process is repeated all afternoon in a collection of today's quickest and most capable road cars. The list includes a 2008 Audi R8, 2008 Lotus Elise SC, 2008 Porsche 911, 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X MR and 2008 Subaru WRX STI. We didn't discriminate: Rally cars, focused rear-drive performance cars and everything in between was invited to the party. In fact, there's only one genre missing from this otherwise comprehensive list — the big-power, rear-drive supercar. But it wasn't for a lack of trying.

Fact is, we asked Chevy for a 2008 Corvette Z06 and we asked Dodge for a 2008 Viper SRT10, but both refused to loan us their cars — presumably because we'd be testing their best metal against the almighty GT-R.

Sniff, sniff. Does somebody smell chicken?
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2009 Nissan GT-R
As-tested price: $75,925
Mountain road time: 2:04.35; Rank: 1st
Streets of Willow lap time: 1:25.68; Rank: 1st
0-60 mph: 3.5 seconds (3.2 seconds with 1 foot of rollout like on a drag strip)
Quarter-mile: 11.7 seconds at 116.8 mph
60-0 braking: 98 feet
Slalom: 74.0 mph
Skid pad: 0.96g

2008 Audi R8
As-tested price: $134,545
Mountain road time: 2:04.68; Rank: 2nd
Streets of Willow lap time: 1:26.92; Rank: 2nd
0-60 mph: 4.5 seconds (4.2 seconds with 1 foot of rollout like on a drag strip)
Quarter-mile: 12.7 seconds at 109.0 mph
60-0 braking: 103 feet
Slalom: 71.0 mph
Skid pad: 0.98g

2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X MR
As-tested price: $38,940
Mountain road time: 2:06.91; Rank: 3rd
Streets of Willow lap time: 1:29.02; Rank: 3rd
0-60 mph: 5.6 seconds (5.3 seconds with 1 foot of rollout like on a drag strip)
Quarter-mile: 14.0 seconds at 97.4 mph
60-0 braking: 111 feet
Slalom: 68.9 mph
Skid pad: 0.92g

2008 Porsche 911 Carrera
As-tested price: $85,765
Mountain road time: 2:09.51; Rank: 4th
Streets of Willow lap time: 1:29.25; Rank: 4th
0-60 mph: 4.8 seconds (4.5 seconds with 1 foot of rollout like on a drag strip)
Quarter-mile: 13.0 seconds at 108.1 mph
60-0 braking: 104 feet
Slalom: 72.2 mph
Skid pad: 0.92g

2008 Lotus Elise SC
As-tested price: $63,920
Mountain road time: 2:10.19; Rank: 5th
Streets of Willow lap time: 1:29.49; Rank: 5th
0-60 mph: 4.9 seconds (4.6 seconds with 1 foot of rollout like on a drag strip)
Quarter-mile: 13.3 seconds at 103.2 mph
60-0 braking: 110 feet
Slalom: 72.4 mph
Skid pad: 0.96g

2008 Subaru WRX STI
As-tested price: $39,678
Mountain road time: 2:10.72; Rank: 6th
Streets of Willow lap time: 1:30.05; Rank: 6th
0-60 mph: 5.3 seconds (5.0 seconds with 1 foot of rollout like on a drag strip)
Quarter-mile: 13.5 seconds at 101.8 mph
60-0 braking: 109 feet
Slalom: 69.7 mph
Skid pad: 0.90g

Notevoli i tempi sul giro dell'R8, considerando il rapporto Peso / Potenza non esattamente da primato (in questo gruppo). Peccato per l'assenza dalla 911 Turbo (al posto della versione base), che visto l'alto prezzo dell'R8, avrebbe avuto senso includerla in questo gruppetto.

Alla fine forse la piu' impressionante e' la evo x

nello slalom  batte pure l'elise!

e nella strada di montagna solo 2 secondi dalla gt-r e dalla r8... veramente un gran ferro...

parlavo della gtr la evo nello slalom le prende. comunque è notevole pure quelsta...nel video sembra agilissima!

la evo è orgasmica....

sta gtr è veramente incredibile...

su evo si sono chiesti come fa a costare la metà di una carrera turbo, non ricordo se hanno dato una risposta...
comunque in termini di costi di produzione cosa può esserci di particolarmente più economico rispetto ad una carrera turbo?
Sicuramente in porsche si fanno pagare il prestigio ecc ecc...ma possibile che ci guadagnino 70mila euro a macchina?
Ovviamente no...quindi? I jap hanno un ciclo produttivo molto più efficiente? insomma non son mica bruscolini...e se smontiamo pezzo pezzo le due auto, c'è più "merce" nella gtr che nella carrera turbo...

Credo che conti anche il fatto che Nissan, avendo una gamma di auto - e volumi di vendita - molto più estesa di Porsche, possa permettersi di spalmare meglio i costi e accontentarsi di ricavi minori di quanto possa fare Porsche.

Porsche dichiara un utile a vettura del 33%.....fate vobis

pazzesco!!!

io direi "paraculo" 

nel prossimo numero di 4R ci sarà l'abituale test del club "4 secondi" dove Prost confronta la GTR con 3 mostri sacri: F430 Scuderia, 997 GT2 e Gallardo LP560/4