As fast as possible [permalink]
261 km/h was the speed one motorist chose to travel last week Sunday on his way to the Wesbank race track in Alberton. Unfortunately it doesn't take a genius traffic officer to set up a speed trap on the road leading to a race track on race day. You're BOUND to get a rock pretending to BE in the races on the WAY to the races. These are special people we're dealing with and precisely the reason why our boy was caught and is now in a spot of poo.
I was intrigued as to what car was used to carry the rockspider at such phenomenal speeds. The report mentioned a Nissan Skyline GT-R. I wondered what this car was all about and thought I would gather some info for you. I can just hear the petrol head readers out there getting a hard-on as they shout things like, "Oh my God, don't you know about the Skyline GTR?? Fuck bru, are you thick or something?"
No bru, I'm not thick - I was just doing other stuff when I was a kid. Like nailing your sister.
Anyway, launching in the late 80's and constantly tweaked throughout the 90's, the Nissan Skyline GT-R was an affordable route into the realms of speed usually only reserved for the likes of Porsche and Ferrari.
The Nissan Skyline GT-R
Sexy? Nah. Fast? Sure.
A brief history of the GT-R can be found here, which includes:
The GT-R of the 1990s included a potent 2.6 L straight six-cylinder twin-turbo motor producing 206 kW (276 hp) and an electronically-controlled all wheel drive drivetrain. The car had also computer-controlled all wheel steering. Its success in motor racing was formidable, particularly in the annual race at the Mount Panorama circuit in Bathurst, Australia, where the champion three years running was a GT-R (despite receiving additional weight penalties in years two and three due to its unbeatable performance) and in the Japanese GT series where it has remained dominant up to the present day.
So there you have it! A brand new piece of information, welded together using a mouse and a keyboard. Oh and I thought I would round off this weird little "piece" with a clip of Jeremy Clarkson testing the GT-R, which looks like it was made before you were born.
