The automobile world has talked about the Nissan GT-R for months, with hundreds of tests being done and plenty of comparisons being made.

And so the Nissan sports car, despite its weight and dimensions, looks like it could be the most efficient on the market, with the best value for money. But despite the records broken by this controversial supercar, is it enough to guarantee real emotion for the driver? Just think of this adrenalin on a Porsche GT3, Corvette Z06 or an Audi R8, and you would get a whole different kick.

According to Dan Neil, Los Angeles Times journalist, the GT-R is really fast, efficient and powerful. It’s just not very fun to drive. Neil is a 2004 Pulitzer prize-winner, who claims that despite Nissan’s efforts to build the best and most extreme supercar ever, its qualities detract from driving emotion - which, we add, is perhaps the only thing that sportscar fans really care about.

Few cars could keep pace with the GT-R, althought the electronic configuration makes it really accessible, if not sterile. The latest EVO number has revealed that the GT-R, although faster than the GT3, is less stimulating for the senses than the Porsche.

Where’s the problem for this Super Nissan then? There isn’t one. If a user wants the fastest car there is to get from A to B, it would be difficult to find better on the market, especially in terms of price. But if a user wants a more hot blooded personality, the GT-R is not among the choices recommended by Dan Neil. Comparing it with a Porsche GT 2, he reckons with the latter, when “you drive that car hard, you’re in the fight for your existential soul”. A sense of danger gives a more gratifying and involving driving sensation for Neil, compared to cold speed figures.

On the track with the GT-R, however, it’s not the driver that corrects or manages the car, but sensible steering control and high IQ all wheel drive. An error in a Ferrari on the GT-R becomes a simple parameter that can be calculated and corrected by the car itself, reducing driving dynamism and the fun that goes with it. Maybe with the V-spec the situation will get better.

Via | SeattleTimes.com (Thanks to ” UF”)

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