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| Turbonutter |
Autocar: GT-R vs RS FocusSome nice pics in the article and it seems the Autocar test figures are a bit closer to what you might expect than the EVO test ones |
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| Turbonutter |
....and a little film clip to go with it which I quite enjoyed 
http://www.autocar.co.uk/VideosWa...rs/Videos.aspx?AR=239816&CT=V |
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| Blarno |
Andrew Frankel is a cock, isn't he? With a patronising presenting style. | ||||||
| Turbonutter |
Nissan does shift well at 2:36 though
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| Nice Guy Eddie |
I must have a go in an RS. It really is appealing.
Frankels presenting style is like that of a bad 90's Clarkson just without the hair. |
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| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
He really is dreadful on video, isn't he! |
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| Turbonutter |
Having experienced the RS I'd definitely like to try the GT-R - must be "GT2 awesome" when it's not reigned in by the roads like on that clip |
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| Dr. Hfuhruhurr |
That's the problem with a car as fast and capable as the GTR (or the great thing about the RS, if you like): finding somewhere to use its capabilities. I sometimes find the GT3 almost too fast for the road. | ||||||
| Twelfth Monkey |
At first I was a little surprised that the RS was so close, but then it's been remarked before that beyond a certain level of grunt (and 300 certainly qualifies), under normal conditions it's not the car that impedes progress, it's sanity/a necessary margin/traffic/junctions.
0-60 was two tenths inside Ford's time, but 0-100 in 13.9 looked a little disappointing, because I thought Ford had quoted faster. It's only when you look at the 0-100 times in the back of the magazine that you realise it's still mighty quick. For reference 645Ci 13.2, S2000 14.3, Exige 13 flat, CL 500 13.8, Evo X 14.3, and from the golden oldies, NSX 13.7. |
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| TimR |
At least he's consistent across all types of media then |
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| boc70 |
Oh I dunno. Colin Goodwin speaks very highly of him... |