Nissan GT-R V-Spec

It's great that Nissan are doing this...thank God for Ghosn's letting go of the platform strategy for Nissault on this one. Is this car destined to be King of the Hill in GT5?

I don't qeustion this car's ability, but I just wonder, having not seen one in the flesh, whether the cars is 'desirable' enough. It still lacks visual coheshion to me, and therefore it is a one-trick-pony in a field of multi-talented others, which have perfected the image normally associated with a £50k performance saloon. Don't get me wrong - it's a very good trick, but does it pass the 'in-laws' test? You know, you meet them for the first time and pull up in one. It's a small percentage of people in this country that go anywhere near a track, so we are still talking a lot of money for a extreme choice compared to the establishment.

This is certianly a wonderful car, and if I could afford one I would definitely be tempted. It is in my opinion however, distinctively ugly. I really do wish it were not so but it is. I think that the R32 was very neat in its day; R33 less so and the R34 better, but not quite. What I would really like to see would be a rich enthusiast (or Nissan themselves) buy one and send it to Zagato for treatment. They are due for a stellar design soon and this would be a fantastic basis. A new, better Lancia Hyena! (Released on Grantourismo 6 as a "special" for guaranteed personal gratification).