I’ve mentioned that we went to Japan Car Show 2007 during the trip to Japan in November 2007. The most famous car isn’t Ferrari, nor Porsche, it’s Skyline GT-R by Nissan. I’m sure it’s not hard to find one on the road anywhere in Japan and Hong Kong, China, since this beauty is already avaiable in Asia market and it will be available in US in the year of 2009.
Performance
GT-R equipped with a VR38DETT twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V6 engine, that produce 480hp @ 6,800 rpm and 430 lb-ft torque @ 3,200 - 5,200 rpm with a top speed of 192 mph. This GT-R will be All-Wheel Driven (AWD) with independent rear-mounted transaxle integrating transmission, differential and AWD transfer case. Nissan claims that the GT-R will accelerate from 0-60 mph in 3.5 seconds, and quarter-mile in 11.7 seconds.
Transmission
GT-R is equipped with a 6-speed Dual Clutch Transmission with three driver-selectable modes, they are: Normal (maximum smoothness and efficiency), Snow (gentler starting and shifting on slippery condition), and R (maximum performance with fastest shifts) comes with fully automatic shifting or full sequential manual control via gearshift or steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters. The Dual Clutch design will shift gears in less than 0.5 seconds (or 0.2 seconds in R mode) - I doubt if a human can shift faster than that?
Too bad this Japanese super car is not available in Canada and I’m hoping someone would drive one to the north and visit Vancouver in 2009 or come to watch the Winter Olympic in 2010 with it 
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