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wow! that would have to be close to the most innacurate article on GTRs I've ever read. also it uses a 3 year old CG image of the next gen skyline in an article that doesn't even mention it? weird.

for the record, mitsubishi and subaru dont come anywhere near close to matching the electronic AWD system. They use mechanical full-time AWD systems that dont use a computer at all, rather just a centre diff that works much like a regular diff but transfers torque between front and rear during slippage. Its basically a system that allows for 2 different torque splits, not infinitely variable torque split like ATTESA.

but yes the article is a bit more marketing hype than actual facts. There was a few facts in there, concerning the skyline's dominance of the racing scene but to say that other cars like porsche and bmw are only now catching up to the skyline is a bit over the top. even the R34 GTR's technology is getting a bit dated now, but the new one should start a whole new era for the GTR :D

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^^ The new 997 Turbo has a clutch based torque control to the front wheels as per...

"Featuring PTM (Porsche Traction Management) the new system incorporates a clutch-based system which varies the amount of torque to the front wheels, regardless of wheel slip front and rear. This, according to Porsche, aids traction and the handling by redirecting the torque to control oversteer or understeer, thus resulting in far more neutral handling, as well as greatly improved performance in all weather conditions (as opposed to older AWD system which gave the Turbo stability under hard acceleration)"

Porsche claim 100ms time for to modulate power to the front.

cayenne-PTM2.jpg

Transfer case, hydraulic ram and pivot fork look familiar :bunny:

Edited by GeeTR

Haha i like the 2nd paragraph

which states: By 1996 the 2.0L engine was producing 160hp and the Skyline won more than 50 races in the next 3 years....

Sounds like a badly written Herald article, your brother doesn't live in Auckland or Hamilton does he?

lol took them that long huh.. 997, well, like i said b4, its not outdated if theres nothing better

1986 called and mentioned the Porsche 959. Dunno if they can really copy their own idea.

http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/t...tion_4wd_21.htm

1986 called and mentioned the Porsche 959. Dunno if they can really copy their own idea.

http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/t...tion_4wd_21.htm

Exacty! Nissan copied the idea from Porsche from the beginning! And not just the 4WD system either.

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