Article: Nissan Gt-R R35 Vs Nissan Gt-R R34 (Carsales)

[God_speed]

We pit the latest GT-R supercar against a pumped up version of its predecessor to see how far Godzilla has come in a decade.

Nissan GT-R R35 vs Nissan GT-R R34

Can what was once one of the most dominant and influential cars to come out of Japan keep pace with its younger high-tech sibling?

The short answer is no. But in modifying a 12-year-old R34-series Skyline GT-R to near-identical levels of performance as the current model, we begin to get an appreciation of a dozen years’ worth of automotive engineering.

The technological advancements of the past decade have been significant, to say the least, and the new GT-R takes advantage of every single one of them. It is now, arguably, for the price the epitome of high-tech, high-performance motoring.

Full article in the link:

http://www.carsales.com.au/reviews/nissan/gt-r/nissan-gt-r-r35-vs-nissan-gt-r-r34-41353

[Iron Chef]

Of course it's going to outperform an R34, jeez I'd be fairly disappointed if it didn't. As you mature, you start to realise that "faster" and "more enjoyable" don't always go hand in hand

[GTRsean]

Lol 353nm... It was more like 394nm in the 34GTR.

And VSII had at least 2 airbags...

[God_speed]

Yep they've had two airbags since the series II R33 in 1996 and optional side bags in the R34 since '99 I believe.

Was good that the article at least went some way to talking about the qualities of the R34 as a tuner car. It also mentioned that the 34 can still be a challenge and won't do everything for you, which, to Kristian's point, is kind of a big drawcard for many people here on this forum.