Nissan Skyline GT-R

    The Skyline GT-R is Japan's most popular sports car. It is powered by a high-tech (intercooled) twin turbo 2.6 litre in-line six which produces 206kW@6800rpm and 368Nm@4400rpm. These figures don't even hint at the GT-R's performance credentials. The GT-R VSPEC is driven through a complex 4WD system called (ATTESA E-TS Pro) which considers drive and brake forces and precisely distributes torque independently to each of the four wheels to ensure maximum grip in all conditions and at all times! A complex system also controls the steering angle of the rear wheels according to the vehicle's speed and Yaw rate. The result of such integrated advanced technology is that the GT-R is next to Porsche's 911 turbo (which is 3.6 litres) as being the world's fastest production turbo 4WD car!!! Maybe that's why the GT-R is known as the 'battle god' of sports cars.

If the GT-R is still not enough, Nissan's competition department (Nismo) has done an even higher spec model called the 400R. It is extremely rare for a Japanese manufacturer to produce a vehicle with power exceeding 280bhp (206kW) which is the power limit in place because of a special agreement between Japanese manufacturers and its government.

    As you could imagine, anything is possible with this car and Japanese tuners (in Japan) have realised this and some tuners have even tuned a GT-R to produce over 1000bhp (making NISMO's own 400R look rather lame)!!! (over 740 kW!!!) and they're street legal (in Japan of course). Other Japanese tuners have easily done more than 800 bhp with their GT-R's (e.g.. 840 bhp by Trust, Japan). This sort of outrageous power would make the GTR out sprint a Mclaren F1 (with 627bhp)!!! Although the Mclaren's obvious aerodynamic advantage would produce an equally devastating top speed.