Here's an unexpected trip back to your much loved world of autos and design. We took the kids to the beach yesterday - it was a lovely day - and in the parking lot when we were leaving was this car, being filmed by a film crew working for a local motoring - TV programme.
It's the 2009 (yes, bizarre, because it's not even 2008 yet) Nissan GT-R, which I understand was launched in Tokyo in October this year, and so probably has not reached South Africa yet. I understand that it's a very serious vehicle, and thought that you might be interested in seeing it, in the event that you havn't already. Here is the address for the launch website - I recommend visiting it if auto design is your thing:
What I think is particularly cool, is that there is a pictorial time-line which opens on the screen which rolls if you put your mouse over it, and takes you on a visual design history tour so to speak, charting this car's evolution, from 1964 to this model. I think it's really nicely done - simple, effective, visual. Check it out.
If you are interested in the technology of the car, I know what made it's predecessors reknown in the world of production racing was an "un-burstable" V6 motor with extravagant dual turbo-charging, and a completely programmable engine management chip that allowed a stock motor to be remapped to put out in excess of 1000hp. This coupled with permanent four-wheel drive made for a profound racing tool. Here is the site for the Jeremy Clarkson test of one of its pre - predecessors, after a lot of engine tinkering - I think it gives an indication via lineage of what this model might be about:
This is what he had to say about this model - "most exciting car of 2008".
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