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Weekly Car Review

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2009 NISSAN SKYLINE GT-R
Part video game and part low-flying jet, the GT-R suspends disbelief one moment, and then an instant later catapults you back to reality. Not unlike the latest Xbox or Playstation driving game, it makes going absurdly fast a matter of stomping on the gas, steering, and banging off shifts as fast as you can grab the paddles. At the same time, it never hesitates to remind you that underneath its game-inspired cockpit, exterior and dashboard display, is one of the most impressive mechanical creations on earth. Large and heavy around town, the GT-R gets progressively smaller and lighter on its feet as speeds increase, all while remaining supremely planted to the road and telepathically connected to your brain. And though it may not ooze the “personality” of sexier European competitors, this matters little with the GT-R, which impresses instead with a seemingly unlimited supply of attitude, grip and pure, unapologetic thrust.
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