I have owned both the 2011 sport and the 2011 Nismo. Stock for stock the Nismo out handles the sport by miles. The suspension may be tight, but the faster you drive it better it handles. Bumps and turns that would destroy the sport suspension the Nismo handles with ease.
You can modify the sport or base with aftermarket, but none of it is tuned properly to work with each other so unless you have a team of engineers to set it all up properly then you are just kidding yourself.
Where the Nismo out shines the sport is in the exhaust at high RPMs. Drop those gears on the freeway and the car will become a point and shot car. The suspension makes changing lanes effortless and easy at 70 or 130 transitions are laser sharp.
Get the gears right on take off and I swear you can cut a 4 second 0-60 with ease.
Owning both I can feel the difference in the cars.
I would rather have the Nismo, because at the end of the day it will be better performance and hold a much higher resale.
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