Would you have gotten a GTR?

Synack · 06-22-2011, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Waltong

Not a drivers car?

The R35 is rear wheel drive with 500BHP. It only goes to 4 wheel drive if you get out of shape. Totally a different car to the 370. In performance terms it's like comparing a Porsche to a Punto.

The GTR and 370 are both great cars......but there is no real comparision possible.

You couldn't be further off. First off the R35 GTR is not rear wheel drive. It is all wheel drive with the majority of its torque sent to the rear wheels. Its not RWD then AWD when you lose traction. Its mostly RWD and then when you lose traction it detects the situation and sends the necessary amount of power to the front wheels to aid the situation. Its very intuitive. I can't remember how far back it goes but the R34 Skyline GTR was similar and it had the majority of its torque sent to the rear wheels as well giving it the ability to get tailhappy but not crazy unless you really pushed it.

I'd say the comparison is similar to the Silvia S15 (aka 240SX) to the R34 Skyline GTR.

Waltong · 06-22-2011, 03:03 PM

Long Answer:
The Nissan Skyline GT-R is predominately a rear wheel drive (RWD) car. All power, be it a V-Spec model or not, is transferred to the rear wheels. The 4WD control system is called ATTESA. In true Japanese style, this acronym stands for "Advanced Total Traction Engineering System for All wheel drive". This system is used by Nissan on a majority of their 4WD cars and off roaders (Shogun, Pajero, etc.). There is a further refined variation of this system, known as ATTESA-ETS. Where ETS stands for "Electronic Torque Split". This is used in the GTR. Then, there is an updated version again, known as the ATTESA-ETS Pro. The Pro spec version is used on the V-Spec varient (it stands for Victory specification, in honour of the many Nissan motorsport victories, BTW). There are other versions (ATTESA-ETS Pro ELITE, used in motorsport and not commercially available, as there are undoubtably others).

Just in case you need the official version!

06-22-2011, 03:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
Waltong Base Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: UK Posts: 11 Drives: Nissan R35..370 soon Rep Power: 14	Long Answer: The Nissan Skyline GT-R is predominately a rear wheel drive (RWD) car. All power, be it a V-Spec model or not, is transferred to the rear wheels. The 4WD control system is called ATTESA. In true Japanese style, this acronym stands for "Advanced Total Traction Engineering System for All wheel drive". This system is used by Nissan on a majority of their 4WD cars and off roaders (Shogun, Pajero, etc.). There is a further refined variation of this system, known as ATTESA-ETS. Where ETS stands for "Electronic Torque Split". This is used in the GTR. Then, there is an updated version again, known as the ATTESA-ETS Pro. The Pro spec version is used on the V-Spec varient (it stands for Victory specification, in honour of the many Nissan motorsport victories, BTW). There are other versions (ATTESA-ETS Pro ELITE, used in motorsport and not commercially available, as there are undoubtably others). Just in case you need the official version!