Edmunds GTR- numbers alot slower, lots of quality issues

[graywolf624]

With all of the hubbub surrounding the recent repairs on our long term 2009 Nissan GT-R we thought we'd bring things back around and focus on the point of the GT-R: going fast. We ran our GT-R (our car purchased from a dealership, not a press vehicle) through all of our normal performance tests, 0-60, 1/4-mile, 60-0, slalom and skidpad. 2009 Nissan GT-R Performance Test: Acceleration: 0-30: 1.5 0-45: 2.6 0-60: 3.9 0-60 with rollout ( read our How We Test article for more on rollout): 3.5 0-75: 5.5 1/4-mile: 12.0 @ 114.7 Comments: "Seems like both the driver and the car are working properly, but this isn't as quick as we've seen in the past. Launch is good, but 60 and 1/4 (times) are off slightly. Got noticeably slower the more we ran it. Quit at 4 runs." Braking: 60-0: 108 feet 30-0: 28 feet Comments: "Again, everything feels to spec, yet 108 is a long way from previous 98 ft best." Slalom: 73.6 mph Comments: "Suddenly the GT-R feels 400-lbs lighter in the slalom. The biggest challenge is not hitting cones (especially on the driver's right side). Discovered a counter intuitive trait this time: if it understeers, wood the throttle and let the computers take care of it." Skidpad: .91 G Comments: "All setting on full attack but it understeered its way to a .91G. Seems "off" to me." Just to save you the time here are the links to our last GT-R test and one to the last test of a Corvette Z06 (which happened to be stonking fast and the quickest one we've ever tested - 1/4 Mile in 11.7 @ 123.2). Oh, about that 27.4 mpg thing. On the same day as this test I was charged with escorting a test car, ferried by trailer, on a 250+ mile trek. We were limited to Trucks with Trailer speed limits (which were occasionally ignored by my right foot) on California's 5 highway. The digital display read 29.5, but our calculations had it a bit lower; 27.4. Beats my best Z06 mileage (25.5) by a hair. Mike Magrath, Vehicle Testing Assistant @ 5,000 miles

http://blogs.edmunds.com/roadtests/2...4mpg.html#more
and
http://blogs.edmunds.com/roadtests/V...09-nissan-gtr/
which mentions a failed transaxle and a fuel system issue.

[5vz-fe]

Those numbers seems about right

[styla21]

Aghh, that's more like it.