Is The Mercedes-AMG GT R Quicker Than A Nissan GT-R?
These two cars may almost share the same name, but they’re conceptually rather different. The Nissan has an all-wheel drive system, whereas the Mercedes powers the rear wheels exclusively. The former car has a V6 while the latter opts for a V8, and, err, one has a hyphen in the name and the other doesn’t.
But which is quicker? The Japanese car should easily grasp victory in a standing start race given that it supposedly does 0-62mph in three seconds dead - 0.6sec quicker than the official time for the AMG - but we all know how optimistic the GT hyphen R benchmark acceleration figure is.
Plus, on the rolling start race that comes up next in this Car Wow test, the Nissan’s all-wheel drive system is less of a factor, and the braking test - well, that’s anyone’s guess.
Place your bets, then press play.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
Kind of expected a result like this. GTR gets a better launch but then RWD gets you the top speed.
When RWD kicks in:
the ONLY good GTR I know
High time for Nissan to replace it… After all the GT-R is technically 10 years old…
All I can think of now is: How much R can a GT R, R if a GT-R could R R’s
They could of atleast used the nissan gtr nismo instead.
That is like saying that the one with the same name is faster
Anyone notice he said the GT-R has a 3.6-litre V6? Should be 3.8.
Wouldn’t be better to race the GT R against the Nismo GT-R, as the AMG GT R is the top tier performance trim for the AMG GT
GTR butthurt fanboys be like:
THE GTR LOST BECAUSE IT DIDN’T USE LAUNCH CONTROL