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Why the Nissan GT-R Is Not a True Supercar

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The Nissan GT-R might be ultra-fast, both on the track and on the street, it might be a hell of a dancer through the bends and it might come with a crazy robot-like design, but the truth is that Godzilla isn’t a true supercar.
How come? The answer is simple - as Ferraris and Lamborghinis constantly remind us, for a vehicle to be a supercar, it has to catch fire, from time to time.

Unlike Prancing Horses and Raging Bulls, Godzillas don’t catch fire when they crash or show that they’re real life examples of spontaneous combustion. Yes, there might have been a few cases of GT-R’s bursting in flames, but these were isolated situations that only come to prove that you can have your cake, eat it and you can also top that with fire, if you want to, like in the adjacent image.
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About the author: Andrei Tutu
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In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist.
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