Godzilla is supposed to spit fire, not catch fire right? For everyone who's all angry about how Porsche's 911 GT3s went ablaze, here's a video of how a Nissan GT-R burned to a crisp, just to prove all sportscars have a degree of danger and unreliability.
It happened on April 22 during a track day event at the Nurburgring. The GT-R Spec-V driver and his co-pilot noticed smoke coming out of the right side while he was braking for a corner and pulled over, only to notice the raging inferno coming from the brakes which had overheated.
Maybe the driver didn't have a fire extinguisher or maybe it didn't work – whatever the case, only the track fire teams were able to extinguish the flames. However, that only happened after significant damage had been done to the car, which don't look repairable.
It's ironic that the GT-R stopped just in front of a billboard promoting the Audi R8 V10. In fact, everything about this video is a bit amusing, from the owner/driver of the car trying to take photos, despite the obvious risk of an explosion, to the fire team which uses a Dodge truck with flames painted on. We're not experts at putting out flames, but aren't they supposed to douce the interior and keep the doors open so the flames don't start inside the cabin as well?
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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