Nissan GT-R vs. Old Honda Sleeper Drag Race Ends in Humiliation

Well, if you're dealing with a Honda such as the one that recently attended the velocity event in the piece of footage below, the answer is a big, fat "yes".

The front-wheel-drive machine got together with the GT-R at a Street Car Takeover event, with the Honda leaving the Nissan behind in its quarter-mile fury.

If we pay attention to the take-off phase of the race, we'll notice that the reaction time is the one that gave the Civic the edge. In other words, the guy behind the wheel of the R35 could use some extra Christmas Tree practice.

Nevertheless, it's obvious that the Honda has the horsepower to make up for its less-than-ideal FWD takeoffs. For instance, while the GT-R completed the 1,320 feet sprint at 129 mph, the Honda's trap speed was considerably more impressive, sitting at 140 mph.

This means that the Honda would've had serious chances of giving the R35 Nissan GT-R a hard time even if the driver of the latter had delivered a sharper game at the start of the drag brawl.

As for the tech state of the GT-R, the Nissan could pack light mods, such as an ECU remap. And that's because the supercar managed to complete the 1/4-mile task in 10.9 seconds. For the record, the factory stock incarnation of the car is a 11s machine, with its performance varying depending on the model year.

As for the spiced-up Honda, the thing stayed true to its sleeper aura, as demonstrated by its impressive ET - the Japanese machine managed to play the quarter-mile game in 10.58 seconds.