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2013 Nissan GT-R and 2013 Alpina B6 mix it up on track and street

Here we have Autocar making an unforeseen comparison: the Nissan GT-R against the Alpina B6 at Brands Hatch and on public roads. Steve Sutcliffe clobbers the circuit in the 3,828-pound, all-wheel-drive sports car, then sees how well the 4,114-pound, rear-wheel drive grand tourer does against it.

Sutcliffe says there are quite a few similarities between the two cars, but that's really only on the spec sheet. The Nissan's got two turbos attached to its 3.8-liter V6, 542 horsepower and 465 pound-feet of torque. The Alpina's got two turbos attached to its 4.4-liter V8, 532 hp and 528 lb-ft. But one's brief is to be a monster on the track, the other on the boulevard, and if there's anything the video demonstrates, it's each car's focus.


http://www.autoblog.com/2013/05/24/2...ack-and-stree/

Whitigir

Hoovey! Thanks for a great posts...omg! This makes me want to buy a GTR! But i have no money for a new one. Perhap the older one

natnut

This just starkly illustrates just how much the F10/F11/F12/F13 chassis needs to go on diet. A chassis based on the 7 series does not deserve to call itself the Ultimate Driving Machine

natnut

Actually I take that back : the GTR was 1740kg vs the Alpina B6's 1870kg. A difference of 286 pounds. The difference in performance is more than can be explained by weight difference.

BMW has a lot to answer for when their laziness in improving their suspension technology allows so many manufacturers to beat them at their own avowed game of "HANDLING".

Seems like BMW is spending more effort in marketing/product differentiation than actually engineering good handling in their products. I predict a breaking point when all that "resting on their laurels" catches up to them.