�The 2009 Nissan GT-R makes an indelible impression on drivers�and everyone who catches a glimpse of its sharklike silhouette�with its styling. It�s no knockoff of historical shapes or classic themes; the GT-R is a wedge attack on the road ahead, with a rakish roofline and angular fenders.
Edmunds explains the GT-R is �a high-performance sports car available only in coupe form with a 2+2 seating layout,� and Popular Mechanics points out the GT-R is �huge� by supercar measures: �at 183.3 in. long, it�s almost a foot longer than a 911, and it�s half a foot wider than a Honda Civic, at 74.6 in.� The sheer size, they say, is �striking.�
Edmunds contends the GT-R has a �polarizing exterior design.� That shape, Popular Mechanics comments, �commands respect in a way that no swooping Italian supercar can.� Their favorite design element? �A uniquely creased C-Pillar, has an in-house nickname: �Sword Pillar.�� The Los Angeles Times reports Nissan�s designers aim to �reflect Japanese culture and avoid aping the razor-cut European exoticism of Ferrari and Lamborghini� with the car�s shape.
Car and Driver feels �Japanese cars have never been this exotic from the factory,� while the Los Angeles Times snipes that the GT-R �sure does look menacing in person�like a Kabuki mask (or Cindy McCain).� They say it�s inspired by robots and observe that �words cannot describe how awesome this is, if you are 11.� Cars.com, meanwhile, contends �it�s like your 350Z left middle school for the summer and reappeared after it hit puberty and then the gym.� Is it beautiful? Not to them: �To the average American, this just doesn�t compare to the best of the Germans and Italians, and even, I daresay, the domestics.� Edmunds concludes �the angular exterior styling isn�t for everyone�but then, when a $70,000 car can get you to 60 mph faster than any Ferrari or Lamborghini currently in production, does it really matter how it looks?�
Inside, the GT-R has more conventional appeal. A cockpit-themed interior wraps the major controls around the driver, while three passengers sit in a relatively plain cabin. Edmunds calls the interior �somber but appropriately driver-centric.� Popular Mechanics is somewhat distracted by �more switches, displays, gadgets and gizmos than you could ever imagine,� while Car and Driver observes it�s �graced with the same electric, futuristic feel of the film Blade Runner that pervades all of Tokyo.�
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