A month or two back the car you are looking at set a new world record for high speed drifting. On a smooth, extremely wide runway in Dubai, with a Japanese gentleman called Masato Kawabata at the wheel, this highly modified, half-a-million-Pound Nissan GT-R travelled for some 50 metres going completely sideways – at a measured angle of over 30 degrees from dead ahead – at an average speed of just over 190mph. Which, you will surely agree, is utterly and heroically insane.
What is arguably even more ridiculous, however, is that Nissan has allowed a small selection of fruitcake car journalists to drive this most extraordinary of GT-Rs with a bit of tutoring from Darren McNamara. Not only that, they also allowed our man Steve Sutcliffe to drift it down a runway...
GT-R drift car review: http://aex.ae/29Z4Ua9
New GT-R first drive: http://aex.ae/1Z5wBkR
What is arguably even more ridiculous, however, is that Nissan has allowed a small selection of fruitcake car journalists to drive this most extraordinary of GT-Rs with a bit of tutoring from Darren McNamara. Not only that, they also allowed our man Steve Sutcliffe to drift it down a runway...
GT-R drift car review: http://aex.ae/29Z4Ua9
New GT-R first drive: http://aex.ae/1Z5wBkR
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