For a few seconds, you give in to the spectacle of driving a 2009 Nissan GT-R. This car attracts its own entourage and then takes you along for the ride. It’s not just the Skyline mystique, either. It’s the fact that even in production sheet metal, the R35 GT-R looks like a one-off concept stolen from a Southern California design studio. It has as many hard contours as a Porsche 911 has soft curves. You have the key fob, and still you ogle it.
After Ford got rid of Aston Martin for what in the end amounted to a quickcash fix, it’s interesting to wonder just what’s going on at Britain’s most prestigious boutique sports car firm. To be truthful, it’s business as usual, building some of the world’s most stunning vehicles. Dr. Ulrich Bez is still at the head of the operation, and the consortium that’s providing the funds are all gearheads. What’s more is that after breaking ties with Henry and Co., they’ve strengthened ties with what might be their key representative - Mr. James Bond. (more…)