[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by Ingolstadt

True, but 'Enjoyment' will forever be impossible to gauge quantitatively. Putting lap records of nurburgring is at least 1 million times more meaningful than posting 0-60 figures, 60-0 figures, 1/4 figures, cd figures and whatever power to weight ratio stuffs, because for a sportscar, the main thing is the ability of the car itself, hence to have a common ground, and to have the track record listed for comparison, all bhp figures or torque and all the above mentioned would be rendered meaningless, or to say, it's actually a summary of all the figures to showcase the performance of the car.

I for one, do accept the establishment of using a common race track to shout about a car's potential capability. The GTR is a very good example, on papers, it might have loose out to alot of other cars, average buyers won't be able to even slightly guess their car, under such affordable cost, can actually go faster around a track compared to the likes of porsche or a ferrari 430... that. totally makes more sense to me than out right torque, hp figures.

I too, would like an enjoyable drive more thanone that could terrorize porsches on the nurburgring ... but it would be almost impossible for nissan to sell me based on an Enjoyable index figure.

You do have a point. A lap time on a race track can be an indicator of the cars capabilities, much like the top speed, 0-60 times or braking distances. And I admit that those also play a part when I'm looking at a car.

But what I don't understand is the obssesion with lap times. I don't know, it's a bit like the Veyron and the 400km/h top speed. It's amazing that it can achieve it but when it becomes the "attribute" of the car it's a bit like they're missing the point. Much like the GT-R and it's amazing 'ring times.