This Month's Best Motoring
 

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6 Laps around Tsukuba:
1.) NSX Type R - 3.2L 276hp
2.) Impreza RA-R - 2.0L turbo 276hp
3.) Impreza Spec C - 2.0L turbo 276hp
4.) Lancer Evo 9 MR - 2.0L turbo276hp
5.) Civic Type R - 2.0L N/A 225ps (222hp)
6.) Nismo Fairlazy Z (350Z) - 3.5L 313hp

This is the second time in a row where the Nismo Z gets humiliated by the lowly Civic type R.

Don't get me wrong, I love Nissan. But it is apparent now that the new Z (370Z?) will need to do a tad better to save Nissan's reputation. Last month, the civic type R spanked the Nismo. Also, all other companies were faster than the R34 V-spec by 4 seconds.

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i have no idea wtf you are talking. what are we comparing?

I am completely humiliated. What should I do?

not sure, i might sell my Z and get a Type-R i guess. hopefully god allow me to drive one.

a 313hp Z vs. a 222hp civic.

in what? 0 to 60? quarter mile? looks? styling? slalom? street course? braking? exhaust note? weight? what!?!?!!?!?

you keep this up and you'll permanently ruin Canadians' reputation.

We need to bring our Z to fitness

sorry i couldn't upload the pics.. wait

man I realize i did look like an idiot :D It was a race around Tsukuba.. 6 laps as usual

Wow VERY slow laptime for the Nismo Z..what's up with that???
With Seiji Ara behind the wheel even on the day with bad condition Nismo Z recorded 1'613" before.

man if only the drift king didn't go into retiremen I wonder......

u belive this best motoring crap its junk they got diffrent drivers behind the wheel of each car and usely the crap drivers drive the higher powerd cars while kinchi or gan san runs the other low power cars and beats the other crap drivers not the cars

plus if u go back a few mouths a plan 07 race a s2k and destoryed it around the track belive it ran a low 1:06 so funny how its running 2 seconds slower in this race

I agree. Looks like the put the slowest driver in a quick car. Ara has gone even quicker than in the Nismo Z than the 1 min. 613. He mentioned it in your translated article. I think the guy driving the Z is a drift king. He is the same guy in the 3.8 RS video posted earlier.

https://my350z.com/forum/showthread.php?t=288646

Look, get on the phone right now. We will straighten this out. We're going to give a call to Nissan and find out just what the hell these guys are doing. :icon22:

It also looks like a GT-R VSpec got beat by the civic as well. I don't believe that could be a stock civic.

these lap battles are completely staged, comeon... I've watched alot of the BM vids and they suck for a real comparison.

starting position matters as well.

but either way... lol at the inflammatory thread. what a joke.

I really enjoy the BMI videos...but they definitely get very inconsistent results during their Tsukuba battles. I always get the feeling that the "featured" car in each video typically has a leg up on the rest of the field. Example: the Z Shock video...guess who won the battle against an E46 M3 and an S2000....the Z. In stock trim the S2000 would edge out the Z for sure.

Just like any other type of magazine or review show...the results tend to favor the highest bidders :icon38: . Still a fun show though.

It's not an inflammatory thread, he's just posting results.

I don't know why people yell "Conspiracy! It's a set up! It's fixed! Nissan didn't bribe the right people!" whenever there's a comparo where the Z gets beat (conversely, people here will praise any test that has the Z or another Nissan product that comes out on top because there can't possibly be a fix whenever Nissan wins :icon8: ) .

Let's just call it like it is and suck it up, folks, the Z will get beat once in a while, sometimes by a "lowlier" car.

they can drive their civic around tsukuba all they want, i'll be too busy getting laid because i own a z

+1 :p