Nissan GT-R: Drug Induced Nightmare?

The GT-R always seemed a bit gimmicky, overdone, plastic-y, just trying too hard. Of course, I'd never really seen one on the road. But in pictures and even at car shows they never looked like a sports car.  The newest, 2011 version looks like some sort of drug induced nightmare—a migrane on wheels.

But when a 2011 Nissan GT-R pulled up along side of me at a stoplight today in San Jose, California, I think I finally started to see the light. It looks different on the road. It's impressive. It's bigger than it looks in the pictures. . . and usually that wouldn't be a good thing on a sports car but the GT-R looks purposeful. It looks mean. It looks like it will pounce on and then eat any other car on the road. I couldn't take my eyes off it.

Here's what our friends at Top Gear have to say about the GT-R:

M600 Supercar Ready for Primetime

Noble M600

Noble Automotive has released production photos of its latest & greatest M600 Supercar. According to the lads at Top Gear,  the M600 is made in Britain, has a Yamaha V8 sourced from, of all places, Volvo and goes like stink. Noble does its magic to make a powerplant capable of 650 bhp, 604 lb ft of torque and 225 mph (360 kph.) Autocar tested it to 120 mph in 8.9 seconds. All of this AND it looks better and costs less than a Bugatti Veyron (and just to be fair, we should note that the Bugatti has a Volkswagen engine.)

Noble M600

Noble M600

Noble M600

Noble M600

Add this to my list of cars I NEED-Frank

GM No Longer Needs $14.4B Government Loan

Happy days are here again. Jalopnik is reporting that General Motors has withdrawn its request for $14.4 Billion from the U.S. government.