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Nissan GT-R crowned Car of the Decade at Dubai Autodrome

Sports cars of the last decade within the price range of $200,000 were considered and the Nissan GT-R was clear winner of its class.

The Nissan GT-R R35 has been selected ‘Best Sports Car’ in the Top Performance Car of the Decade awards.

The award was presented at the Performance Fest DXB staged at Dubai Autodrome. The choice of the Nissan GT-R R35 as the decade’s top sports car was based on the following criteria: Performance, technology, design, innovation, heritage, suitability for high performance tuning, popularity among the leading tuning companies, records set by the car (on race tracks, drag strips etc), cult status, value for money, practicality, the portal writers’ driving impressions from street to racetrack, and driving impressions of highly modified units.

Top Performance considered sports cars of the last decade within the price range of $200,000 and found the Nissan GT-R was clear winner of its class.

Since its release, the Nissan GT-R has been recognized as the world’s foremost high performance super sports car.

Samir Cherfan, managing director, Nissan Middle East, says: “The Nissan GT-R is the Nissan halo car. We all remember the spectacular reaction it caused when unveiled on the Nissan stand at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2007. Since then the extraordinary momentum has continued unabated.”

The stunning supercar generates 550 PS and 628 Nm or torque, with a max speed of 315 km/h.

The Nissan GT-R meant business from moment from the first time it rolled out of the garage with that distinctive growl. During testing in 2007, the all-new Nissan GT-R created a sensation when it posted an official seven-minute, 38.5-second lap of the Nurburgring – the fastest lap ever for a production car.

But much more was to come. In 2009, the Nissan GT-R sent another shock wave through the performance world with an unofficial time of seven minutes, 26.7 seconds. Then in May 2012, the Nissan GT-R returned to the Nurburgring to compete in a grueling 24-hour race. Against genuine race cars, the stock production Nissan GT-R took incredible punishment, was able not only to finish, but was first in class.