Test report by CoMod Lotus on Carrera the Nissan GT-R Evo Calsonic Team Impul No. 12
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. That was the headline in Auto Bild in March 2008, when the Nissan GT-R made its first appearance on the racetrack in Japan’s SUPER GT series.
And to this day, the GT-R has remained the superior car it set out to be.
One of the most successful teams fielding the Nissan is Team Calsonic-Impul. It is owned by Calsonic Kansei Corporation, a Japanese automotive supplier (in which Nissan increased its stake from 27.6% to 41.7% in January 2005). The cars are a striking blue; here’s a video of the car during a tire test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvIpEJ5UEcw
And this hot race car is now also available fromCarrera !
While previous versions of the rice cooker from Yokohama were already visual highlights, Team Calsonic’s blue GT-R beats them all, in my opinion. Okay, that probably has something to do with the fact that I just like blue cars. But the Nissan simply looks great on the track.
And like its real-life role model, this slot car is currently arguably one of the best—if not the best—car on the grid: wide track, excellent acceleration, and confident cornering (even without magnets).
I’m not really a fan of modern race cars—I’m more of a classic car enthusiast. But I have every version of this Nissan in my collection; no Porsche has ever managed that with me.
CoMod Lotus
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Review by CoMod long of theCarrera Evo Nissan GT-R Calsonic Team Impul No. 12
(27317)
In early 2008, the press reported: “The new Nissan GT-R is racing in the Super GT Championship! Two factory cars and three privateer cars in the Japanese Super GT.”
The blue Calsonic GT-R from Team IMPUL is also driven by a European/Japanese duo: French driver Sebastien Philippe (who was still driving for Hasemi in 2007) takes turns behind the wheel with his former Krumm teammate Tsugio Matsuda.
How could it be any other way! I was already totally thrilled by the two previous models. And the new color scheme of the Nissan GT-R in the EVO version is once again fantastic—gelungen.Ich all I can say is: unbox it, plug it in, put it on the track, and have a blast.
Visually, another great version was chosen, and the blue with the chrome roof was executed beautifully. The new chassis technology, with its advantages—a very clean layout, soft return spring, and sufficient steering angle—makes for a super fun driving experience! There’s also plenty of room here for trim weights if you want them. As with its predecessors
, the front axle has excellent concentricity. The test drive turned out extremely positive once again—but let’s be honest, I didn’t expect anything else! As is well known, the Evo variant no longer has headlights, but the car is equipped with the mounts for the light boards, so retrofitting shouldn’t be a problem.
For me, the Nissan GT-R remains one of the most fun cars to drive. For fans of GT cars, I recommend buying this 100%.
As a fan of larger scale models, I can only envy the DIGITAL132 drivers who get to drive this speedster.
CoMod long
(27317)
. That was the headline in Auto Bild in March 2008, when the Nissan GT-R made its first appearance on the racetrack in Japan’s SUPER GT series.
And to this day, the GT-R has remained the superior car it set out to be.
One of the most successful teams fielding the Nissan is Team Calsonic-Impul. It is owned by Calsonic Kansei Corporation, a Japanese automotive supplier (in which Nissan increased its stake from 27.6% to 41.7% in January 2005). The cars are a striking blue; here’s a video of the car during a tire test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvIpEJ5UEcw
And this hot race car is now also available from
While previous versions of the rice cooker from Yokohama were already visual highlights, Team Calsonic’s blue GT-R beats them all, in my opinion. Okay, that probably has something to do with the fact that I just like blue cars. But the Nissan simply looks great on the track.
And like its real-life role model, this slot car is currently arguably one of the best—if not the best—car on the grid: wide track, excellent acceleration, and confident cornering (even without magnets).
I’m not really a fan of modern race cars—I’m more of a classic car enthusiast. But I have every version of this Nissan in my collection; no Porsche has ever managed that with me.
CoMod Lotus
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Review by CoMod long of the
(27317)
In early 2008, the press reported: “The new Nissan GT-R is racing in the Super GT Championship! Two factory cars and three privateer cars in the Japanese Super GT.”
The blue Calsonic GT-R from Team IMPUL is also driven by a European/Japanese duo: French driver Sebastien Philippe (who was still driving for Hasemi in 2007) takes turns behind the wheel with his former Krumm teammate Tsugio Matsuda.
How could it be any other way! I was already totally thrilled by the two previous models. And the new color scheme of the Nissan GT-R in the EVO version is once again fantastic—gelungen.Ich all I can say is: unbox it, plug it in, put it on the track, and have a blast.
Visually, another great version was chosen, and the blue with the chrome roof was executed beautifully. The new chassis technology, with its advantages—a very clean layout, soft return spring, and sufficient steering angle—makes for a super fun driving experience! There’s also plenty of room here for trim weights if you want them. As with its predecessors
, the front axle has excellent concentricity. The test drive turned out extremely positive once again—but let’s be honest, I didn’t expect anything else! As is well known, the Evo variant no longer has headlights, but the car is equipped with the mounts for the light boards, so retrofitting shouldn’t be a problem.
For me, the Nissan GT-R remains one of the most fun cars to drive. For fans of GT cars, I recommend buying this 100%.
As a fan of larger scale models, I can only envy the DIGITAL132 drivers who get to drive this speedster.
CoMod long
