if you were given one for free, which would you take? and why? GT-R for me. although, i do love the R8, theres just something about the GT-R that i love. maybe its the looks, or maybe its the fact that its fast, but not too fast. ya know?

For Free? Well take the R8 sell it and buy a GT-R and have some change.

I'll take the GTR because it's faster, cooler, and there's so many awesome body kits for it.

eww. why on earth would someone mod a GT-R? they look downright TERRIBLE!

This is why. I love this kit.

http://www.exoticspotter.com/nissan-skyline-bukit-bintang-kl-malaysia-103886

ew

I hate the GTR. It may be very fast but at the end of the day it is still just a Nissan that doesn't look very special or exciting. The owners of them seem to be very annoying (at least on youtube) also.

Agreed.
I can't stand Japanese cars in general, really.

I don't need to answer this

absolutely r8. i think in like 50 years, a gtr will look like a normal car from our era, where as with an r8, it will always look exotic. they havent changed the design in 4-5 years because they dont need to

R8,

The R8 is essentially based off a Lamborghini Gallardo platform.

The GT-R is essentially a riced-out Nissan Skyline.

That tells you everything you need to know.

Winner = R8

Huh. There's a 2010 GT-R running around near where I live. Occasionally I will see it at a restaurant or grocery store. The owner is pretty nice; usually he remembers who I
am. But I guess it varies by owner.

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Anyway.....It's a tough choice for me. I'm a big fan of Japanese cars, and the GT-R is one of my favorite cars to have ever come from Japan. But it also isn't offered with a manual transmission which would be a deal killer for me. So I guess that if I were going to spend ~$100,000-$120,000 and had to choose between the GT-R and R8, I'd go for the R8.

But then again, if I were to spend $120,000 on a car, it would, without a doubt, be an Aston Martin V8 Vantage.

The GTR design hasn't changed either.. if anything it has changed less than the R8.

I see the GTR is getting a lot of hate here but as someone who doesn't care much about brand names (except for watches) I could care less that it's from Japan. The thing is wicked fast and it's just all around fun. The aftermarket support is amazing. Yeah, I know someone who is buying a GTR soon and he has the ability to make the happiest kid go suicidal but Audi owners can be just as bad. Idk about you guys but around here, if a douchebag is tailgating me, there's a good chance he's in an Audi. I don't let that effect my opinion on the cars though. In the end, you buy an R8 because you want a Lambo but it's too expensive right now. You buy a GTR because you want to have fun and go on a shopping spree on amsperformance.com otherwise you'd get a 911.

I just find R8s boring and ugly.