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"Every once in a while, a car comes along with so much hype that not only does it capture the attention of car enthusiasts everywhere, it creates a frenzy among publications all over the world vying to be the first to drive it, test it and compare it with others. The is one such car. As usual, R&amp;amp;amp;T was at the front of the line to drive, test and compare the U.S.-spec version of this very special car against its biggest rivals, the and .   Regular readers of this publication no doubt remember seeing our first drive of the GT-R four months ago, when we evaluated a Japanese-spec version in Germany. There, we got a good idea of what the car was all about, but not the entire picture. We knew that the GT-R&amp;#039;s performance would place it among the most elite 2+2s in the world...still, nothing prepared us for what was in store when Feature Editor Mike Monticello, R&amp;amp;amp;T Specials Editor Andrew Bornhop and I took the first U.S.-spec GT-R along with the Corvette Z06 and 911 Turbo to the California countryside. We took on some of the trickiest mountain roads in the state and the challenging Buttonwillow Raceway (where former Nissan factory driver Steve Millen joined us). Here we discovered that not only did the GT-R measure up to the hype, it sliced it to pieces with a samurai sword.   2009 Nissan GT-R: | 2008 Chevrolet Corvette Z06: | 2008 Porsche 911 Turbo: | "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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