Last week, my good friend Dilan sent me a text that I had to come join him, as he was shooting a matte black roller. As is often the case I was nose deep in start-up minutia, so I had to take a pass. Looking at this video I am mad at myself for not joining him…..wow, this car is sick.
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If Mitsuoka was a Chinese manufacturer, the blogs would be alight with articles about another Chinese rip off. But when Japan does it, (and they do it all the time like the 240Z and Ferrari Daytona), its positioned as a “homage”. I’m not sure I agree with that, but I do have to admit I like the classic Morgan, and the “modern” morgan is a bit too cross eyed to be cool, so maybe this is a homage after all since it looks better than Morgan’s own modern atempt.
Mitsuoka’s Himiko mimics the Morgan Roadster – MotorAuthority – Car news, reviews, spy shots
In full disclosure I’ve only been there once, but I had so much fun I can easily say it was my favorite track experience yet. Buttonwillow, great little track.
First, congrats to Brooks for running a great time without Launch control. 11.6@118 is impressive. Second, this video illustrates why the GT-R is going to loose a roll-on race against most 11 second cars. The GT-R’s weight slows down the ET (118), so the Viper is catching up toward the end (122). This is not unlike how the GT-R does against the Z06 as well. In the 8th, my money in on the GT-R, at the Qtr it’s a driver’s race, take it further, and the Viper is going to win.
2009 Nissan GT-R: 2009 Nissan GT-R vs 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 Video.
Thanks to Chris for plugging StreetFire on his SBTV interview. We always appreciate it.