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I am going for the Z06. I wish this thread has a poll, it would be interesting to see what people thought about it.
I don't however think that since a skyline has awd it can turn faster than a Z06. Grip, weight, tires, suspension, air flow, etc. contribute to whether the car is going to handle better in situations. AWD doesn't mean its going to turn better, it only means its going to provide stable traction to the front and back, and since awd adds weight to your car, its basically equaling itself back out. A heavier car isn't going to want to turn as easy as a lighter car. The majority of a skyline's weight is in the front, in turn, puts more resistence to negotiating turns. But that is where the awd aspect of this car kicks in. When a skyline is making a corner, the ET-S system will activily split a greater percentage of the torque to the front wheels, allowing more grip to negoiate the heavier front end to turn, when the turn is over, it splits back and allows the car to accelerate more effectivly. Bottom line is, if the skyline didn't have awd and ET-S, its heavy front end would be dragging it everywhere.
A Z06's weight is more balanced than the skyline not to mention lighter. That already gives it an advantage when cornering. A Z06 has good exiting speed when leaving a corner, I don't see how a skyline's exiting speeds could be significantly better than a Z06. A Z06 has better braking, so when its entering a turn it can enter it with more velocity over the skyline. I'm sure no one will question what will happen on the straights. The Z06 also has some goodies when its comes to technology. The electronically controled suspension on a Z06 keeps it stable in corners. When the Z06 takes a corner, the suspension on the side that is reciving more tension stiffen to keep the car from leaning and loosing grip, which helps the Z06 to achieve a more effective corner. This in turn should help keep the skyline from gaining any ground on the Z06.
My vote goes to the Z06.
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