News, Nissan GT-R is impressive, but for $77,000 it should be perfect. (2009, GTR)

[JD59]

You want to love the 2009 Nissan GT-R supercar because it's just so wickedly fast, especially for the price, and filled with the kind of gadgets a factory never has given driving enthusiasts — G meters, for instance, so you can tell how forcefully you're cornering, braking, accelerating.

And how can you fail to be impressed by its engine — never mind the awesome power — that is hand-built, Nissan says, in an environmentally controlled clean room by a single technician? Or the optional Super Silver paint: seven coats, baked five times, hand-rubbed.

Nissan GT-R is impressive, but for $77,000 it should be perfect - USATODAY.com

[Innovator831021]

That clean room assembly nonsense is pretty gimicky considering the engine is contaminated the first time it is started up. Not to mention all of the parts need to be manufactured in "clean" environments as well, or else you are just assembling dirty parts no matter where you are.

[yo vanilla]

$77K? Pfft. There's plenty of unperfect cars that cost WAY more than that. What does USAToday know about cars anyway, lol!

[Stratford, Ct. Resident]

Originally Posted by yo vanilla

$77K? Pfft. There's plenty of unperfect cars that cost WAY more than that. What does USAToday know about cars anyway, lol!

Right. James Healy is world renowned for being an automotive expert. If it had an Infiniti badge on it and cost $100K, he would probably be wetting his pants exclaiming how wonderful it is.