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<br>Do you sense a pattern here? Not only has the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/gt-r/">Nissan GT-R</a> won just about every comparison test on the planet, but it's also racked up a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/13/popular-science-names-best-of-whats-new-in-auto-tech-for-2008/"><em>Popular Science</em> Best of What's New award</a>, <a href="http://%20http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/11/nissan-gt-r-named-car-of-the-year-by-automobile-mag/">Car of the Year honors from <em>Automobile Magazine</em></a>, and now the GT-R can add <em>Motor Trend's</em> CotY trophy to its mantle, as well. Calling it simply "Ichiban", the <em>MT</em> team praised Nissan's supercar-for-the-people as a standout in a pretty deep pool of contenders. While practically none of its CotY competitors even comes close to matching the GT-R's performance, several that are almost as good in their own right made the finals. Good as they are, the Honda Fit, Hyundai Genesis, BMW 1 series, Jaguar XF, Acura TL and TSX, Audi A4, Mazda6 and Volkswagen Passat CC just couldn't match the dominance of Gozilla. It would have been more difficult for <em>MT</em> to justify picking something other than the GT-R for this honor, and we can't think of any reason to disagree with their choice. <em>Full press release after the jump.<br></em><br><div><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/">In the Autoblog Garage: 2009 Nissan GT-R</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940153/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940154/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940155/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940156/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940157/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a></div><br>[Source: <a href="http://www.motortrend.com/oftheyear/car/112_0901_2009_motor_trend_car_of_the_year_winner_n issan_gt_r/index.html">Motor Trend</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/18/nissan-gt-r-crowned-motor-trend-car-of-the-year/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Nissan GT-R crowned Motor Trend Car of the Year</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/18/nissan-gt-r-crowned-motor-trend-car-of-the-year/">Nissan GT-R crowned Motor Trend Car of the Year</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0"></h6><a href="http://www.motortrend.com/oftheyear/car/112_0901_2009_motor_trend_car_of_the_year_winner_n issan_gt_r/index.html">Read</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/18/nissan-gt-r-crowned-motor-trend-car-of-the-year/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1375535/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/18/nissan-gt-r-crowned-motor-trend-car-of-the-year/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<br>Do you sense a pattern here? Not only has the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/gt-r/">Nissan GT-R</a> won just about every comparison test on the planet, but it's also racked up a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/13/popular-science-names-best-of-whats-new-in-auto-tech-for-2008/"><em>Popular Science</em> Best of What's New award</a>, <a href="http://%20http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/11/nissan-gt-r-named-car-of-the-year-by-automobile-mag/">Car of the Year honors from <em>Automobile Magazine</em></a>, and now the GT-R can add <em>Motor Trend's</em> CotY trophy to its mantle, as well. Calling it simply "Ichiban", the <em>MT</em> team praised Nissan's supercar-for-the-people as a standout in a pretty deep pool of contenders. While practically none of its CotY competitors even comes close to matching the GT-R's performance, several that are almost as good in their own right made the finals. Good as they are, the Honda Fit, Hyundai Genesis, BMW 1 series, Jaguar XF, Acura TL and TSX, Audi A4, Mazda6 and Volkswagen Passat CC just couldn't match the dominance of Gozilla. It would have been more difficult for <em>MT</em> to justify picking something other than the GT-R for this honor, and we can't think of any reason to disagree with their choice. <em>Full press release after the jump.<br></em><br><div><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/">In the Autoblog Garage: 2009 Nissan GT-R</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940153/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940154/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940155/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940156/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2008-nissan-gtr/940157/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/nissanskylinegtr_abg_05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title=""></a></div><br>[Source: <a href="http://www.motortrend.com/oftheyear/car/112_0901_2009_motor_trend_car_of_the_year_winner_n issan_gt_r/index.html">Motor Trend</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/18/nissan-gt-r-crowned-motor-trend-car-of-the-year/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Nissan GT-R crowned Motor Trend Car of the Year</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/18/nissan-gt-r-crowned-motor-trend-car-of-the-year/">Nissan GT-R crowned Motor Trend Car of the Year</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0"></h6><a href="http://www.motortrend.com/oftheyear/car/112_0901_2009_motor_trend_car_of_the_year_winner_n issan_gt_r/index.html">Read</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/18/nissan-gt-r-crowned-motor-trend-car-of-the-year/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1375535/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/18/nissan-gt-r-crowned-motor-trend-car-of-the-year/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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