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May 01 2008

Is this work?

Mike Duff

You join me pretty much live from the 'Nissan 360', where i'm typing this sitting in the pit lane at the Estoril circuit in Portugal, next to a ticking GT-R that's cooling down after its last stint of abuse. 

So what exactly is this rotationally-monikered event? Pretty much the ultimate toy box, to be honest. Nissan has got together every vehicle it makes, anywhere in the world - from the GTR down to tiny Japan-spec city cars, for journos to have a go in. There's even a Cedric taxi in full-on Tokyo spec, including lace doilies on the rear seat and a set of white gloves to wear while you drive it.

It's all good, clean fun - well, excepting the muddy off-road course where I just did my best to beach a collosal US spec Titanic pick-up. CEO Carlos Ghosn and various other execs are also on hand to drop some broad hints about forthcoming model plans, but at the moment this doesn't feel like work. 

The only question is what to drive next...

 

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About Mike Duff

The incoming editor of autocar.co.uk started life in radio news, but found doorstepping bereaved mothers too much like hard work and opted to scribble about cars instead. He joined Autocar in 2007 and reckons that big-engined diesels are the future.

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Mike Duff May 1, 2008 4:57 PM

Sorry - it is, of course, a Titan pick up. A mistake for which I must blame predictive texting - although the thing does feel pretty Titanic from the driver's seat.

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