Recently Edmund's pitted the GT-R against offerings from the rest of the world, to find the 'best car for any road'. OK, not the
whole world. There are no "big-power, rear-drive supercars" like the Corvette Z06 or Dodge Viper on the list, but as Edmund's says, not "for lack of trying".
Neither Dodge nor GM would lend them a car for the test... interesting, to say the least.
The most intriguing - and disappointing, imo - performance was the STI. It came dead last, and Edmund's didn't have a lot of good to say about it...
Part of the problem is the STI's awkward manual transmission that requires deliberate shifts... The STI was the only car we missed a gear in during three days of testing... The rest of the time is down to response and precision — the ability to go exactly where it's pointed when it's asked. Compared to most other cars in this test, the Subaru lacks both... it can't put power down until later in every turn — a deficit its acceleration advantage simply can't overcome... And then there's the understeer... We ran the STI up the hill and on the track with its center differential set to Auto and its throttle calibration in Sport Sharp. But the settings don't seem to make a difference. This car works its front tires. Period. Ultimately, the STI isn't as universally capable as expected. It also produces the least grip of any car in this test, lowering its cornering speed and slowing its times on the track and on the road.
Little surprise, the GT-R won the whole thing. However, the Audi R8 was very close on its heels. It's a shame they didn't test the 911 Turbo, because the base Carerra got spanked... heh.
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=126453