Another Honour For The Nissan GTR

Forbes.com just conferred another great honour on Godzilla, the Nissan GTR. According to their research, the GTR is the most expensive car to insure (apart from the super-expensive supercars, of course).

Here's the list:

Most Expensive Cars to Insure

No. 1 Most Expensive: Nissan GT-R
Sports car
$2,533

No. 2 Most Expensive: Dodge Viper
Sports car
$2,446

No. 3 Most Expensive: BMW M6
Sports car
$2,236

No. 4 Most Expensive: Ford Shelby GT500
Sports Car
$2,186

No. 5 Most Expensive: Mercedes-Benz G-Class
SUV
$2,088

And here are the losers:

Least Expensive Cars to Insure

No. 1 Least Expensive: Hyundai Santa Fe
SUV
$832

No. 2 Least Expensive: Kia Sportage
SUV
$840

No. 3 Least Expensive: Hyundai Entourage
Minivan
$848

No. 4 Least Expensive: Kia Sedona
Minivan
$857

No. 5 Least Expensive: Kia Rio5
Passenger
$870

Crossing 95K Visits

I just crossed the 95K visits mark on my blogs, on Friday:

• The serious blog - all about Tech, Startups, Revenue
• The all-purpose, main blog
• Blog on cars - one of my passions
• Blog about Travel topics, including not just destinations, but also food, wine, etc.
• The older, retired Autos blog

Looking forward to 100K.

And on a smaller scale, my profile on blogger has now been viewed over 1,400 times.

My blogs Crossed 80,000 Total Visits

Earlier in February, my blogs crossed the 80K visits mark. Sweet. 

The list of my blogs is:

• The serious blog - all about Tech, Startups, Revenue
• The all-purpose, main blog
• Blog on cars - one of my passions
• Blog about Travel topics, including not just destinations, but also food, wine, etc.
• The older, retired Autos blog

And on a smaller scale, my profile on blogger has now been viewed over 1,000 times. 

I Saw My Second Nissan GTR!

I just saw my second, live, honest to goodness Nissan GTR.  This one was black, and this time I had my iPhone handy. 

The photos aren't the best, since I took them while driving behind the GTR, but I'll take what I can get.

Oh yeah, it looked very, very nasty and nice!

Nissan GTR - Cool Fact

I learnt a new cool fact about the Nissan GTR. 

In Japan, road cars are electronically governed to a maximum speed of 112 mph.   The Nissan GTR is meant to act as a sane road car, when needed, and it follows this rule.

However, if you drive up to a race track in Japan, the GTR's sat nav system figures this out, and switches the governor off, so you can thrash the car around the track to your heart's content.

That's cool!

Fifth Gear Video Of The Week - Lamborghini Gallardo

This week, instead of a Top Gear video, I'm putting up a Fifth Gear video.  Why?  Because its awesome, that's why!

In particular, check out the sideways action half of the way through.  Makes me feel I wouldn't mind switching my rear-wheel BMW 335i convertible for the LP560-4

fifth gear lamborghini gallardo in the snow

GM's Pains Continue

GM continues its downward spiral, with an announcement for another 10,000 job cuts. 

Depressing.  But they still gainfully employ 80,000 - 85,000 people, so hopefully their strategies make sense.

I'm expecting more job cuts by the end of April, however.