Nissan GT-R Interceptor: To Serve and Protect Fantasy Land

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(Image Credits: Autocar Online) 

There is something slightly nerdy about the Nissan GT-R. Maybe it's the PS3-style computer interface (developed with the erstwhile nerds at Polyphony Digital, creators of Gran Turismo). Maybe it's the super-complicated way in which it does everything. The GT-R does have the latest version of Nissan's all-wheel drive system, a seven-speed DSG with driver-selected shift speeds, variable dampers,and more electronic driver aids than an Airbus A380. Maybe it's just the fact that it's a Nissan. The last seems the most likely.

But this morning we have awoken to a new world: the GT-R is seriously cool. The forward-thinking, ever-practical folks down in Abu Dhabi have taken delivery of a GT-R police interceptor. Everything about this makes sense. Think about it. The GT-R is a huge car, but it is also hugely fast. Ergo, it is a sleeper. All those driver aids mean that it will be easier to keep under control while making one of those Wildest Police Video style high-speed chases. Finally, and most importantly, this is Abu Dhabi. It is--perhaps superceded only by neighbor Dubai--the closest thing to a real-life Fantasy Land as there is on Earth. And in Fantasy Land, the GT-R makes a perfect police car.