Originally appeared on Automoblog.net

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The 2017 Nissan GT-R is wickedly fast and wildly cool; nothing else in the Nissan library can keep up with such a machine – nothing with four wheels that is.
But we didn’t say anything about propellers.
Meet the wickedly fast and wildly cool GT-R Drone, a lightning quick First Person View flyer. World Drone Prix Champions, Tornado XBlades Racing, designed the GT-R Drone with race inspired dynamics.
Quick is a vast understatement for the pint-sized flyer – it hits 62 mph in just 1.3 seconds.
Both the GT-R automobile and drone showcase some innovative design and engineering. The GT-R car, for example, transfers power from its twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter 24-valve V6 to all four wheels; the GT-R Drone moves via four propellers mated with 2000kV XNova motors and Sky-Hero quadcopter frame, tuned to race specifications. These attributes allow both to sprint on straightaways and slither through corners.
The Nissan GT-R Drone was built for filming the actual GT-R on the track. Photo: Nissan
Drone vs. Automobile
Yep, we were wondering which would win. It was the most obvious question in our mind.
Nissan pitted the two against each other on a specially made, 1.2-mile course on the Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom. NISMO driver Ricardo Sanchez drove the GT-R and James Bowles, the 2015 British National Drone Racing champion, piloted the GT-R Drone.
Propellers vs. Whee...