Nissan GT-R Official Details
October 1, 2008 by Alborz Fallah
Nissan GT-R officially on sale from next week
-David Twomey
Nissan Australia will begin taking pre-orders for its iconic supercar, the Nissan GT-R, from the opening day of the Australian International Motor Show in Sydney, next Thursday.
In a press conference today the Managing Director of Nissan Australia, Mr Dan Thompson, ended the speculation about just how much the GT-R will cost Australian buyers, announcing that their would be two grades of GT-R
The Nissan GT-R will cost $148,800 and the Nissan GT-R Premium will cost $152,800.
He said these would be the only versions of the GT-R to be imported into Australia and they would be sold through 11 Australia-wide Nissan High Performance Dealers, which he said would have 200 cars to sell next year.
Mr Thompson admitted that demand for the GT-R was expected to be much greater but that number was “supply constrained”.
He said the Australian vehicle would be on display at the Sydney Motor Show and described today as a “very exciting day for Nissan in Australia.”
He said that although Nissan was building 1000 GT-Rs a month, there was unprecedented demand for the vehicle in Japan and the United States, adding that European sales would be launched at the same time as Australia.
Although the GT-R will be on pre-sale from next week actual deliveries in Australia will not commence until April 2009.
Mr Thompson said that the 11 dealers would be required to have dedicated sales and service personnel to deal with Nissan GT-R customers “ so that the whole GT-R experience is something special.”
He added that Nissan would in no way be supporting “grey market” imports of the GT-R and he said buyers of these cars would not be able to obtain parts, service or support from the Nissan dealer network.
Asked how it was expected these imports would impact on official sales National Marketing Manager, Ross Booth, said that indications were that as few at five or six cars had been brought into the country and these cars would receive no support from Nissan.
Mr Booth also responded to recent claims by Porsche that the GT-R’s official Nurburgring sub seven minutes 30 second lap time was not accurate by saying that Nissan stood by the vehicle and its performance at the Nurburgring.
“We are not going to comment on what other manufacturers claim our cars can or cannot do,” he said.
Mr Booth also told CarAdvice that there was no chance the suggested V-Spec model would be officially sold in Australia, adding that Nissan expected the majority of sales to be the GT-R Premium.
The Premium model adds black forged 20-inch aluminium wheels, Nitrogen-filled Bridgestone Potenza Run-Flat tyres, BOSE audio system and front black leather sports seats with red leather inserts.
All models have a rear wing and carbon fibre rear diffuser, and a dark grey front grille.
The standard equipment list features leather-wrapped sports steering wheel, adjustable steering column, high-back driver’s sports seats, with six-way power adjustment for the driver and four-way power adjustment for passenger. Front seats are heated and there are aluminium interior trim accents.
An intelligent key system allows access to the car and integrates with the push-button for engine start and stop.
Safety equipment includes ABS with EBD, dual front, side and curtain airbags, while the sports-oriented dynamic stability system, VDC-R, is adjustable through Circuit, Normal and Off settings, selectable by the driver to suit prevailing conditions.
Mr Thompson said that no adjustments had been made to the GT-R suspensions for Australia, adding that the level of adjustability that was built in meant that drivers would be able to achieve an ideal suspension setting for Australian conditions.
There will be a choice of six colours, Super Silver, Vibrant Red, Gun Metallic, Black Obsidian, Titanium, and Ivory Pearl.
The supercar will feature true luxury performance equipment including a driver configurable Multi-Function Meter, which can display lateral G-forces plus acceleration and braking performance among 11 data screens available.
The GT-R is powered by a hand-built twin-turbo VR38DETT 3.8-litre V6 engine delivering a mighty 353kW and 588Nm across a wide mid-range expanse from 3200rpm to 5200rpm.
It also introduces the world’s first independent rear transaxle all-wheel drive system.
The GR6 sequential six-speed has paddle shift control for the dual clutch rear transaxle, while drive to the wheels is via the electronically-controlled ATTESA E-TS all-wheel-drive system.
Brembo Sports brakes are fitted all round, with six pistons in the front callipers and four at the rear. There are full-floating drilled rotors clamped by low steel high stiffness brake pads.
A Bilstein DampTronic suspension control system gives three selectable settings: Circuit, Normal and Comfort.
The 20-inch front wheels are shod with 255/40ZF 20 tyres while the rears are fitted with 285/35ZF 20s, with all tyre pressures monitored electronically.
An advanced hybrid body construction melds steel, die-cast aluminium and carbon fibre for strength, lightness and durability. The GT-R has a super low coefficient of drag of 0.27, while achieving high front and rear downforce.
The Nissan High Performance Centres, where the GT-R will be exclusively available, are spread strategically around the country to maximise service delivery.
They are located at:
- NSW , Campbelltown, Brookvale
- VIC Ferntree Gully, Werribee
- SA Nailsworth
- WA Melville, Wangara
- QLD Moorooka, Southport, Mackay
- TAS Hobart
Each of the 11 dealers had to meet exacting standards including the allocation of dedicated GT-R sales and service staff: installing specific technical service monitors to communicate with the GT-R “black-box” data recorder and stocking nitrogen to maintain tyres.
Print it: 
Brilliant.
Now I just have to decide what colour I want.
Jash
Any one wanna go halves? Or even tenths?
*****PROOFREADER INC.*****
Only 1 x “s” in Nissan.Very first word.
Never heard of Nisan, have heard of NissanComputers though [Jewish guy who owns www nissan com] and Nissan have put him through hell
Cheers
F-0
PS/ Spambot word R34GTR….NICE! :-)
WOW!
No Garry Rogers as a selling dealer in Vic.
They would be the most knowledgeable of all the Nissan dealers when it comes to HiPo vehicles.
GTR been sold next to a Tiida just does not cut it.
Right vehicle, wrong marketing and selling system.
Cheers
F-0
Being sold at Campbelltown?!
HA HA HA HA!!!
Westie Bogans won’t be able to afford this!
Not sure i would buy one, be interesting to see how it goes on the market.
The origonal Bathurst winning GTR took 3 years to sell 100 units…
I rather a Boxster, that could be just me though
Cheers
F-0
I think I’m the only one who is not impressed with this vehicle.
It is amazingly expensive when they are being sold in the US for around roughly 80k US which would equate to about 100k here.
How did they justify the extra 50k?
Tax
Nice car. Just in time for the luxury car tax… poor buggers.
Who voted for that Crudd clown?
Just to make it clear, that’s a different George up there.
Heck, I just bought a lotto ticket!
Yeah nice try but TAX doesn’t ad up. Even with LCT. Try a margin (not inc floorplan and holdback) of about 25k.
Thats a lot of money when you pull up to a set of lights and see a Crappy 90’s pulsar extra next to you with THE SAME BADGE.
No seperate dealer service bays, nothing.
Whats the next most expensive Nissan? A patrol petrol TI for 76k. Bit of a jump up dont you think?
Who gives a flying dodo whether a Tiida has the same badge? Do Chevy ZR1 drivers cringe when they pull up next to a Kalos? Do M5 drivers feel anguish pulling up next to a 116i? People know the GTR name and just the sheer presence of thing is enough to convince any doubters. Bring on Godzilla!
‘The Nissan High Performance Centres, where the GT-R will be exclusively available, are spread strategically around the country to maximise service delivery.’
Or more likely, the dealers that also ordered 50 micra’s from pool stock to secure one of these Gross Profit machines… LOL
That was a political descion not a ‘customer service’ one..
Audi actually show you how much of the price is tax in all the spec sheets now.
A $98,816 TTS Coupe has $17,718 worth of GST and LCT on it, and then on top of that are the tariffs the Govt has in place to protect ‘local’ car companies.
Meanwhile Holden can build a Pontiac G8 V8 and send it to the US and sell it for less than an SS Commodore here in Australia.
George@CarAdvice
Well Audi were the most vocal in the recent LCT debate..
As i stated elsewhere poor old Aust. only has twenty two million Taxpayers not 270 million like the US. so the money has to come from somewhere.
funny i can already read the Caradvice reveiw (and the comments section)in my head…. Going to be a bit predictable…
Campbelltown seems a very odd choice.
GODZILLA IS BACK!!!!
Haha Jash,
When will we be seeing it at a WAdrift event :P
I’m just curious how much tax the Americans put on their cars compared to us.
I don’t car what anyone says, there is no way on earth the price of that car is justified
Are Nissan feeling alright in the head? Who the flying f@#$ is going to buy a $150K+ GT-R from Campbelltown??? They got their demographics really wrong there. No dealler near the CBD of Sydney where all the money is will be selling the GT-R? Somebody give the CEO of Nissan Australia an uppercut.
My bogan home,my bogan home………
Can’t wait to see Bogan pride.LOL.
Hello Mr Nissan I want to buy a GT-R, where can I buy one?
Hello Mr Buyer who can either drive 60k’s to BogganVille Campbelltown or Drive 50 odd k’s to RedNeck heaven Brookvale.
Thank you Mr Nissan, but i’ll pass. That AMG C63 is looking even sweeter now.
(Wank#^$. The dumbest thing Subaru do to stunt sales of the STi is only allow 2 dealers in Sydney to sell them. Now Nissan go one step worse. They choose one of the dealers outside of Sydney to service the NSW market. Great!)
KNOBS! How do these people get paid for making decisions like these? Seriously.
Hey Shaza pass the bong the baby is crying bi#$. Lets all go for a drive in our new GT-R and cruise to Mickey Deez for some din dins.
fair dinkum blokes,millionaires live everywhere.this car will be wanted by all.wankers,bogans,solicitors,doctors.even at $150k they will be snapped up.either a 2nd hand 911 or a brand new gtr.i know what i would chose.and if your a melbourne resident,maybe ferntree gully can help(best of the best)…
is a 100% increase over the USA somehow jsutified it is closer to oz than USA from Japan.Also why marooka for Brisbane why not the valley
Quote:
“He added that Nissan would in no way be supporting “grey market” imports of the GT-R and he said buyers of these cars would not be able to obtain parts, service or support from the Nissan dealer network.”
Well this is an absolute BS. If I have a Nissan GT-R and I need a part I should be able to buy a part if I need it. What kind of nonsense is this. Is Nissan Oz blackmailing the customers of GT-R. This is borderline on a lawsuit if it really eventuates.
It’s not the customers fault that we can import and com,ply a GT-R for 110K.
Of course Nissan Oz should not do any warranty work but selling parts and doing the service should be done no-questions-asked.
Very successful Nissan dealership at Bogantown with easy access to the affluent Southern Highlands of NSW and Southern Sydney.Believe it or not Bogantown also boasts a gated Golf course housing precinct(Macquarie Links).700k admission price!Aspirational bogan housing.LOL.
Bogans rule!!! Especially GTR driving ones.LOL
On the Nissan choice of Melbourne dealers. What a bunch of numpties Nissan sales team is. Ferntree Gully and Werribee hahahahaah, you gotta be kidding me.
What happened to eastern suburbs centrally located Garry Rogers or Blackburn Nissan, and I’m pretty sure some Nissan dealership located in Richmond or in North Melbourne would be better than a nonsense Werribee. Price wise, as expected, why bother with the Datto, gimme an M3 or S5/C63 any day. Bloody hell, a 4-door M3 is 142K. Nissan, I love GT-R but you are bunch of retards. Now I know why they couldn’t even sell 100 R-32’s. Knobs.
I’m also quite impressed that so called “GT-R Premium” is actually a mid-range GT-R in Japan and USA. Again, Nissan Oz taking customers for a ride.
a bargain for that price, i honestly expected it to be so much more expensive.
Oh and don’t we all want a ‘black box’ data recorder in our cars.
Quote – Eddy The Expert: Being sold at Campbelltown?!
HA HA HA HA!!! Westie Bogans won’t be able to afford this!
FYI- there are actually more disposable income and [self made] millionaires; not to mention performance car enthusiasts in the western suburbs of Sydney including Blacktown Penriff and Campbelltown and therefore more people with a much greater percentage of disposable income than there are in the leafier suburbs on the North Shore etc
My impression it that $150k is cheap considering that there nothing on the road in Australia that will be faster. On the Top Gear track as well as the Nurburgring the GTR was faster than the F430 Scuderia, Carrera GT & Murcielago LP650 – all cars worth $600k. I think knowing that absolutely nothing can drag you at the lights would be a pretty good feeling :)
I also believe that some of the odd locations (like Mackay) are so that all the young miners with lots of disposable cash will be able to purchase this car. You would be surprised by the amount of people with money that don’t live centrally. And with only 200 cars available, who wouldn’t travel to go buy one and then enjoy the drive home!
I just wish my budget stretched another $50k, I would order mine in black….
And because people in the west have worked harder and longer to get to where they are and make the money they have than their counterparts on the other side of town they are more likely to look after there $150K sports car than say a young image conscious ssoilt brat form Palm Beach who had the car given to him for either being a failure at school or to make up for their lack of parenting etc.. as he would think if I write it off mummy and daddy dearest will buy me a new one.
Okay do the calc $150,000 for the bogan taxi hsv w427 crummerdore ,or the gtr for the same money , no brainer .
This car has presence ,no $40,000 look alike crummerdore ss , el cheapo gtr budget model to knock the crap out of your resale value .
Nissan are setting up a network of a select few dealerships to sell a REAL performance car that 1000s of people really want whereas Toyota set up a similar network of dealers to sell a QUASI performance car that no-one really wants [TRD]
Not only that but demand for the GT-R will easily be greater supply which means dealers could add a premium to the price whereas demand for the TRD was/is so poor that its now being sold through normal Toyota dealers and they have had to reduce the price at least 3 times to try and get rid of excess stock
Much better value than Holden’s W427 Commondore thing…. and perhaps they’re targetting Campbelltown/Werribee etc. as a direct challenge to HSV’s and FPV’s heartland.
Wait for the lobbying to start again for a “true” Touring Car series, Toyota have been trying for years.
Won’t sell many in Bogantown. Not enough doors and seats for the instant family.LOL.
You might have heard of Five BROTHERS but in Bogantown it’s five kids with five fathers.LOL.
yes foggy so true, a touring car series with real cars , gtr’s , m3’s ,911’s , shite no buggers might win , lets ban em
when was it 1992 the grand old nissan caned the bogan cars.
been a boring time since , hell a jaguar won it once did they not.
Sure to be a brilliant car but I think the fact that it’s a Nissan is actually rather important. I mean where will it stand in 10 years? Look at the Skyline – brilliant car but hardly a rare car to see now. In fact the same goes for most of these Japanese sports cars.
Then look at something with a different badge (usually European) – not necessarily a ‘better’ car but it will still turn heads, and subsequently hold it’s value much better.
Having said that if I had the money I’d buy one. Although if I were to have that sort of money I think I’d just wait for the v-spec.
Yeah the W427 is overpriced, but if anything, this makes stuff like the 45k XR6 Turbo, which is still an awesome performance car in its own right, seem cheap as for 1/3 the price.
Probably see a few Bros driving these on the roads of neighboring Islamden(fmly Camden)
Dorf Dorf Dorf.LOL.
Spam, yeah thats real sensible, lets race sedans against performance coupes worth 4 times their price and more.
Hey Foggy u are too generous.
Bogantown is the secondhand,clapped out ready for the tip HSV/FPV heartland.Actually FPV hasn’t been around long enough to qualify.
A little known fact Bogantown was Australia’s first green city. So there!
tom whats price got to do with it , okay m3 4 door $150,000 against hsv w47 bogan car $150,000 sounds like same price to me .
nah its a closed shop , falcoons and crummerdores ,zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz boring as bat shite
get over the demographics guys.from what i’ve heard,if you’ve got the coin 4 one,nissan will fly/drive you to pick it up,or drop it to you(truck),pick it up (on a truck) 4 a service,and maintain a 1 on 1 relationship between you and the gtr guru’s(because they will want your feedback)…all of a sudden you realise where the extra (part of)charge money is coming from…and jester,if you think ferntree gully is unworthy,think again(cause you ain’t got a clue,ask someone who has)
What an amazing car, such a low price (even for Australia) and it craps all over the posh Porsche’s/Ferrari’s. Although it is still a Nissan – I would gladly have this over any of those competitors.
Although the Audi R8 is just as amazing for another 100 grand :D
F-Zero,
You really are a top shelf ****wit.
Nobody mentioned Porsche, not even I. This is a car that hands the Carrera GT its arse on a plate around the Ring. And does it with a useable boot, and decent appointments.
Some of us dont give a shit about badge cred, particularly European Badge Cred. You’re a gutless, snivelling little toad that wont even tell me what he drives…step up bitch.
And while you’re at it bring some decent game. Trying to argue with you is like masturbating with a cheese grater – slightly amusing but mostly painful.
Jash