Comments on: Nissan GT-R: $69,850

By: tunerlover

tunerlover — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:50:53 +0000

the incredible thing about this car is the fact that it’s cheap and that it is fast as anything but i have a few problems i have to overcome before i can get one: i live up in townsville and it’s damn hot, the roads are crap, and townsville is apparently the hoon capital of NQ so i woudn’t be able to drive it arond on saturday nights without everyone with a fibreglass rear wing and a bodykit to challenge me to a drag at the lights. and if i get one apparently i would have to get it down to mackay or somewhere to get it serviced. I’m thinking about moving down to brisbane, so can anyone tell me if there are the same problems in brisbane?

By: TommyGun

TommyGun — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:06:24 +0000

Been speaking to a mechanic at a Nissan dealership. Once enough orders are in he, as well as mechanics from any other workshop which wants to work on the new skyline and GTR will have to go to Japan for training. Hope this results in less mechanical stuff ups, but the aprentices probably won’t be able to keep their hands off em.

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:24:36 +0000

Now saying that ………Godspeed as a lover of both BMWs and owner of a GTR now what you going for…….you want a short or long straw babe?? hahahaha

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:22:03 +0000

The new F6 will truly be FPVs hero car, but hardly in the same category as this.

F6 still represents great value this landed will be as much as an M3……….$160,000

By: BK

BK — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:24:09 +0000

Id rather buy the new 2008 Ford Typhoon. Just as good.

By: Mika

Mika — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:29:23 +0000

I love this car. Spent a fair bit of time sitting in one in Tokyo in mid december. Very sexy cars with very sexy, comfortable interiors. Everything is spaced out well and the new control switches for things like traction and suspension are totally cool.

The engine packs a punch and I believe they do an 11.2 or 11.3 standard! Throw in an exhaust and I dare say you’d be into the 10’s!

8 million Yen in japan which averages out to be around 80 000 AUD

Quite sad that’ll we’ll be seeing mark up’s of another 50%

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:09:07 +0000

This link was an interesting read on the GTR……..So I guess the same problem will occur here like the price gouging on the resent Cobra!

Heres the link

http://www.leftlanenews.com/gt.....ntrol.html

By: Godspeed

Godspeed — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:20:25 +0000

Congrats Jeff. Can’t wait to see these in the flesh!

The R32, 33 and 34 GT-Rs were all based on a standard Skyline body, with significant modifications done; for example to make the body more rigid so that it can cope easily with ~500bhp for Group A racing and so on. The new GT-R by contrast is designed from the ground up to be an affordable supercar, far removed from the standard Skyline and hence does not have “Skyline” in its name. The R33 GT-R was the first production car (besides the Jaguar XJ220) to lap the Nordschleife in under 8 minutes and so it is beyond disrepute in its abilities.

The Evo and STi are no doubt super fast as well and are also to be held in high regard; somewhat in contrast to your thoughts though they were engineered for more HP than 276; the UK-only models such as the FQ300 and FQ400 Evo are still capable of containing the power within their chassis.

Bang for your buck the GT-R will be very hard to beat. Will be interesting to see what the new Lexus supercar is capable of however, although no doubt it is a more ‘prestige’ offering and will be priced accordingly

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:34:21 +0000

Last Friday I put down a deposit on the GTR, found one of the “likely” dealers here in Sydney that will probably get an allocation of the cars. (Not all dealers will).
The likely price range is 150-170k.
I hope to have the car as a track/weekend driver. Having driven the Evo’s and quite a few STI’s, I am not sure you could ever put them in the same class, the chassis of the GTR was designed with rigidity and torsion strength in mind, the STI and EVO’s were only designed with their 206kw in mind (And of course the rally upgrades, but these included a roll cage to strengthen the chassis and provide more rigidity. I do not doubt that you could throw 30k at an Evo or an STI and make it fast, but facts remain that you have a car that was never designed for such power or a chassis that can cope with it. There is much more to a car than going fast. The entire GTR package (Brakes, engine, interrior) is supercar territory, just because it is made in Japan does not lessen its ability nor make it a closer relation to the STI/EVO than say to a Porsche or Ferrari.
Bang for your buck, you could not get close to the GTR with anything currently on the market.

By: Frosty

Frosty — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:02:12 +0000

Well now all the guys who are driving the old taxi skylines would get a new car but with this price they never get to buy a new one only a second hand car.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:21:52 +0000

Godspeed and Chris both make good points.
Nissans claims are incredibly high, claims of 3.6sec to a hundred ill believe when i see but i find many companies need new computers when it comes to acceleration estimates. Like honda and its claims of the australian model civic type r doing 6.x to a hundred. It was NEVER going to go even CLOSE to that. Anyway i do believe it will do a 4dead and possibly tip very high 3s but look at a 640hp lambo that weighs less and they do 3.6secs so i think its slightly unrealistic.

Fuel consumption i think is a ridiculous claim. Maybe in top gear on a highway but i would be tipping the official consumption sticker to be reading in the 12s or 13s and id say that most people will average over that.

Porsche may be expensive to service but id hate to think that i need to have my engine pulled down hearly even regardless of cost. The chance for something to be done incorrectly is too high for me to be comfortable.

350ish kw’s is a lot but the capacity hike is also considerable, the power per litre is actually not massively higher than the r34 so surely they could have done it without the need for these rebuilds. Half the fun of the last one was knowing that you’d have a near bulletproof rocket of a car. You could put well over 350kw through them with not a drama. I just hope this was something that motor misunderstood or something??

I must say having driven a new wrx though, the new sti will be a very liveable sports car. The new wrx is just incredible having driven the last model also. Id therefore agree with chris that an sti would be (whilst not quite in the same place) the smart choice for a damn quick car with excellent maintenance costs and reliability etc

By: Jamison

Jamison — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:53:59 +0000

Nissan claims that when purchased, the GTR has access to service and maintenance from Nissan specialists themselves. And not just that, I’ve read the specialists are flown where ever they are to service your GTR.

I dont really know how that will work… maybe its a once off thing, like within the first year or purchase for that engine tear down, then from then on you have to order parts and get a local nissan dealer/mechanic to maintain it.

By: CHRIS PARR

CHRIS PARR — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:33:08 +0000

THEY DO CALL PORSCHE THE PRACTICAL SUPERCAR BECAUSE
MAINTANENCE AND RELIABILITY ARE QUITE GOOD,,OBVIOUSLY NOT
AS CHEAP AS A MAINSTREAM CAR THOUGH..THATS THE ADVANTAGE
OF STI!! OK ITS IN A LESSER LEAGE THAN GTR,,BUT HOW MUCH
PERFORMANCE DO YOU REALLY NEED…I WOULDNT APPRECIATE MY
CAR NEEDING AN ENGINE TEAR DOWN EVERY 12 MONTHS. ID RATHER
HAVE A SLIGHTLY SLOWER MORE PRACTICAL PERFORMANCE CAR…

By: Godspeed

Godspeed — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:27:25 +0000

On your fuel consumption point, it also says in Motor that the fuel consumption that is claimed by nissan is in the 8’s (8.0l/100km) and the car has been developed under “ultra low emission vehicle” (ULEV) standards, and apparently “emits as many harmful exhaust pollutants as a Toyota Prius at speeds below 200km/h” ?!

Even as a GT-R owner and enthusiast I find this hard to believe – Nissan have made some phenomenal claims for the new GT-R, so probably have to wait and see. It has big boots to fill and some big claims to uphold

By: Godspeed

Godspeed — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:15:19 +0000

STi – fantastic machine, but I reckon the GT-R is playing in a slightly different ballgame.

I think it is to be expected that in stepping up the GT-R in terms of market scope as well as performance over the previous models, some high-end maintenance would be needed?

I am also not convinced that the servicing costs for a Porsche (of any iteration) would be cheaper than anything other than high end supercars such as Ferraris.

Lets see what further details emerge on the plasma-bore front

By: CHRIS PARR

CHRIS PARR — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:34:04 +0000

I AGREE with SCOTT, why would you buy the GTR over a
porsche when the porsche would be cheaper and easier to
maintain!! also what happens if you didnt do it every 12
months would you void your warranty?? My opinion is buy
a new 08 wrx STI, keep the savings,goes almost as hard
be much cheaper to insure,fuel,maintain,and gauranteed
good resale!!plus much more practical to drive every day..

By: Godspeed

Godspeed — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:07:33 +0000

Yeah I read that in this month’s Motor as well and it would be interesting to hear more about this – maybe see what the guys here at CA can find out. It is especially odd considering it’s a Nissan and this sort of maintenance requirement is usually reserved for something a lot more exotic like a Ferrari

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:34:40 +0000

This car looks brilliant and will perform incredibly too. I dont think it will quite hit 3.6seconds to 100kmh though being considerably heavier than a porsche turbo which does high 3s. Performance bargain though as it would destroy any car in the 120k bracket. The one thing ive read that sounded odd and off putting is that the engine’s cylinder bores are plasma-sprayed. Sounds good i thought, till i read that due to this the engine requires a full tear down every 12months!!!??? Now that will make the relative bargain buying price slightly less appealing if thats the case!!!

By: Godspeed

Godspeed — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:27:48 +0000

Nicely put Tom.

Got to acknowledge the tremendous work Carlos Ghosn has done in turning around Nissan’s fate over the last 8 years.

“Ghosn claimed that Nissan would have no net debt by 2005. One year after he arrived, Nissan’s net profit climbed to $2.7 billion from a loss of $6.1 billion in the previous year. Nissan’s [operating profit] margin has increased from 1.38% in FY 2000 to 9.25% in FY 2006.” (Wikipedia)

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:13:07 +0000

I personally am looking forward to this car coming to Australia. If I start saving my pennies now I might be able to buy one in a few decades :P

This will be an awesome car no doubt. It looks great (good to see the Nissan family theme like the 350Z and V35 Skyline) and will go like a cut snake without a doubt.

I think Nissan have done a great job bringing back the icons (350 and GT-R).

I think the derogatory comments are there just to inflame and spark a flame war. No one could possibly think a 354kW, 588NM track car is a wannabe for a 206kw (officially) rally car.

Two different sticks for two different tasks.