Nissan GT-R announced
Nissan Motor’s CEO Carlos Ghosn has announced that the next generation Skyline R35 will be marketed in the US market as a Nissan. It will be called the Nissan GT-R. The production version of this hot new continuation of the Skyline legacy will make it’s debut at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show, with the Japanese market launch scheduled for Fall 2007. The Nissan GT-R will go on sale in the US in Spring 2008.
To me, this is a good move as it allows Nissan to focus on the Nissan GT-R as a proper sports car, not a luxury sports car as it would have been if it was marketed under the Infiniti badge. Previously, it was said that the new car would be marketed under the Infiniti badge instead of a Nissan badge. Toyota is going the other way with it’s replacement for the Toyota Supra in it’s model line-up. It will be marketed under the Lexus badge as the Lexus LF-H. Where’s Honda with it’s NSX replacement?
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April 13, 2006 @ 2:11 am
hohohoho all the design pretty shared a similar theme.generation X
April 13, 2006 @ 9:11 am
one word……..GOEGEOUS!!!!
April 13, 2006 @ 9:51 am
mark my words on this… I’m gonna buy me that can as soon as i graduate…!!!
April 13, 2006 @ 10:51 am
hey guys, that’s not the car la… that’s the prototype. Paul’s just saying dat the car’s announced… hehe
April 13, 2006 @ 12:47 pm
But then people will still call it Skyline GT-R. Or the new Skyline. I don’t think its easy to kill of a big legacy.
April 13, 2006 @ 1:32 pm
radical…
April 13, 2006 @ 3:22 pm
Dream car – but how many can afford it.
April 13, 2006 @ 5:01 pm
looks heavy
April 13, 2006 @ 6:00 pm
Wow that’s one hell of a car, looks so fierce, solid and strong, just like riding a white knight during the war in hundreds years ago…..fantastic..
April 13, 2006 @ 7:42 pm
the design somehow looks like an new face lift of Fairlady z350 huh…
April 14, 2006 @ 2:55 am
its still stupid to not call it a Skyline GTR. wat the fxxk were they thinking? Skyline doesn’t sound good? I’d rather they drop off the Nissan brand and continue with a exclusive, racing development Skyline series.
April 14, 2006 @ 1:26 pm
skyline for the win!
April 14, 2006 @ 7:57 pm
apperently they’re not gonna launch the saloon version too.. All out for the GT-R… but my question is, will it be restricted at 280hp (?) as Japan has a law stating that all production cars must be
April 14, 2006 @ 8:00 pm
[whoops... accidently submited my comment.. heres the full one]
Apperently they’re not gonna launch the saloon version too.. All out for the GT-R… but my question is, will it be restricted at 280hp (?) as Japan has a law stating that all production cars must be
April 14, 2006 @ 8:00 pm
okay.. somethings definitely wrong… i’ll rewrite later
April 17, 2006 @ 1:21 pm
there goes the era of Japanese inline 6 engined sports cars…they’re all going for the V format and 8 cylinders or more, hopefully they’ll reconsider using a bigger version of the RB straight 6 series engine in the proto…3.0 litres with twin turbos? hehe RB30 DETT..or a VQ type twin turbo… and yeah, the name skyline still sounds wayyyy better than just GT-R.. same goes for toyota, c’mon, Supra or LM..err.7?.. whatever…which name’s easier to remember?
April 17, 2006 @ 5:02 pm
easier name to remember?
try this…GEN-2.
hehehe….
i wonder when P1 wants to come out with this kind of prototype.
with superpower V8 or V12 SVVT Campro Engine maybe?
make use of Lotus wisely…
if not, why must P1 have Lotus?