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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  • xefron (Member) on Apr 13, 2006 at 10:11 am

    hohohoho all the design pretty shared a similar theme.generation X

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  • Initial D (Member) on Apr 13, 2006 at 5:11 pm

    one word……..GOEGEOUS!!!!

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  • niraj (Member) on Apr 13, 2006 at 5:51 pm

    mark my words on this… I'm gonna buy me that can as soon as i graduate…!!!

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  • raptorclans (Member) on Apr 13, 2006 at 6:51 pm

    hey guys, that's not the car la… that's the prototype. Paul's just saying dat the car's announced… hehe

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  • mystvearn (Member) on Apr 13, 2006 at 8:47 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.

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  • outspoken (Member) on Apr 13, 2006 at 9:32 pm

    radical…

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  • Joe Ooi (Member) on Apr 13, 2006 at 11:22 pm

    Dream car – but how many can afford it.

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  • White Zombie (Member) on Apr 14, 2006 at 1:01 am

    looks heavy

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  • StingRayINC (Member) on Apr 14, 2006 at 2:00 am

    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..

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  • z350 (Member) on Apr 14, 2006 at 3:42 am

    the design somehow looks like an new face lift of Fairlady z350 huh…

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  • ingolstadt (Member) on Apr 14, 2006 at 10:55 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.

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  • flizzardo (Member) on Apr 14, 2006 at 9:26 pm

    skyline for the win!

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  • niraj (Member) on Apr 15, 2006 at 3:57 am

    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

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  • niraj (Member) on Apr 15, 2006 at 4:00 am

    [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

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  • niraj (Member) on Apr 15, 2006 at 4:00 am

    okay.. somethings definitely wrong… i'll rewrite later

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  • gb2jz (Member) on Apr 17, 2006 at 9:21 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?

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  • eezarm (Member) on Apr 18, 2006 at 1:02 am

    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?

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