NEWS: Craziest Nissan Skyline yet

[SilverTorch]

BTW, I will need to borrow about 120-130K b/c of the following news

Craziest Nissan Skyline yet

Nissan?s NISMO folks are launching the craziest version of the mighty R34 Skyline GT-R, the Z-tune. Z-tune fea-tures 500 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque from a totally reworked 2.8-liter race-bred engine (up from a 2.6-liter). Other modifications include carbon fiber front bumper, hood, front fenders and chassis reinforcements. We hear they?re building only 20 of these for worldwide sale and they go on sale Dec. 20 for $166,000. call NISMO overseas sales department (tel. 011 81-3-3767-1930) for more info.

Autoweek
Crazy Skyline pic

 

[DingDingDao]

Too much for that car. At that price you could get yourself into a 360 Modena, 996TT, SL55, DB9...

It's a great car, but it's still a Nissan. 😉

 

[notfred]

How are you going to buy a $166k car for $120-130k?

 

[z0mb13]

these things can handle 1000 hp, right?

 

[SilverTorch]

Originally posted by: notfred
How are you going to buy a $166k car for $120-130k?

I'm not a total slacker .... I have money .... I think

 

[brigden]

Major overuse of the word "craziest."

 

[maziwanka]

waste of money when you consider the calibur of other cars available at the same price point (i.e. ford gt god damn it).

 

[ggnl]

Could someone please enlighten me as to why they don't sell Skylines in the US?

 

[SilverTorch]

Originally posted by: ggnl
Could someone please enlighten me as to why they don't sell Skylines in the US?

Actually Nissan promiced them in the US by 2007 ..... that was back in 03

 

[ViperSSD]

Originally posted by: ggnl
Could someone please enlighten me as to why they don't sell Skylines in the US?

there supposed to be coming over soon (2006 timeframe), but i have no clue why they werent here before

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: DingDingDao
Too much for that car. At that price you could get yourself into a 360 Modena, 996TT, SL55, DB9...

It's a great car, but it's still a Nissan. 😉

No kidding.

Hmmm... I've got 160k to spend. Should I buy an Aston Martin or a souped up Nissan?

 

[NissanGurl]

*drool* Man that thing would be nice to have, better HP than my Sentra 🙂

 

[SilverTorch]

Originally posted by: NissanGurl
*drool* Man that thing would be nice to have, better HP than my Sentra 🙂

just a lil bit more HP, not much 😀

 

[rh71]

<-- loads up NFSU2

 

[psteng19]

Is that price in USD?
That is ridiculous considering you can get more power (over 1000 hp) from the 2.6 engine with less money.

Does posting that sales number mean this car is US legal?
I doubt it... very misleading.

Originally posted by: DingDingDao
Too much for that car. At that price you could get yourself into a 360 Modena, 996TT, SL55, DB9...

It's a great car, but it's still a Nissan. 😉

What about the Ford GT?
Great car, but it's still a Ford.

 

[geno]

SEXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!!!!!!!

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: ggnl
Could someone please enlighten me as to why they don't sell Skylines in the US?

They do, never seen a G35 before? Those are the new Skylines

And you can't bitch about the price, this car is clearly meant to be a collectors item.