The GTR is Coming!

[Mani]

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Dow Jones Business News
Nissan Motor To Launch New GTR Sports Model Globally 2007
Wednesday October 22, 12:31 am ET


TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Nissan Motor Co. will market from 2007 a new model of its flagship sports auto, the "GTR," as "a global car," president Carlos Ghosn said Wednesday at a round-table meeting with the media.
It will be the first time for Nissan to market the model globally. Ghosn said the company will launch the model in markets including the U.S., Europe and Japan.

The new GTR is expected to be the successor to the Skyline GTR model, which was launched in January 1998 and available only in Japan. Nissan stopped marketing that model in August 2002.

Ghosn declined to provide any sales targets for the new model.

-By Yoshio Takahashi, Dow Jones Newswires; 813-5255-2929; yoshio.takahashi@dowjones.com

Time to start saving!

 

[BigSmooth]

Wow. It will be interesting to see how the US market will react to the GT-R. I wonder if they will badge it as a Nissan or an Infiniti.

 

[Emrys]

Am I to start saving for the car itself or the insurance for it🙁

 

[Mani]

Originally posted by: BigSmooth
Wow. It will be interesting to see how the US market will react to the GT-R. I wonder if they will badge it as a Nissan or an Infiniti.

I'm pretty certain that it will come as an Infiniti. It's going to be priced along the lines of BMW's //M.

 

[BigSmooth]

Originally posted by: Mani

Originally posted by: BigSmooth
Wow. It will be interesting to see how the US market will react to the GT-R. I wonder if they will badge it as a Nissan or an Infiniti.

I'm pretty certain that it will come as an Infiniti. It's going to be priced along the lines of BMW's //M.

I know it will be quite expensive. Infiniti would be my guess based on price, but the GTR is not terribly luxurious IIRC.
It's more of an all-out sports car.

 

[toant103]

Originally posted by: Mani
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Dow Jones Business News
Nissan Motor To Launch New GTR Sports Model Globally 2007
Wednesday October 22, 12:31 am ET


TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Nissan Motor Co. will market from 2007 a new model of its flagship sports auto, the "GTR," as "a global car," president Carlos Ghosn said Wednesday at a round-table meeting with the media.
It will be the first time for Nissan to market the model globally. Ghosn said the company will launch the model in markets including the U.S., Europe and Japan.

The new GTR is expected to be the successor to the Skyline GTR model, which was launched in January 1998 and available only in Japan. Nissan stopped marketing that model in August 2002.

Ghosn declined to provide any sales targets for the new model.

-By Yoshio Takahashi, Dow Jones Newswires; 813-5255-2929; yoshio.takahashi@dowjones.com

Time to start saving!

2007? why so long?

 

[Rob9874]

"When the heart rules the mind..."

Anyone remember GTR? Or am I just old?

 

[boyRacer]

I hope it's so damn expensive no boyricer can afford it. 😛 😉

 

[MaxFusion16]

Originally posted by: toant103

Originally posted by: Mani
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Dow Jones Business News
Nissan Motor To Launch New GTR Sports Model Globally 2007
Wednesday October 22, 12:31 am ET


TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Nissan Motor Co. will market from 2007 a new model of its flagship sports auto, the "GTR," as "a global car," president Carlos Ghosn said Wednesday at a round-table meeting with the media.
It will be the first time for Nissan to market the model globally. Ghosn said the company will launch the model in markets including the U.S., Europe and Japan.

The new GTR is expected to be the successor to the Skyline GTR model, which was launched in January 1998 and available only in Japan. Nissan stopped marketing that model in August 2002.

Ghosn declined to provide any sales targets for the new model.

-By Yoshio Takahashi, Dow Jones Newswires; 813-5255-2929; yoshio.takahashi@dowjones.com

Time to start saving!

2007? why so long?

so you have time to save every penny

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: MaxFusion16

Originally posted by: toant103

Originally posted by: Mani
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Dow Jones Business News
Nissan Motor To Launch New GTR Sports Model Globally 2007
Wednesday October 22, 12:31 am ET


TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Nissan Motor Co. will market from 2007 a new model of its flagship sports auto, the "GTR," as "a global car," president Carlos Ghosn said Wednesday at a round-table meeting with the media.
It will be the first time for Nissan to market the model globally. Ghosn said the company will launch the model in markets including the U.S., Europe and Japan.

The new GTR is expected to be the successor to the Skyline GTR model, which was launched in January 1998 and available only in Japan. Nissan stopped marketing that model in August 2002.

Ghosn declined to provide any sales targets for the new model.

-By Yoshio Takahashi, Dow Jones Newswires; 813-5255-2929; yoshio.takahashi@dowjones.com

Time to start saving!

2007? why so long?

so you have time to save every penny

lol

 

[wnied]

Looks like another Audi TT rip-off.

~wnied~

 

[Mani]

Originally posted by: wnied
Looks like another Audi TT rip-off.

~wnied~

😕

 

[Mani]

Originally posted by: BigSmooth

Originally posted by: Mani

Originally posted by: BigSmooth
Wow. It will be interesting to see how the US market will react to the GT-R. I wonder if they will badge it as a Nissan or an Infiniti.

I'm pretty certain that it will come as an Infiniti. It's going to be priced along the lines of BMW's //M.

I know it will be quite expensive. Infiniti would be my guess based on price, but the GTR is not terribly luxurious IIRC.
It's more of an all-out sports car.

Hey, Acura did it with the NSX...

Actually I'd be willing to bet that Infiniti will throw in some luxury features to make it an //M competitor rather than a no-frills sports car.

 

[Mani]

Originally posted by: toant103

Originally posted by: Mani
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Dow Jones Business News
Nissan Motor To Launch New GTR Sports Model Globally 2007
Wednesday October 22, 12:31 am ET


TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Nissan Motor Co. will market from 2007 a new model of its flagship sports auto, the "GTR," as "a global car," president Carlos Ghosn said Wednesday at a round-table meeting with the media.
It will be the first time for Nissan to market the model globally. Ghosn said the company will launch the model in markets including the U.S., Europe and Japan.

The new GTR is expected to be the successor to the Skyline GTR model, which was launched in January 1998 and available only in Japan. Nissan stopped marketing that model in August 2002.

Ghosn declined to provide any sales targets for the new model.

-By Yoshio Takahashi, Dow Jones Newswires; 813-5255-2929; yoshio.takahashi@dowjones.com

Time to start saving!

2007? why so long?

It takes time to develop a world-class performance machine.

 

[MustangSVT]

meh... 😛

i would rather want Silvia... too bad they stopped producing it..

 

[Mani]

More info

NEXT GT-R REVEALED
According to the report, Ghosn will outlay a launch schedule for the new GT-R supercar with an unveiling set for the September 2005 Frankfurt show. The car will then appear again at Tokyo and then at Detroit before Nissan reveals the final production version at Geneva in 2006. The report also confirms that the next GT-R will be powered by a specially developed 3.2 litre V6 with a new electrically-assisted twin turbo setup generating in excess of 480 hp (350kW) placing it directly in Porsche 911 turbo territory.
Sitting on an aluminium space frame, the GT-R will employ a steel cabin unit blending light-weight materials with high rigidity strength.
The hydraulic centre differential used in the the outgoing R-34 will be swapped for an all-new magnetic clutch configuration with a choice of 6-speed Getrag manual or an 8-speed CVT inherited and upgraded from the current V-35 Skyline GT-8.
A revised Atessa ETS 4WD system will also be incorporated while the GT-R will sit on 245/40R19 rubber. The new model will also employ 6-pot Brembos on the front and 2-pots on the rear. But while we can reveal these details today, the final styling of the GT-R has not yet been signed off, hence the absence of it from this year's Tokyo show. Nissan know they must keep price down, and several commentators including the Holiday Auto report suggest a price under 8 million yen.

Looks like more of a 911 Turbo competitor than an //M competitor after all.