My opinion: I'm dissapointed. Why? I was really hoping that the next GTR was going to be a car that was built from the ground up and back to the lightweight oldschool roots of the r32. But it's based off nissan's FM platform, as you can see by the covershot the g35, awd and with alot more parts under the hood This is gonna be a heavy pig. The powerplant details aren't fully known yet but the rumour about it being a v8 is far fetched they say, more than likely it will be the vq35dett. Twin turbo, Twin intercooled and making somewhere around 400-450bhp like current turboed 350z's. The physical modifications will be very marginal, the front airdam will be much bigger and wider than the one pictured to force more air into the cooling system says nissan.

I'm quite dissapointed because the current crop of turboed 350z's with aftermarket suspension really don't impress me that much and it may be an indication of what the next gtr may perform like. But i'll reserve judgement of the car until it actually is test driven.

 

are u sure thats the official one

 

are u sure thats the official one

It was always speculated that the gtr would be based on the fm platform and vq powerplant. Now coming from nissan's mouth and in an article in scc, it confirms it all. The only thing that isn't set in stone yet is the powerplant type which I explained above. But what you see here is a highly accurate indication of what the next gtr is. Get the mag and read the article yourself.

 

Nissan of Austrailia has registered the name "infinity GTR" btw.
Also notice the euro license plates on that car pictured above-remember lotus is tuning the suspension. Another confirmation that what your seeing is the next gtr, if words in the article isn't enough.

I know a thousand of these "OMG NEXT GTR" threads were created in the past, but mine's is different, it isn't bullshit :supercool

 

WTF why haven't I gotten my copy of SCC in yet?


and I talked to some people at nissan and yes it is a VQ35

that and the picutre of the VWR32 reminds me, did you guys read the info on the great 8 last two issues? with that custom R32 twin turbo? damn that was nasty, but not as bad as the winner *SPOILER* (tehehe) the yellow MR2 with JDM conversion with 3.0 v6 camry swap supercharged at 9psi, nastyyyy, I wish I had either of those...

 

garrr, i didnt get mine yet!

 

Suck it up Danny. That thing will sell better then F150's (sarcasm). But seriously, how do you know that Nissan didn't create that new FM platform with intensions of slowly entering a supercar into the market. For all we know they could have came out with the 350z and the G35 in the first place just to introduce a highpowered budget RWD sports car to todays market. Those two cars could just very well have been only testing platforms for the new GTR. Maybe Nissan was just "feeling" the market in anticipation of the new "supercar". You never know and it kind of makes you think...

 

The only reason I'm not super excited about that car is because in my opinion Nissan should have offered the 350Z at least and maybe even the G35 coupe with a turbo option from the start. Now they are taking something they should have been doing all along (turbocharged motor) and saying "Look autobuying public, it's the new Skyline!!"

 

Well 290 HP is a lot of power NA. If they turboed it and put it in the 400+ range it would be bumped up to a higher price and I think they wanted it in the under $30K range. (For the 350z)

 

i hope that's not it. i'll be disapointed. they need to make something that actually resembles previous skylines.

 

The only reason I'm not super excited about that car is because in my opinion Nissan should have offered the 350Z at least and maybe even the G35 coupe with a turbo option from the start. Now they are taking something they should have been doing all along (turbocharged motor) and saying "Look autobuying public, it's the new Skyline!!"

I totally agree, I was bullshitting a while back and said that I wouldn't be surprised if the next gtr was an upgraded 350z/g35 with the legendary "gtr" badging since those letters would have such a huge impact marketing wise.

350z/g35 with a twin turbo kit and a great suspension package=gtr? I guess only time will tell.

 

I'm very disappointed on how it looks. :thumbsdow :thumbsdow :thumbsdow
I guess I was expecting to much from Nissan to base the new model from the pervious models

 

Suck it up Danny. That thing will sell better then F150's (sarcasm). But seriously, how do you know that Nissan didn't create that new FM platform with intensions of slowly entering a supercar into the market. For all we know they could have came out with the 350z and the G35 in the first place just to introduce a highpowered budget RWD sports car to todays market. Those two cars could just very well have been only testing platforms for the new GTR. Maybe Nissan was just "feeling" the market in anticipation of the new "supercar". You never know and it kind of makes you think...

Well the term "supercar" is used very loosely by scc on that covershot. But the reason why I don't agree with that theory is because some of the best sports cars ever made are usually created from the ground up(except for the skyline gtr but it's not really a sports car since it has back seats) which is the best way since thier won't be any compromises.The FM platform was created to be flexible enough to spawn several different vehicles from since it's cheaper to build as many cars from one platform than to create a different chassis for each(all manufacturer's do this). The FM platform is shared between the Altima,Maxima,Murano,quest(?),350z,G35,fx45(?) which all share the same engine series as well(cept the fx). When you use parts that are shared between a variety of cars thier's compromises to be made, hence the weight of the 350z since that basic structure had to be strong enough for 4x4 based suv's and sedans as well and the heavy vq that is derived from the maxima years ago. Don't get me wrong I like 350z's and I praise the vq.

This is why I was hoping that the next gtr was going to be based on a newly created chassis from the ground up because there wouldn't be any compromises and it would be built for one single purpose :devilfork

 

esco, im very disapointed too, but by the time these things hit the road and are tested/modded we all may be very suprised. Im sure the aftermarket will jump on this faster than a fat kid on cake so I'm anticipating this.

I don thave this mag so did they release about where a base price would start at?

 

esco, im very disapointed too, but by the time these things hit the road and are tested/modded we all may be very suprised. Im sure the aftermarket will jump on this faster than a fat kid on cake so I'm anticipating this.

I don thave this mag so did they release about where a base price would start at?

Yeah that GTR badge is going to do wonders for marketing and the aftermarket since every ricer and import car freak in the galaxy salavates over that legendary symbol.

I really hope this car can handle well given that lotus is involved here, but at what sort of driver confidence and input level? The r34 is the best performing skyline gtr in terms of numbers, it sure wasn't the easiest or most efficient car to toss on the track like the r32 was though but for it's weight it pulled miracles.

It's going to be an infinity and thier's a reason for this, it's going to be a fairly expensive car since infinity is nissan's high end division. The cheapest infinity is over $30k. The gtr has to be priced significantly higher than the 350z and g35 while maintaining a high end image. I'm estimating well over $50k, because keep in mind the nismo edition 350z's are around $40k+

 

Hehe, I'll stick with my S13..

Hell for the pricetag on that thing I could probably get hold of an R32. Don't get me wrong it's a Hella nice looking car (- the wing) but I can't see myself driving something so damn big.

 

thats gay no more R chassis though...
I'm done with nissans i think.

 

well... with every new generation of skyline that has come out since the r30s back in the day, everyone has grumbled about how it's been too big, too heavy, too complicated, etc. and every time... the GTR badge has lived up to the name. Nissan seems to know what they're doing when they add turbos and AWD together, so maybe they'll get it right. Maybe they've made it even more bad ass than the r34, you really can't tell until you take it to the track.

I'm just playing the devil's advocate because I happen to like nissans!

Of course... if it is coming to the US, that means it must be dumbed down and de-ownageafied also.

 

yes thats true, which is why i'm not going to go outright and say it sucks. I'll reserve judgement when the car hits the track and is reviewed by the media.

But seriously, to outdo the r32,33,34 gtr's with what I see so far in that mag. Very very slim chance imo. Maybe initially the car will perform better out the box, but once you start modifying . . . .

Your right though, we'll have to wait until we see some laptimes and read reviews and drive the car(i will drive it, you'll see:supercool )

 

atleast this car looks better then the new silvia that may or may not come out

 

I read somewhere (I forget where) that Nissan was using the G35 platform to test out a few things that will go into the new GTR. If this is true they are all fooling us and the new GTR might be based entirely on its own. However, Nissan is testing it's suspension and engine mods on the G35 while they are developing a suitable chassis to meet the '07 release date. We shouldn't be so quick to judge...

 

I read somewhere (I forget where) that Nissan was using the G35 platform to test out a few things that will go into the new GTR. If this is true they are all fooling us and the new GTR might be based entirely on its own. However, Nissan is testing it's suspension and engine mods on the G35 while they are developing a suitable chassis to meet the '07 release date. We shouldn't be so quick to judge...

it is true that they could just be lying out their buttox... remember when they released the initial 350z prototypes? it was ugly as sin, performed terribly and really just didnt look promising. But now I think its pretty sweet...

Mazda did the same thing with the RX-8... they just lied their asses off to fool everyone, and also used the faint promise of another rx7 relase to divert attention.

haha a lot can change in 2 years!

 

oh come on guys...what do u expect from something coming out in the 21st century...hell imagine what all the other cars are gonna look like and weigh...

 

Well 290 HP is a lot of power NA. If they turboed it and put it in the 400+ range it would be bumped up to a higher price and I think they wanted it in the under $30K range. (For the 350z)

300hp for 05 in some new model


anyways its a solid engine.

and there is this guy that lives near me with a black 350Z with a body kit and I should actually call it a 350ZX

its twin turbo and at 9 psi makes like 500hp or something nasty.

I may be going to his shop soon to get a good look at it, but I will bring back pics when I do

 

350ZX has a nice vibe to it.

but, my eyes were diverted from the GTR to the EVO IX picture. from the front end, the factory front bumper looks alot better than the Evo 8's