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Lame Amongst car enthusiasts I can see the appeal of having an ad campaign designed to increase hype and exposure, but you've got to ask whether the ordinary person on the street is going to really care all that much about a car they can neither afford nor think is very practical for everyday use. It really does look like they (Nissan) have a new 'wunderkind' and are milking it for everything they've got... <-- that's the lame part IMO

I'm hiding in Kobe during the week (and on weekends too...)

I saw the official Nissan sales documentation at Global Auto last Sunday. The Nissan GT-R chassis code is CBA-R35... had this confirmed over the phone by a Nissan High Performance Center here in Kobe too.

lol... I just enjoy reading what other people have to say without getting involved. I don't really have many nice things to say about Hamilton anyway.

I have a Press pass (7tune) and will be there on the 24th... what day will you be there Jeff?

lol you're on the ball aren't you? Done it already. But I'd have to link you to my website again and that's not so cool is it... Here you go (from the 7tune forum):

I just find it funny that so many people who discredited the Japanese mags for being 'rumour peddlers' for so long are still doing it... despite evidence (and a lot of it) to the contrary. Just because the Japanese mags have a habit of making their own CG images (which - as far as the new GT-R is concerned - were 100% on the money a month or more beforehand) to go along with their articles, doesn't mean the info is made up too. They go out of their way to get real scoops first before anyone.... they're their own cars ffs. But you wouldn't know that if you can't understand Japanese now would you?

It was misspelt... ever spelt a Japanese persons name wrong? That's how easy it is. Their editors are dealing with a foreign language and a mistake got through, don't shoot down their credibility over a single misspelt word. Speaking of credibility, have a look at all those links I posted (and m3gtr quoted) and then compare that info to the OFFICIAL presales documentation released just last week. There you'll see just how credible these so-called 'rumour mags' are... they're bang on the money 80 - 90% of the time. They scooped the engine code/weight/dimensions/engine capacity/transmissions two months or more in advance! Only now some 'credible' non-Japanese mags are catching on... two months after the fact. The Japanese mags are credible, it's just short sighted homebodies who don't get out much and the badwagon jumpers that think they aren't. The GT-R will weigh 1700kg+.

What Adam posted isn't even the half of it 26th September: http://www.7tune.com/?p=111 21st September: http://www.7tune.com/?p=109 11th September: http://www.7tune.com/?p=106 28th August: http://www.7tune.com/?p=100 10th August: http://www.7tune.com/?p=88 (first mention of the 'VR38' engine code anywhere, now official) 8th August: http://www.7tune.com/?p=87 11th June: http://www.7tune.com/?p=31

Actually it was known as the 'GTS25t Type M Active LSD', not 'Type LM'.

No it doesn't, it just says "get on down to your local Nissan High Performance Center to make a preorder". Nissan won't make ordering the GT-R that simple... http://www.7tune.com/?p=109

Yes it's English written with a Japanese 'alphabet'. So if you were to read it, it'd sound like: 'Roo-king-goo / Bee-nee-soo / zah / sah-fih-soo'. Doesn't sound so cool now does it...

Ok, first of all I'll be straight up with you: don't do this. People have got to understand that English phrases written in Katakana or Hiragana - while a seemingly interesting talking point amongst your Aussie friends - will bring giggles and quizzical looks from anyone that is either Japanese or understands Japanese language. Here it is anyway, don't say I didn't warn you (other people may have slightly different spelling to what I've done... it doesn't matter either way)

It's expected to have a proper FR transaxel with driveshafts to the front wheels. The electric motors for the front wheels (e-4WD) and the motor assisted turbos were investigated, but were dropped because of cost and complexity. If the new GT-R were to have a (higher) price tag closer to Porsche's 911 turbo we might've seen these features. The car will be incredible anyway.

I think what the tinters are saying is that the sunroof might shatter while they're tinting it. They have to use a heat gun to heat shrink the tint so it sits down properly on the curved glass. If they accidently use too much heat (which can happen) it might push the glass beyond the max temp it can withstand and crack or even break with the slightest amount of pressure, like when opening or closing the sunroof. It's possible the integrity of the glass might also be affected thereafter if the glass has been heated way over what it can withstand... with an outcome similar to what kryzsiu posted.

Yep you're right. Just one thing... theres hundreds of thousands of people who want to know beforehand. So these articles cater for those people... whether they're right or wrong. October 24th is going to be the acid test day for Holiday Auto.

The VQ30DETT is Nissan's current engine of choice for Japan's top-tier motorsport category did you say? You're a bit behind the times there Did you also not read this part: ... it's not entirely about super dooper RB26 busting performance. Exlusivity plays an equally big part as does ultimate performance. Thats why the engine isn't a VQ, and that's why the engine isn't a VK. It's funny you say the VRH35L is hardly a test bed for a supercar engine when the VQ has been ditched this year in favour of a VK for the GT500 Fairlady Z. It's not like Nissan had a few 1999 VRH blocks lying around and has 'blown off the dust' and used them again 8 years down the track. The new engine - according to Holiday Auto - is a recreation of the VRH35L albeit in 3.8L V6 form with VVEL (2007 tech right there), twin turbos with integrated exhaust manifolds (never heard of that before), semi-wet sump, and Euro 5 compliant emissions. So the game has lifted since 2000? Good thing the new GT-Rs engine has too Btw, the VK is based on the VQ, not the VRH (VH)

Don't get too depressed, those are just Holiday Auto's estimates. They said themselves that it was what they expected the specifications to be and might differ slightly. How much? Who knows... just wait until the end of next month

Great stuff... the variety of pics is excellent Another vote for the Sunline GT-R here!

Considering there won't be one single Skyline badge on it, I agree with you

The V-Spec will be around A$110,000 in Japan (11,000,000 yen)... so the base model (in Japan) will be around A$80K or so. I think thats a fair price from Nissan AU.

Only 5 years late... better late than never I suppose

Thread closed. Don't know what happened exactly but it's a wasted thread now.

Drift Limo is there any more info you can give us about the pic? Where did you get it, is it a still from a video, is there a larger pic? If theres a larger pic you could probably check the stickers on the car search around for the workshop that does the work on that car, and they might have a reference to either the car or the event that car appeared at. I've tried looking for that car in particular, but 'orange A31 Cefiro' (in Japanese of course) is a little on the vague side... lol Any extra info at all would help.

Thats a promotional pic of the GT-R Proto Richard...