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typevu Grand Master

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I see.... thanks for the confirmation.

I have heard rumours that Nissan were going to continue the 'heritage' of the Skyline but I guess they chose otherwise. So I guess the 1999 R34 was the last Skyline ever to appear on the face of this planet. I suppose Nissan has given us in essence really - the R32, R33 and the R34. Nice.

They are following the GTR heritage... R32 GTR, R33 GTR, R34 GTR and now the Nissan GTR. They got the V series to continue the Skyline name...

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funkymonkey Grand Master

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the whole thing about dropping the skyline affiliation has some interesting attitudes on the japanese skyline BBS's... but basically what nissan's doin is elevating the GTR to a more refined status, and not just a souped up family car platform like the old skyline GTR's.

The skyline lineage goes from R34 -> V35 -> V36 -> V37 (current)

GT-R goes from R34 -> R35 (2007 GT-R)

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I see.... thanks for the confirmation.

I have heard rumours that Nissan were going to continue the 'heritage' of the Skyline but I guess they chose otherwise. So I guess the 1999 R34 was the last Skyline ever to appear on the face of this planet. I suppose Nissan has given us in essence really - the R32, R33 and the R34. Nice.

they've made a lot of skylines since the R34 and even 34 GTR were made until 2002! between now and then there have been lots of skyline models and they are still making them now. so no, the R34 is not the last skyline even to appear on the face of this planet.

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Have they given you any idea on approx delivery Jash? either way it will be worth the wait, and it's nice to see someone take a leap of faith and pony up the dough for one. I'm sure it will be a pretty special car. :P

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Apparently only the top Nissan Brass in Australia have been briefed on the spec of the car that we are going to get. They've all had to sign confidentiality agreements until the official J release.

Jash

Does that read , "We have no idea what it's going to be so we're saying nothing" to anyone else on here?

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What I've heard through my sources in Nissan Aus is that we will get an initial allocation of under a hundred cars. They will be subject to the "void warranty if sold within 12 months" clause that they are putting on them in the US. Once the initial allocation is sold then there will be a substantial wait for any further supply. They are currently in production already in Japan in an effort to get some stock before the rush. Australia is only going to get the one spec of car, but with most - if not all the options. Apparently there is no manual option - all cars will have a paddle shifted DSG type sequential box. Not that it worries me. I love belting my GT-8.

In a dream world I'd like a black one with black leather with the red stitching, but I know how hard a black car is to keep clean. I think I'll go for a silver one.

Jash

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silver one will look awesome. it's like we had GMG as the colour for the 32 GTR. silver for the 33 GTR and blue for the 34 GTR. silver/grey will be the colour to have I reckon for the R35.

sh@un Grand Master

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silver one will look awesome. it's like we had GMG as the colour for the 32 GTR. silver for the 33 GTR and blue for the 34 GTR. silver/grey will be the colour to have I reckon for the R35.

Black's where it'll be at for this GT-R babeh :(

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Ever heard of leases?

You don't have to be overly rich to lease a $150K car through a company

Its true, but at the same time... its still $150k! And 90% of us on here couldn't afford that regardless of how the money's borrowed. You would be looking at 4 year repayment with a 30k balloon at the end somewhere around $2500-$3500 a month :(

funkymonkey Grand Master

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In a dream world I'd like a black one with black leather with the red stitching, but I know how hard a black car is to keep clean. I think I'll go for a silver one.

Jash

I think that's exactly what the "Black Edition" is, all black with black trim. But if Australia is only getting one spec of GT-R then I doubt that'd be available to choose.

m3gtr Grand Master

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Jash, i sure hope you get some water proof insurance... and one of those flame thrower thingies they have for car security in South Africa..torch the bastard thief and not even a bubble on the paintwork! :):D:rofl:

the recent spate of GTR thefts nation wide has me a little worried about your soon to be born baby..

mate its going to attract some major attention and not all of the desired kind...

funkymonkey Grand Master

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Oh, and a good friend of mine swears he has seen the R35 GT-R in disguise testing in Australia with Vic plates when he was in Melbourne. Wasn't quick enough to take pics.

V35 with a car bra?

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That is what I said, but he reckons thatit has the same matt black disguises that are on it in all the pics and videos. I don't believe it, but he was adamant that it was the new GTR. He is a car finance broker, so he knows cars very well.

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