R35 Gt-r Spec-v Out Already?!

[eeiko321]

hi guys

i thought it might be an intrerest to some with this link i saw of a Spec V

http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/896961.htm

possibly from a UK site that is selling them soon

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Ha!

I thought you would have already know this Jamie?

485 ps

Carbon Brakes

Overboost

Forges alluminium wheels

Bilstein uprated suspension

+ More

For £115,000 = $250,942.67 AUD (Approx)

So an extra $90,000 to $100,000 AUD (As the standard R35 GTR you pay about $150K to $160K) you get whats listed above as opposed to the standard R35 GTR of what we will get.

Not a fan of the wheels and the new exhaust tips tho, from memory they are NISMO upgrades and they could have done better.

I believe the car will be a lot more refined, but are ppl willing to pay it?

[eeiko321]

Ha!

I thought you would have already know this Jamie?

485 ps

Carbon Brakes

Overboost

Forges alluminium wheels

Bilstein uprated suspension

+ More

For £115,000 = $250,942.67 AUD (Approx)

So an extra $90,000 to $100,000 AUD (As the standard R35 GTR you pay about $150K to $160K) you get whats listed above as opposed to the standard R35 GTR of what we will get.

Not a fan of the wheels and the new exhaust tips tho, from memory they are NISMO upgrades and they could have done better.

I believe the car will be a lot more refined, but are ppl willing to pay it?

well theres rich people every dude....

say it costs 250,000$ when it reaches AUS.......id say its safe to say that according to some peoples wallets...that 250,000 is the ratio of $2,500 or even $250 to thier budgets..so

if thats the case i would buy it too...

well i do know of its intended differences to the original GT-R

but u know...all this HYPE....i was reading magazines since 2002 regarding GT-R Prototype...it just seems like it was taking things forever ... and then since it was released years ago in Japan and USA....it took the world by storm....and we australians ...STILL havent officially got the standard GT-R even.

so when it said the spec-v was going to be released ...just didnt know what to beleive thats all....u get me?

[sewid]

SpecV was launched on January 8th in Tokyo at Nissan HQ in Ginza. First deliveries already been made. Owner #1 was a guy i know who is also the president of the R35 GT-R Club Japan - Ado-san.

Despite what Mizuno said at the SpecV launch (i.e. that Australia was planned for the SpecV) the SpecV will NOT be coming to Australia from Nissan at all. There is no plan to bring it here and it's unlikely to be a plan at any time.

I think we're lucky to get the GT-R at all and the SpecV is not really something I would be lining up to buy due to the price.

[eeiko321]

SpecV was launched on January 8th in Tokyo at Nissan HQ in Ginza. First deliveries already been made. Owner #1 was a guy i know who is also the president of the R35 GT-R Club Japan - Ado-san.

Despite what Mizuno said at the SpecV launch (i.e. that Australia was planned for the SpecV) the SpecV will NOT be coming to Australia from Nissan at all. There is no plan to bring it here and it's unlikely to be a plan at any time.

I think we're lucky to get the GT-R at all and the SpecV is not really something I would be lining up to buy due to the price.

i think more than 95% of australias population wont be able to be in the line

for the standard GT-R even

oh well

gees were slow in getting stuff

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

well theres rich people every dude....

say it costs 250,000$ when it reaches AUS.......id say its safe to say that according to some peoples wallets...that 250,000 is the ratio of $2,500 or even $250 to thier budgets..so

if thats the case i would buy it too...

well i do know of its intended differences to the original GT-R

but u know...all this HYPE....i was reading magazines since 2002 regarding GT-R Prototype...it just seems like it was taking things forever ... and then since it was released years ago in Japan and USA....it took the world by storm....and we australians ...STILL havent officially got the standard GT-R even.

so when it said the spec-v was going to be released ...just didnt know what to beleive thats all....u get me?

Yeah for sure man.

I see where your coming from and yes, some ppls wallets are not shy... Hehe!!

As for getting the R35 GTR, we in AUS seem to be getting the s**t end of the stick IMO, Local Nissan dealers have already delay'd it till March '09 when they were pushing for late '08 (from memory).

A handful of private imports have been spotted and are legal running road cars but I assume they are all restricted, as in speed limiter and things written in Japanese (unless you can read Japanese)...

So I will wait for about a month and hope fully we get the grand opening of the R35 GTR.

i think more than 95% of australias population wont be able to be in the line

for the standard GT-R even

oh well

gees were slow in getting stuff

Then again, when the first 100 R32 GTR's hit the shores of AUS, they were all sold as I was told and back then you paid $110,000 for what it is...

[Ant97GTR]

Despite what Mizuno said at the SpecV launch (i.e. that Australia was planned for the SpecV) the SpecV will NOT be coming to Australia from Nissan at all. There is no plan to bring it here and it's unlikely to be a plan at any time.

So I take it that due to the importing rules we will be able to grey import the specV due to it being 'significantly' different from the model available to buy in Oz?

[Iron Chef]

As a result of my latest trip over, I have access to up to 5 Spec Vs for those who want to queue-jump, but they certainly aren't gonna be cheap. If you really want one badly enough, let me know, but I won't be holding my breath lol

[sewid]

So I take it that due to the importing rules we will be able to grey import the specV due to it being 'significantly' different from the model available to buy in Oz?

hehe I think not somehow...

[ras1983]

...

Then again, when the first 100 R32 GTR's hit the shores of AUS, they were all sold as I was told and back then you paid $110,000 for what it is...

Actually from the articles I've read Nissan had trouble selling the 100 R32 GTR's it imported. This is partially why they didn't import the R33 or the R34.

[eeiko321]

Actually from the articles I've read Nissan had trouble selling the 100 R32 GTR's it imported. This is partially why they didn't import the R33 or the R34.

well you ever wonder why?!

i remember reading an article... i think Jim Richards owned an R32 GT-R... and it was an Australian Delivered R32 GTR in gun metal grey.

anyhow on the same article.....it said when it was in australia as a full import.....it was 120,000 AUD$

so in that case.....i dont knwo the currency back then.... but lets say around 1989 when it was released.......

mate...... 19 - 20 years ago......... that was aloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot of money dude........

houses costed around that much...................

i recall my parents house we moved in there in 1986.... it costed them around 110,000$

now its probably around the 400,000 - 450,000$ mark......

so you can imagine how hefty the GTR was...

Edited February 17, 2009 by eeiko321

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Actually from the articles I've read Nissan had trouble selling the 100 R32 GTR's it imported. This is partially why they didn't import the R33 or the R34.

Ah really? I see.

I was told they were all sold ASAP...

Ah well I guess it just makes our cars more special Hehe!

well you ever wonder why?!

i remember reading an article... i think Jim Richards owned an R32 GT-R... and it was an Australian Delivered R32 GTR in gun metal grey.

anyhow on the same article.....it said when it was in australia as a full import.....it was 120,000 AUD$

so in that case.....i dont knwo the currency back then.... but lets say around 1989 when it was released.......

mate...... 19 - 20 years ago......... that was aloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot of money dude........

houses costed around that much...................

i recall my parents house we moved in there in 1986.... it costed them around 110,000$

now its probably around the 400,000 - 450,000$ mark......

so you can imagine how hefty the GTR was...

Yeah for sure man.

[eeiko321]

Ah really? I see.

I was told they were all sold ASAP...

Ah well I guess it just makes our cars more special Hehe!

Yeah for sure man.

and also come to think of it......

the Toyota Supra ...the MA70 model came to Australia as a full import...

it was released in 1989 also..

i recall from memory, speaking to an Old mechanic that i worked with...

he mentioned that it was $60,000 AUD back then.....

if you really think about it...

not a large amount of the population now... could comfortably afford a $60,000 car

let alone currency back then...

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

and also come to think of it......

the Toyota Supra ...the MA70 model came to Australia as a full import...

it was released in 1989 also..

i recall from memory, speaking to an Old mechanic that i worked with...

he mentioned that it was $60,000 AUD back then.....

if you really think about it...

not a large amount of the population now... could comfortably afford a $60,000 car

let alone currency back then...

Yeah right,

I guess thats what separates a high performance car to a daily car. Its for a more nicher market then your everyday A to B car drivers.

High desposable income is a must LOL!

[eeiko321]

Yeah right,

I guess thats what separates a high performance car to a daily car. Its for a more nicher market then your everyday A to B car drivers.

High desposable income is a must LOL!

exactly!

because when the Datsun 200B series was released back in the 80's i recall reading my dads Datsun handbook and it stated at brand new it was $5000.

[Iron Chef]

I paid $28K on-road for a Holden Barina GSi back in 1994 (with aftermarket 15s lol)...

[ras1983]

well you ever wonder why?!

i remember reading an article... i think Jim Richards owned an R32 GT-R... and it was an Australian Delivered R32 GTR in gun metal grey.

anyhow on the same article.....it said when it was in australia as a full import.....it was 120,000 AUD$

so in that case.....i dont knwo the currency back then.... but lets say around 1989 when it was released.......

mate...... 19 - 20 years ago......... that was aloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot of money dude........

houses costed around that much...................

i recall my parents house we moved in there in 1986.... it costed them around 110,000$

now its probably around the 400,000 - 450,000$ mark......

so you can imagine how hefty the GTR was...

I'm aware of that and that's the point that perhaps I should have made.

[eeiko321]

I'm aware of that and that's the point that perhaps I should have made.

heya Ras....

looking at the info... Your R33 is a Series 2?

how come yours has the Series 1 headlights?

(i was pretty sure series 2 has the Projector style headlights)

[JustinP]

I saw (and sat in) some Spec V's a few weeks ago. Ginza Nissan showroom had one, and there were two at the nearby Nissan dealership.

Very nice. The interior at the back looks a bit funny with the missing seats as its just covered in some kind of cloth (i think you could actually seat two in them if you really tried) - but thats the intention i guess as its supposed to be stripped down.

[eeiko321]

I saw (and sat in) some Spec V's a few weeks ago. Ginza Nissan showroom had one, and there were two at the nearby Nissan dealership.

Very nice. The interior at the back looks a bit funny with the missing seats as its just covered in some kind of cloth (i think you could actually seat two in them if you really tried) - but thats the intention i guess as its supposed to be stripped down.

there was an article i read regarding the released Spc-V in japan

BEST MOTORING took it on the track... Keiichi Tsuchiya was the driver

it actually did worse than the Standard GT-R

that was very dissapointing

ill keep you guys posted