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that 'concept' has been around forever.....

"Mr Daphne said there was no longer the luxury within Nissan of being able to support an unprofitable model because of its role as a hero model for the badge" :(

"Every model has to be profitable in the market or it doesn't stay in the market . . . there is no averaging profitability over the model range," he said.

say what?? I hope that doesn't mean Nissan's gonna cut corners too much....cheap cloth interior...manual winding windows....:bahaha:

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I think the GT-R Concept car looks fantastic although I laugh everytime a company says that the car won't be available for "X" years. Thats like saying that in 2007 Intel will have 10Ghz CPU's... will they? Who knows, nobody does coz it hasn't been done yet and who knows what new technology will become available in the next few years which will completely change the way things work.

I don't agree with releasing concept cars... if you can make 1 car you can make 1000. Not make 1 'concept' car now and then in 6 years time they will be available... in 6yrs time who knows if that company will even be around. By the time this car is made available a new GT-R concept car will be available for 2012.

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