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True i dont think Nissan would sell a car in this country under the Infinity badge seeing as Infinitys arent sold here. simple logic haha. Im still thinking oz will get a GTR but it will be similar to a US spec model, so we can still import JDM versions :)

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Justin, not to mention the inifinity badge name died in Australia ages ago...

so did the skyline badge :)

wouldn't surprise me in the least if they chose to use that badging - perhaps to steer away from the 'boy ricer' appeal that the skyline badge currently has (to some). On the other hand, given the select (small!) market, maybe they would try to tap into the racing heritage side of things.

who knows!?

given some of the marketing decisions in the automotive industry, it could go either way (or not at all)

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My guess it will be sold here as an Iffinity and prolly around 120-140k mark.

otherwise they'll be hard press to sell any at all if it goes higher.

considering u can get the new audi s6 which will come in a atmo V10, same V10 minus turbos out of the lambo gallardo turning out 275-285 kw quattro system for around $160k so the ppls who buy these car are well aware of where the money lay.

When a motorcar hits the $150k mark, they play in a very different pool of marketting where nissan have no experience whatsoever

just my 5 cent

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I think it's going to be a hard sell for Nissan.

The v35 doesn't look like a supercar like say the NSX did, and who knows if a new body GTR will.

...and it's such a small market at that price...

...and look at how difficult it has been even for Honda to move NSXs off the lot, even Type-R's. What, they sold like 2 in the UK last year or something according to Top Gear? That's peanuts. It's like they said 'Who would pay that much money for a nissan/honda?', and not many people by the looks of it. I'd get a used Ferrari instead and just wait for a Supra driver to pull up and ask me the retail on it:P

It's all academic anyway, how many people here have a spare 150k to throw about on a GTR anyway.

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due to Ghosn's globalised trade views I'm guessing they're not gonna use individual contires and thir buying powers to determine availability, but instead make it available all over the world (well the main countires anyways) and stock the cars in coutries where they know there'll be a steady flow of customers. The rest of the countries will probably get an on order from japan or the nearest stockist basis.

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I think it will sell quite well if it comes. I base this on the number of M3's. Relative to price and performance, there are A LOT of them around. And don't forget 996 911's and Boxsters. These are $90K+ (boxsters), $150K (M3) and $180K - $330K+ (911) cars. The hard part is always going to be convincing people to spend that much on a Nissan. But then again, Australia only got 22(?) M3 CSL's and at $210K a pop, they were sold as soon as people could place an order.

I'd imagine the new GT-R will be sold here primarily as an R34 M-Spec equivalent car, to compete with the other Euro models. And a new M-Spec type GTR at $150k up against a BMW M3, ppl will soon realise where to splash their cash. But then again, can you put a price on a BMW badge? That's going to be only stumbling block i can see, i'm sure the car will be an absolute rip snorter, just gotta convince ppl it can be Nissan :D

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I don't know about u guys but I see a lot of 350's about the place, they're everywhere, cos you know any dude with 60k to splash on a new car will either choose the 350 or the rx-8, cos like what else is there???

But then again, can you put a price on a BMW badge?

Exactly, badges are worth a lot, and it's not like an m3 csl is a dog of a car either, so tricky, tricky.

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