V35 Skyline

[The Dan]

Here are some dodgy phone camera pics of the V35 Skyline that my boss has just imported. It is the first one in the country. He is getting compliance for them now. I don't think they do the Skyline name justice. It kinda looks like a Mercedes from the front and a Subaru WRX or a Maxima from the back - But really it's a Renault at heart - WTF?

Edited October 27, 2005 by 3LIT3 FORS3

[RellikZephyr]

i agree whole heartedly i dont think they deserve the skyline name

i think they are ugly and i kinda resent the fact that they axed the RB

sure not a bad car (setup, engine package, etc...) BUT NOT A SKYLINE!!!

but i am glad that the new GTR is still sexy i was ready to go munyuk and shot all the nissan head honchos but it came out ok so you wont hear about me on the news (prob a good thing)

and yes i dont like that carlos goshan (or whatever his name is, the renault guy) cause hes the reason they axed the silvia and skyline (V35 isnt a skyline to me)....emmission laws MY ASS!! he was whinging about cost effectiveness (theres a reason skylines are expensive!!!)

.....*end rant*....ahhh i feel better now

RellikZephyr

[Ska]

Yeah same blah blah blah its crap, well it is.

[blur]

i dont mind it... maybe its not a real skyline, but im sure it drives alright!

[666DAN]

meh...it's not the first one, that I know for sure I had a good nose in a V35 coupe a few months back, it was firmly nestled between 5 V35 sedans.

The coupe is 1000 times better looking in the flesh, I agree the sedan is weak!

It has quite a few more things going for it over the 350Z though...like extra seats.

Once more of the turbo kits are developed I'd say they will be VERY popular.

[dangerous_daveo]

I dont understand the 'it hasnt got an RB its not a skyline' argument. What the devil did the R30s come out with? What about the R31s rebadged here as pintaras

Give it up, its a skyline. Car companys are about making money, if they dont, people buy them out (ie renult). So look at it from that point of view, its have a car that makes money, or have no more nissans

I think they look ok, but I dont see the merc bit in them?

[The Dan]

This one was definately the first I can assure you. It actually entered the country 2 years ago, got resprayed, then sent to NZ for compliance. The engine blew and a new one was put in. They couldn't get compliance in NZ so the guy sold it back to my boss who is now getting compliance for it. Until now it has been sitting in storage.

And yes, he has a coupe and says that it is a totally different animal. I am yet to see one in person but he reckons they look much better.

[666DAN]

hahaha I know said sedan! There is a post dating back some time referring to it, and the odd noises and rattling it was making (pre engine blow I assume)

[85URK]

ive seen a coupe with my own eye's and had a good look at them, they dont look too bad, with a kit and sum wheels it changes the whole look of the car anyway. the one i looked at was up here on the sunshine coast earlier this year at a compliance place i just happened to be near. it was white and the coupe's only have four seats and a thing in the middle in the back for like drinks or arm rest or sumthing like that. it was auto and had all black leather interior. i liked it. it has potential when u look at some of the ones the japs have done up, with kits etc

[Mud]

Yeah Coupe is cool!

Remember these are STOCKO!

how weak does the R32 R33 and R34 coupe's look STOCK!

and the V35 beat a R32 GTR in one of those Best Motoring battles!

[MRR34]

hmmm.... it seems like alot of v35 r into ADR approve. its time for me to buy some plates n invest on it hahahha ppq here i come.

-i really dont mind them at all they look alright

[predator]

well those shots are kinda blury there.. so really doesn't show much..

but i always thought it didn't have that much looks wise over the Maxima sold here which I see quite a bit. They look a bit pedestrian in stock 4door guise true.. but no more than an R34 4door!

And they have a very nice interior, and like somebody said, I am sure they are one of the nicest skylines to drive day to day. Its just not a sports sedan for this model.

Thing is it wasn't Grosn, or anything else, it was a matter of saving money and everything else. Why waste hundreds of millions of dollars on investigating new turbo technology when the company is struggling, and even its base models are finding it hard to compete? That could have meant the end of Nissan altogether. There was no choice available to them.

And those constantly bitching, can't say they are the ones in the position to be buying a brand new Nissan anyhow - so you are really not in the picture according to Nissan and its job of well, selling NEW cars.

Best to shelve it for a while, come back to it in a couple of years with a fresh perspective and with new technologies and ideas available to draw upon. And that is exactly what they appear to be doing. So I don't fault them on that.

If Nissan goes and produces some more awesome road tearing sports cars, with say the GTR and things 2-5 years in the future, I think everybody might have a different perspective on the management of Nissan of today.

[R33S2]

From what I understand the situation was that they axed the skyline due to expense and the car dealers demanded a skyline badged car so they wacked one on these imposters and it stuck. The new GTR looks cool enough but can't wait for engine details, I'm sure it will be a world killer.

[gts25t4door]

I hope the new GTR has an RB motor. But I am sure that they will put somthing else in it. But we can only wait and see.

My 2c

Cheers

Chris

[funkymonkey]

the RB is dead... get over it. Skylines haven't always been AWD and RB powered, nor have they always come with ATTESSA and HICAS and all that other stuff. Evolution's a bitch.

[dangerous_daveo]

the RB is dead... get over it. Skylines haven't always been AWD and RB powered, nor have they always come with ATTESSA and HICAS and all that other stuff. Evolution's a bitch.

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Damn rite, they used to be proper sports cars years ago

*runs and hides*

[85URK]

they look tough done up with a kit.

[Nexus9]

Must say that I am not a big fan of the sedan, but that goes for any series of skyline not just the V35.

However the coupe looks hot and I would love to have one.

I do have a question for those that say it is not a skyline, what makes a skyline? and before you answer please be aware of the history of the skyline and realize that it has had many different types of engines and shapes.

Is it performance? the 2005 V35 coupe is now pushing out 300hp ... 16HP more than the R34GTT which had the previous record of non GTR skylines. Is it the 1/4 mile times? again the V35 coupe has faster 1/4 mile times than any other non GTR Skyline. Is it the engine? like Funky said they haven't always been RB engines ... hell they haven't always been six cylinders either. The Nissan VQ engine has been in the "Wards top 10 car engines" for the last 10 years RB's are a great engine but so is the VQ35. The V35 coupe is also now putting out 366Nm of torque which is higher than any previous non GTR skyline, not only that it is a more linear torque curve as well.

I can remember the same sorts of people who decry the V35 now, also saying the same thing about the R34 when it first came out. Nissan are marketing these to people who can afford them .... not to the boy/toy racer who thinks turbo's are fully sic and a car can't be good without them.

And those constantly bitching, can't say they are the ones in the position to be buying a brand new Nissan anyhow - so you are really not in the picture according to Nissan and its job of well, selling NEW cars.

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well said Pred

[Nexus9]

[Mud]

oohh, Nex, your giving me a boner!