NEW CARS>>NISSAN GT-R SPEC V

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DM — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:01:05 GMT

It's no 400R. Change just for the sake of change isn't always good.

The new Silvia if it comes through, should hit the spot for guys like us. Simple, Light, RWD, Solid powertrain, boost. G2G. Hopefully Nissan doesn't make it look like a space ship.

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Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:20:46 GMT

nice car, but too expensive

u can prolly do the same upgrades yourself w/ that money

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Terry — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:32:21 GMT

Relax, this is a limited edition. They will sell all of them. We all know those little CF goodies are more for looks and do little to make it go faster. For better use of their money, buyers could go on a diet and save $40,000 on "go fast light weight" stuff. But these buyers want exclusivity, and they are not worrying about the next rent check. For my money I would want CF doors and hood also at least. Also, it will likely have around 600 hp as performance on these cars is underrated.

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jeremy — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:00:35 GMT

i love that color in the last photo!!

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kyle — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:17:53 GMT

that price is horrible... theres so much aftermarket support for the car now that it would be silly to buy this. buy the base model and drop the other 70k or so left on goodies and have 10x the car....

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Alex — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:33:58 GMT

When I said that the R35 is gargabe.....I just meant that.

Nissan thought: more is better. Adding that super cool LCD screen from Polygraph was a smart move...why having multiple displays is beyond me? Why having paddle shifter AND a stick shift is beyond me. All those features add complexity to the already complex wiring, and more headache for the tuners to hack the system.

Nissan also thought that having those run-flat tires is a cool idea. It's not a Hummer H1 for god sake, it is suppose to be a sport car. Sport cars are suppose to be light weigh.

Adding those gay carbon fiber trims aint gonna help shed much weight either. They should have started with an alumium chassis. like Honda did 15 years ago with the NSX.

On top of that, the fact that their Nismo Package also cost something like $54K is fucking ridiculous. The stock R35 is suppose to cost around $79K. That package give you a set of coilovers, an exhaust, and a set of Rays Wheels. Are we kidding?

I strongly suggest Nissan to follow what Colin Chapman preached for many years.

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luis — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:50:33 GMT

i like light cars, so if i have to spend 160 in a 35 i would put it in dry carbonfibre body, titanium parts and everething like this...

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Terry — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:16:05 GMT

Relax guys, they probably won't make many, and the guys who can easily afford them will snap them up in no time for the exclusivity. The can just change the wheels if they don't like them! These guys aren't worrying about the next rent check.

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Luc Corleon — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:27:24 GMT

the tranny is not very strong and the gtr have better lap time than porshes in the nur

double the price nissan bad mouve, oh no

yeah that's expensive but nissan just don't give a F*ck, all gtr are be sold every GTR

ya smell me

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Dennis — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:10:22 GMT

looks great minus the wheels which look fugly

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wai — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:36:55 GMT

dislike the wheels, but let's see the lap times....it's already reported that this Spec V outlaps the normal spec sereis II R35 by 2 seconds in Sendai. Time attack will resume in Nur when it's warmer.

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Leo Plummer — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:05:59 GMT

Wheels are ugly as hell. I'm disappointed in Nissan. Really.

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Easy E — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:22:00 GMT

I think you guys are sort of missing the point of the SpecV... Of course there isn't much done to it that a person couldn't do to a standard GTR themselves... I think we all hold the same opinion about most factory cars... We can mod them way better than a factory will ever produce them... So in essence your not buying the specV for it's upgraded performance. If you were, then I would consider you a moron... You have to see this for what it is, a collectors item a novelty if you will. It's the same with special editions of the Subaru WRX STI like the 22B or the Cosworth edition... It's all more of a novelty than anything else. Something you buy to collect... So in point, yes the SpecV is nothing that special as far as performance mods go, but then again it would be a hell of a thing to say you own...

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STJ — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:49:09 GMT

Actualy it isn't too exspencive, allmost all te parts can be bought separate from tuners. And they are not cheap!

Carbon spoiler $6000

Carbon lip $3000

Carbon engine cover $2000

Rims, and suspension $20000

Exhaust $10000

Carbon seats $12000

Carbon Grill $2000

And lots of stuff you can't get like the overboost and carbondash.

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Ole-M — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:58:22 GMT

No new mods you can't already do yourself then?

I'd get a standard GT-R and mod it myself for the rest of the money :P

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Alvin Wong — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:15:48 GMT

$160k for some extra carbon fiber bits and pieces.

That's almost as ridiculous as Lexus asking over $200k for the LF-A.

I'll take the ZR1 please...at least GM has durable transmissions.

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Greg — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:58:11 GMT

dousen it's not auto

it has paddle shifters. i thought this one was going to be adle to beat the vette or atleast compete with it

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Chris — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:40:43 GMT

160k (USD) for a Nissan, you are kidding right?

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ccc — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:18:33 GMT

Looks like an interesting car but it definitely looks to be overpriced; for that money I would rather have a normal GT-R

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Sillbeer — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:48:06 GMT

Not sure there were any SpecV's in the past for the GT-R as mentioned in the 1st para, they were V-spec or V-spec II's. There could have been SpecV's in the USDM line up from Nissan, but this would have no connection to GT-R's.

For what you're getting, yes it's over priced. And those wheels have been beaten senseless with the ugly stick, with the offset and face (and outy rather than an inny) on the front rims looking just atrocious!