Skyline news

[Toomster]

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. is on track to badge its high-performance Skyline GT-R sports car in North America as a Nissan, not as an Infiniti.

A brief debate erupted within the company over the car's U.S. badging. Some argued that Infiniti needed a performance car, whereas the Nissan brand already has the 350Z.

"The decision is not made," said Carlos Tavares, Nissan's vice president for the product strategy and product planning division. But he added, "If we don't change the specific target customer" for the Skyline GT-R, "it will be a Nissan."







http://www.autonews.com/article.cms?articleId=52050

[Jay]

it could be badged as a 'Crapacola Analmobile' for all i care.. it's stil one of the coolest cars to grace the streets

[Zerocool_Designs]

I'll be happy as long as they give us the GTR version. But I think I'd perfer it to be Nissan, just because as a Nissan it'd probably be more affordable than as their luxury division Infinity. Is there any information as to what they plan to do to make the gtr different from the normal skyline/g35? Like AWD... I doubt they'll give it any boost as that would put it over Japan's 300hp production limit.

[xjoewhitex]

i don't really know what to think about it.. yea its a skyline, but not the R32-33-34's theres nothing like those cars.. this new one thats gonna come out will be nice, but won't compare with its older brothers :roll:

[daveb91]

Correct me if I am wrong but doent Infiniti already have a performance version of the 350z like isnt it the G35 coupe? And isnt the G35 sedan already based off the skyline platform.

[Jay]

yea we have a few G35's in town
one of them is a dark metallic silver an the dood runs the piss out of it

[xjoewhitex]

And isnt the G35 sedan already based off the skyline platform. as far as i know... yes, so i got kinda lost reading that article :?

[Zerocool_Designs]

Yeah, what we know as the G35 sedan and coupe are known as the Nissan Skyline in Japan, though a GT-R is yet to be developed. As for performance, I'd much rather have a G35 coupe than any other non GTR skyline. Ultimate power potential may not be as great, but I don't plan to put $40,000 into a car anytime soon.

[daveb91]

g35 sedan and coupe are NOT built on the same platform.

[ShortysTRM]

Doesn't the G35X already have ATTESSA (spelling?), the varibale AWD system from the GT-R? Why would I be excited about a re-badged G35X in Nissan trim? I agree that it's just not the same. The older Skylines carried similarities from model to model...a G35 doesn't resemble any of them.

[Zerocool_Designs]

I was un-aware that the G35X was equipt with ATTESA... shows how much I know. So is this article saying that there is going to be a G35X coupe? Or does that already exist and I don't know about it.