http://www.gtrproto.com/

the official release pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i like the rear. front looks too photoshopped

-taek

not much of a fan for nissans but hell it looks sexy! :bow:


one thing i cant wait is for someone to say "I want to beat the GTR with my tC ? help ? how !"

wow, very nice. Wish I could have it.

so thats what the new g35 is gonna look like

NO. . . there's huge history that you probably don't know about.

There's the Skyline. . . which has been a long running model, and then there's the GT-R, which is the performance model of the Skyline. In Japan, there is no such thing as a G35. They call it a Skyline. But in the USA, they slap a different emblem on it and call it a different name. . . kinda like what Toyota does with Scion.

The GT-R is the performance version of the Skyline, and is seperate from the rest of the regular Skylines. So no! That is NOT the new G35.

well i know that. im jus saying the skyline in japan is a g35 in the us. how do u know they wont put it under the g35 badge if it comes to the us?

to bad the Skyline name is illegal in the U.S. as a street car ............ oh boy oh boy I want one of those it is so beautiful ....... But its not as sexy as the gtr-r35 ........ I will own that car oh yesss I will

very nice!

wow
i want one!!!

well i know that. im jus saying the skyline in japan is a g35 in the us. how do u know they wont put it under the g35 badge if it comes to the us?

Because it isn't due for a redesign yet, that's why. . . they have to make the best use of the model run before they up and dump it for a new one. The G35 will stay the G35. . . however, whether or not the GT-R will be sold as an Infiniti or a Nissan, nobody knows. If sold as a Nissan, it may be the G35 GT-R, or the R35, or the GT-R35. . . who knows. But I do know for a fact that the regular G35 will be sold right there along side it. You may see some small design changes come later to mimic the design cues on the GT-R, but I really doubt it.

Could it happen, yeah. . . but probably not. I really doubt a carbon fiber clad exotic will sell for $30k, replacing a very profitable model.

why is it illegal?

There were spy photos and GOOD solid information in Sport Compact Car a few months back about the g35 being released in 2007 with one model being a
G34 GT-R. It is going to be a awd twin turbo car. It was going to look basically the same as a G35 now but with a different front bumper to accomodate air flow to twin side mount intercoolers. According to the magazine, it was going to be released in 2007 and they said they had confirmable sources. It was on the cover about 5 or 6 months ago.

I for one and waiting for this model. I will be purchasing one as soon as they hopefully become available...

:bow: Finally a skyline in the states!!! Thanks GOD :bow:
My next car would be either 07 SUPRA or 07 GTR

So, Nissan is going to bring it over here?

to bad the Skyline name is illegal in the U.S. as a street carWhy do you say that?

Wow. That is an amazing Car.

Want to touch....

Sweet 8)

I am a super huge Nissan fan. I like this car for the most part, but I seems so familiar on both the front end and the rear. We all know the rear looks like a Skyline. The front end looks like a blend of the 350Z and the Frontier trucks. I just don't think alot was put into the asthetics of the car. Other than that it's a nice ride.

Not sure how I feel about it looks wise... looks too much like a futurized version of the 05 mustang to me...

I like some of the Nissans, but some of the issues they have and the way they treat them scares me away. For example, my father has ordered wiring diagrams for some of thier cars for use at his shop. These came directly from the factory and were so innacurate he had to keep calling just to check that they were for the correct vehicle. Whole harness were added or omitted in various parts of the car. It came to the point once (after Nissan argued that the doco was correct) that he had the customer take it to the dealer, who kept it for a month without fixing it.

Then there are the tire wear issues with the 350z that they were refusing to fix, saying there was no fix for them. So customers just had to deal with replacing tires in a few thousand miles or less. They also stated that the problem "did not exist" on the 06's, after numerous reports by customers of destroyed tires on them.

I used to like nissan to an extent, but these types of issues scare me away for now.

the skyline is not illegal in the US. they just dont send any here. you have to import them yourself.

But that's damn sexy. only thing i dont like is the front "grille".

The previous editions of the GTR were Skylines, hence the Skyline GTR name. For this edition, Nissan decide to separate the Skyline and GTR. The GTR will be its own model and will be sold around the globe, including the US.

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/4782/skyline4mw.png

Wow, I like it...

-THE DON

how come I got to that site, and I still see the same flash page from before the count down expired?

Even Nissan's japan page for Tokyo show 05 points pack to the gtrproto page.

Are theyre any real images besides the one I see above?

http://www.infinitigtrforums.com/gallery/index.php?cat=3

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

That car is HAAAAAAAAAAAWT!!!

The previous editions of the GTR were Skylines, hence the Skyline GTR name. For this edition, Nissan decide to separate the Skyline and GTR. The GTR will be its own model and will be sold around the globe, including the US.

Close, but no. The GT-R is a TYPE of Skyline, but not all Skylines are GT-R's. So in otherwords, Skylines and GT-R's are NOT synonymous. But for the new year, they've decided to add more significant body enhancements (not that there weren't any previously) between the base Skylines and the GT-R's. It's a good move, as it further distinguishes the model grades and justifies the price difference.

Here's some more info on the previous generation Skylines and the available models, such as the GTS, GTS-t, GTS-S, GT-R, and GT-R V spec.
http://www.turboclub.com/makes/nis/nisskymo.htm

BTW, the FAMOUS GT-R that everyone gawks over is not the plain jane GT-R (not that it sucks or anything, it still awesome). The famous model is the GT-R V spec. A base Sentra is a POS. It's the Sentra SE-R Spec V that is cool. Yeah, it's alphabet soup, but facts are facts.

The previous editions of the GTR were Skylines, hence the Skyline GTR name. For this edition, Nissan decide to separate the Skyline and GTR. The GTR will be its own model and will be sold around the globe, including the US.

Close, but no. The GT-R is a TYPE of Skyline, but not all Skylines are GT-R's. So in otherwords, Skylines and GT-R's are NOT synonymous. But for the new year, they've decided to add more significant body enhancements (not that there weren't any previously) between the base Skylines and the GT-R's. It's a good move, as it further distinguishes the model grades and justifies the price difference.

Here's some more info on the previous generation Skylines and the available models, such as the GTS, GTS-t, GTS-S, GT-R, and GT-R V spec.
http://www.turboclub.com/makes/nis/nisskymo.htm

BTW, the FAMOUS GT-R that everyone gawks over is not the plain jane GT-R (not that it sucks or anything, it still awesome). The famous model is the GT-R V spec. A base Sentra is a POS. It's the Sentra SE-R Spec V that is cool. Yeah, it's alphabet soup, but facts are facts.

don't forget the m and z-tune :bow:

I count the Z tune as a specialty model, since it was never really a full production car, but rather a limited vehicle by Nismo.

The previous editions of the GTR were Skylines, hence the Skyline GTR name. For this edition, Nissan decide to separate the Skyline and GTR. The GTR will be its own model and will be sold around the globe, including the US.

Close, but no. The GT-R is a TYPE of Skyline, but not all Skylines are GT-R's. So in otherwords, Skylines and GT-R's are NOT synonymous. But for the new year, they've decided to add more significant body enhancements (not that there weren't any previously) between the base Skylines and the GT-R's. It's a good move, as it further distinguishes the model grades and justifies the price difference.

Here's some more info on the previous generation Skylines and the available models, such as the GTS, GTS-t, GTS-S, GT-R, and GT-R V spec.
http://www.turboclub.com/makes/nis/nisskymo.htm

BTW, the FAMOUS GT-R that everyone gawks over is not the plain jane GT-R (not that it sucks or anything, it still awesome). The famous model is the GT-R V spec. A base Sentra is a POS. It's the Sentra SE-R Spec V that is cool. Yeah, it's alphabet soup, but facts are facts.

ummmm actually he is exactly right. He never said that all skylines were GT-R's or that both names were synonymous. Furthermore, they are not making body enhancements, they are making a completely different model separate from a production car (in this case G35/Skyline 350 gt) unlike the previous models which were homologation race car versions of a regular sedan.

ohh......you also forgot to mention the V-spec II models and the M-spec, and the reason the sentra's nomenclature is Spec V and not V-spec is because company officials in japan refused to have a sentra utilise the same name as the skyline, though nissan USA wanted too for obvious marketing reasons (vehicles world apart, a sentra can never compare with the engineering marvel that is a GT-R skyline :no: ).

willing to bet also that the majority of people that gawk at skylines cant tell the difference between a "plain-jane" GT-R and the V-spec models :blah:

How is it official? The URL has "proto" in it. I think this is a prototype.

I count the Z tune as a specialty model, since it was never really a full production car, but rather a limited vehicle by Nismo.

actually, yeah, i agree with you. so i retract the previous statement.

btw, for those that didn't know, heres a nutshell: there are only 20 of these babies probaby garaged somewhere in various parts of the world (i think one in the U.S. maybe). it wasn't anything near a full production car since it wasn't even in production at all (technically speaking). in a nutshell, 20 skyline gtr spec V/IIs were bought back by nismo USED, reverse-engineered, built-up with jgtc-spec internals, and tuned to a crazy-and-barely-legal level. i'm not even going to try and remember the ridiculous horsepower and torque figures on this one (900? yay? nay?)... all this to celebrate jgtc wins the skyline GTR had made in japan, and to celebrate the skyline GTR (r34 model) itself- while the current skyline (g35) was already in production.

(please correct me if i'm wrong)

I count the Z tune as a specialty model, since it was never really a full production car, but rather a limited vehicle by Nismo.

actually, yeah, i agree with you. so i retract the previous statement.

btw, for those that didn't know, heres a nutshell: there are only 20 of these babies probaby garaged somewhere in various parts of the world (i think one in the U.S. maybe). it wasn't anything near a full production car since it wasn't even in production at all (technically speaking). in a nutshell, 20 skyline gtr V-spec IIs were bought back by nismo USED, reverse-engineered, built-up with jgtc-spec internals, and tuned to a crazy-and-barely-legal level. i'm not even going to try and remember the ridiculous horsepower and torque figures on this one (900? yay? nay?)... all this to celebrate jgtc wins the skyline GTR had made in japan, and to celebrate the skyline GTR (r34 model) itself- while the current skyline (g35) was already in production.

(please correct me if i'm wrong)

Nissan Skyline R34 Ztune
yes, they were re-bought Skyline V-Spec II's, built with JGTC derived engine internal parts, new turbos, engine bored out to 2.8 litres,$20,000 Ohlins suspension various internal mods (alcantera seats etc.), carbon fibre body panels brembo brakes and the like

500+ HP, 500+ ft/lbs of torque......... 0-60 in 3 seconds and change, 1/4 mile in 10 seconds plus

liked the older Gt-R better.

MMM.... Skyline, so sexy

The previous editions of the GTR were Skylines, hence the Skyline GTR name. For this edition, Nissan decide to separate the Skyline and GTR. The GTR will be its own model and will be sold around the globe, including the US.

Close, but no. The GT-R is a TYPE of Skyline, but not all Skylines are GT-R's. So in otherwords, Skylines and GT-R's are NOT synonymous. But for the new year, they've decided to add more significant body enhancements (not that there weren't any previously) between the base Skylines and the GT-R's. It's a good move, as it further distinguishes the model grades and justifies the price difference.

Here's some more info on the previous generation Skylines and the available models, such as the GTS, GTS-t, GTS-S, GT-R, and GT-R V spec.
http://www.turboclub.com/makes/nis/nisskymo.htm

BTW, the FAMOUS GT-R that everyone gawks over is not the plain jane GT-R (not that it sucks or anything, it still awesome). The famous model is the GT-R V spec. A base Sentra is a POS. It's the Sentra SE-R Spec V that is cool. Yeah, it's alphabet soup, but facts are facts.
thier is also a 4 door version of the last GT-r

ummm. no there isn't

Not of the GT-R, but there have been 4 door models of the regular Skyline.
http://history.jbskyline.net/R34%20Sedan%20Silver.jpg

OH yeah, almost forgot, there were special edition versions of the GT-R for the 4 door model, of the R33.

http://www.jbskyline.net/R33/4door/

Special Edition cars, not standard production.
There were NO standard production versions of the GT-R skyline. Regular skylines, yes.....GT-R no

That's what I said; special edition.

Nissan Skyline R34 Ztune
yes, they were re-bought Skyline V-Spec II's, built with JGTC derived engine internal parts, new turbos, engine bored out to 2.8 litres,$20,000 Ohlins suspension various internal mods (alcantera seats etc.), carbon fibre body panels brembo brakes and the like

500+ HP, 500+ ft/lbs of torque......... 0-60 in 3 seconds and change, 1/4 mile in 10 seconds plus

ok. 500+ hp & ft/lbs. thanks for the correction. though i still believe it was underrated. :bow:

those 4 doors are hot - big time!

Either way, its still a "nice" car. Quotation marks use understate the engineering marvel that is the new production car from Nissan. BTW, I can't wait till these come out and someone in the tC forums states that they beat one in a street light race.

I still prefer the Skyline R34 GT-R VSPEC II, R34 Z-tune, or the 400R. Anyone know if the new GTR still has a RB26 or is it running something different. I heard rumors of a V8 in it.

the front and mid section body lines look a lot like a 350Z, not to much inginuity put into this one, ___ looks nice though
and the skyline is legal in the US but not imported by nissan, but it is illegal in cananda, why i dont know htey are weird and i am canadian so i am weird too :lalala:

RB26 is going to the same place as the 2JZ, out to pasture.
Rumors of a v6 twin turbo or a v8....nobody but Nissan knows right now.


tChui.......the Nismo 400R was my favourite skyline till it got ever so slightly bumped into second by the Z-tune

yea the frickin Z-Tune is a 10 sec car, but the 400R was one of my all time favorites.

How much do you guys think this car will cost??? Any guesses

tons of guesses, but the question to ask is; which guess will be right?

Who knows. . . wait until Nissan releases official information before you start saving up.

$48000 for base model ?

More like $84,000 for the base model........
Speculation is this car will cost north of $60k or even $80k. Hence the consideration of the Infiniti Badge
I personally dont think that its too far from the truth either. This is a halo car, not a tuner car that every civic si, tc, evo or wrx owner can upgrade to. If you look at the performance and engineering, it more or less mimics the Ztune, which cost around $150k. Just look at the carbonfibre body parts etc plus take into consideration the development cost of the engine chassis and integration of all the new systems and you will see where ur looking at : about 150k minus the 20k ohlins suspension, 10k for the brembos, 25k for all the JGTC parts and then take out the consumer market downgrades and you will see that u are looking at an at least $75,000 car. The skyline has always been elusive, if everyone could buy one it'd loose some of its mystique. My bet is it'd remain as inaccessible to most as if it had stayed in japan.

NO DONT SAY THAT, *cries.

Dont worry ZodtC, jus save every penny you get from now on lmao then you might be able to buy 1/2 of the car roflmao :rofl: J/K
nah i dont think it will be that expensive since it is a NISSAN, thats the bottom line.

It's safe to bet that it will cost more than a 350Z. If you can't afford a 350Z, I wouldn't get your hopes up.

Thats why you might see the GT-R in the US as an Infinity...
How much do those motorex skylines cost though?

Roughly $90k. . . I think. I dunno if they lowered the price. . . but even at that price, since they imported them in limited numbers, I'm sure they had no problem selling them. But for $90k, I have a lot of other pics.

$88k for a used R34 GTR VSPEC II and a $25k processing fee so around $113K

So it went up?

yea but theyre worth it.

That is such a rip off..........lol
*laughs and points at americans who cant import used GT-Rs for less than $25k*

ok that wasnt nice.........sorry

But any way, yeah....see why its quite possible that the price of the new GT-R maybe way northward of $60k?

I don't know what everyone's surprise is. Yes it's going to be $70K+.

I don't know exact prices or anything, but apparently even the R34 was a ~$70K car in Japan. The kicker was that there's little market for used cars in Japan so you could go there and get a used GT-R at a very reasonable price. Especially R32 or R33s.

And yes you can import one to the US for around $100K. In my opinion that's stupid since you can import and swap an RB26 engine and RB25 transmission into a 240sx for an eighth of the price easily. Granted you don't have AWD or the ATTESSA system, but you have the "Godzilla" motor in a sleeper car (the S14 anyway).

I don't know what everyone's surprise is. Yes it's going to be $70K+.

I don't know exact prices or anything, but apparently even the R34 was a ~$70K car in Japan. The kicker was that there's little market for used cars in Japan so you could go there and get a used GT-R at a very reasonable price. Especially R32 or R33s.

And yes you can import one to the US for around $100K. In my opinion that's stupid since you can import and swap an RB26 engine and RB25 transmission into a 240sx for an eighth of the price easily. Granted you don't have AWD or the ATTESSA system, but you have the "Godzilla" motor in a sleeper car (the S14 anyway).

... or the beloved boxy body. lol.