New Skyline.......
Originally posted by tripledoublegs
NA? That sucks. I was really hoping for the turbo.
Why would they give us the V8? Well I guess its better than nothing.
NA? That sucks. I was really hoping for the turbo.
Why would they give us the V8? Well I guess its better than nothing.
Emmisions controls.. for the most part. Manufacturers cant really say that a turbo vehicle will pass emmisions laws consecutively for long periods of time. not to mention, the RBseries of engines is dead, and since Nissan did away with the VG30 (for emmisions reasons) they have no 6s worthy of turboing. Since the VQ seems to be hitting a wall hard at about 550hp, its not a good choice for a car that will be in the "tuner" segment. Anyways though, the 4.5L V8 is an amazing engine with great potential, if they do stick it into the skyline, it should be a god engine to work off of.
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let's see this
http://nismo.webpathways.com/
http://nismo.webpathways.com/
Titanium Metallic. You got a problem with that?
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Rep Power: 350 Yeah, I would think that the GT-R would retain its boxy front end like its had for so long. It looks nice, but WTF?!? Steering wheel on the left?!?!? BAH!! Right hand drive please!!!!!
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Rep Power: 0 Majarvis you've got them mixed up.
First of all, yes that pic is from a Japanese mag. But did you know that the magazine composed that pic? That is not from Nissan, that is a composite photo, much like car mags in the US do. So it's not the R35.
Second, the concept pic that yukang posted came months after your pic you linked. How do I know? Because I was living in Japan at the time, and the composite pic was published before they knew what the car would look like. And the concept did receive much media buzz that Nissan was looking for.
Another thing, the Skyline is already out in the states as the G35. So you are incorrect about this as well. The Nissan GT-R, which is the car that gets all the hype, is in fact due in the US in 2006. Not sure, but last time I checked they said it would be twin-turbo (which was awhile ago, might've changed).
Lastly, the concept pic was just that; a concept. There's no way they would release the GT-R looking like that, and Nissan has even said so. It was a concept to get everybody excited about the car. The actual GT-R might be dramatically different from the concept.
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First of all, yes that pic is from a Japanese mag. But did you know that the magazine composed that pic? That is not from Nissan, that is a composite photo, much like car mags in the US do. So it's not the R35.
Second, the concept pic that yukang posted came months after your pic you linked. How do I know? Because I was living in Japan at the time, and the composite pic was published before they knew what the car would look like. And the concept did receive much media buzz that Nissan was looking for.
Another thing, the Skyline is already out in the states as the G35. So you are incorrect about this as well. The Nissan GT-R, which is the car that gets all the hype, is in fact due in the US in 2006. Not sure, but last time I checked they said it would be twin-turbo (which was awhile ago, might've changed).
Lastly, the concept pic was just that; a concept. There's no way they would release the GT-R looking like that, and Nissan has even said so. It was a concept to get everybody excited about the car. The actual GT-R might be dramatically different from the concept.
-Aki
You're right, sorry, I did get them mixed up. But the pic you posted did not go over too well with die-hard GT-R fans. As for the Skyline, I'm well aware that it is available in the US and Canada right now, but what I was referring to was the Skyline GT-R, which is not currently in the US.
As for the twin-turbo L6, yes, there will be one, but only for Japan and Europe, as Nissan has aid they will probably use their 4.5L V8 for the North American version to meet emissions standards...
As for the twin-turbo L6, yes, there will be one, but only for Japan and Europe, as Nissan has aid they will probably use their 4.5L V8 for the North American version to meet emissions standards...
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Rep Power: 0 Wow TooSlow, never seen that pic before. Cool.
It can be a pretty close estimation of what it's gonna be, considering they'll probably do that "family look", w/ similar headlights to the 350z. Share the same chasis too.
Pretty sure that no official preview's available for the GT-R though.
But nice pic.
-Aki
It can be a pretty close estimation of what it's gonna be, considering they'll probably do that "family look", w/ similar headlights to the 350z. Share the same chasis too.
Pretty sure that no official preview's available for the GT-R though.
But nice pic.
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Rep Power: 0 there already is a half way version of the skyline in the us. It is the Infiniti G35 coupe. It does not wear the skyline name but I read that it is the version that was brought to the US. With greddy's new twin turbo kit it will run 12.9's in the quarter so there you have your US equivalent skyline.
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Not even close, lol. The G35 isn't 4WD, and doesn't have Super-Hicas, it isn't anything near what the GT-R is.
Not even close, lol. The G35 isn't 4WD, and doesn't have Super-Hicas, it isn't anything near what the GT-R is.
