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Nissan Mortor Corp. has announced that they will not be launching the much anticipated Skyline GTR until as late as 2007. The car was first shown some three years ago at the 2000 Tokyo Motor Show. Nissan's design chief, Patrick Palata conceeded that seven years was a long wait, and said that work was well underway for a sellable model. "People will have waited a long time for the Skyline so the car must offer a significant breakthrough." Though there is no word from Nissan as to what this breakthrough may be.

 
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Is that in the US or Japan?

 
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Since it's going to be a global release, it won't be much different even if that statement applied to US or Japan.

 
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but we never get any of the good stuff.. will it be a US release? or just euro/asia?

 
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something to look forward to....

 
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i'm not surprised at all

 
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Well at least Nissan admits that the VQ35 they are marketing as a "skyline" is not a real skyline, and that the true GTR will be released at a later date. Anyone know if this one will use some type of ATEZZA drive train like the previous model?

 
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I think it's time for them to get past the ATESSA ETS. Cars that arent even that technologically advanced can beat the GTR on track

 
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what is atessa?

 
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the infiniti g35 is already being sold as the new skyline in some places

 
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The thing is, the G35 IS the Skyline, it just isn't a Skyline GT-R... In Japan the Infiniti G35 is called the Nissan Skyline, just like previous generations this has always been the case, there has always been a base Skyline, and then the GT-R model follows a few years later. This is the case here, the G35 is the base Skyline, but Nissan just hasn't developed the production GT-R... yet...

 
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mmmm...skyline...drool.

 
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A lot of people don't know this, but even back in the days of R32. R33, R34, the majority of skylines sold were sedan models.

 
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i heard just before the G35 got here that it was to be our skyline, however, that would mean that the skyline has been downsized, i mean the 350Z/G35 are a good bit smaller than the R34 was

 
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we'll most likely get a shitty v8 n/a while japan gets a turbo i6

 
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ATESSA ETS was what Nissan called the 4WD drivetrain in the Skyline GT-R and GT-R ONLY! It's different and unique b/c it combines 4WD and Rear wheel drive. The GT-R is primarily rear drive, when the computers sense that the car needs more traction, it will put some power into the front wheels. I think each GT-R model (R32,R33,R34) had different amounts of total power to the front wheels. If anyone gets a chance to see a GT-R come off the line, you'll notice that the rear wheels spin 1st then the front wheels come in a second or so later. Hope that helps.

 
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start those $$$ funds

 
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WRONG. Although Nissan may call the G35 a skyline in japan, most Nissan buffs do not consider it a skyline. Rather, it is a luxury version of the 350Z. See, Nissan has always followed a proven formula for the design of the skyline. There have always been several trim levels, the GTR being the most advanced. ATEZZA or ATESSA I'm not really sure how it is spelled, but that is basically what made the GTR such a contender on the track. Skylines have always followed the same chassis layout popularly known as the "R" layout. R32, R33, R34, etc. In the case of the newest "skyline" the chassis as we all know, is a 350Z variant. The drivetrain is solely rear wheel drive although there may be a variable AWD ATEZZA variant in the makings. The new "skyline" follows the Chassis code of the "VQ35" and has nearly nothing in common with the skylines that we remember. The fact of the matter is, that Nissan got a tad bit lazy, and more "consumer aware" in the production of the skyline, and did what many automobile manufacturers do. Use the same chassis as another car in the design of a new one. Sadly enough the skyline is DEAD, until Nissan can somehow prove that this new "VQ35" can stand apart from the Z. As of right now you can get the Z in several trim levels, and the luxurious "Z with a backseat" is known in Japan as a Skyline, and in the United States as a G35 coupe. Thank god they didn't name it the Skyline here. In racer and track circles around the globe, the new G35 is known as "the skyline imposter." So technically you are right about it being the skyline, but in essence, this car is merely a Z car with a different badge and a facelift.

 
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I dunno if you guys have seen this, but I believe that this will likely be on the streets of Japan as the new "R35." I haven't seen any pictures of this concept in a long time, but I think that we will see something very similar. I'd venture to say that they will just call it the Nissan GTR like what they used to do in the old days, back when it was first released. They'll just keep the VQ35 badged as the "skyline" and the new R35 as the "GTR." Just my opinion, as I've followed this topic for a long time. Short Article

 
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The pic is basically a concept variant of the G35. There were some other pics around somewhere of it looking more like an R series skyline.

 
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Yes you are right I have seen articles of the new R35, they have pics and specs out already too. But these of course are not the final specs. They say that they are going to beefup the motor to a V8. I don't think the skyline will ever hit the US market, but I do know of one place where they do sell skylines. That is motorex in Cali, that is the only place where you can buy a skyline throughout the whole US. And as a matter of fact they do sell a couple of skyline sedans. They are of course all rightside drive and they do orders too for a brandnew skyline R34 GTR. It cost about 98,000 for brand new and 78,000 for a used one and I believe that is for a 2002 model or 2001. check them out at motorex.net or something like that

 
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Such a ripoff considering in Japan it's about equal to 25 to 30 K brand new. In dollars I mean. Motorex is the only one who does US legal conversions and has the crash test ratings, so they charge ungodly amounts for them.

 
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I saw this picture/drawing somewhere and liked it (The background and shadow are chopped by me).