Nissan Vs Porsche Court Case

[fungoolie]

Well hopefully if the new reports from from the Ring about the "witnessed" laps are true then this argument can finally be put to rest.

[Godcla]

" My god porsche is really pushing the bitching rights!!! they have nothing to prove, they make a great car "

Very true......BUT it's a little bit harder now for them to justify their price....and it's not only Porsche that will feel the pressure.

And it opens the door for others to follow Nissans success......Honda...? Toyota..? Mazda..?...who knows.

The Legend is Back....

[Bumblebee]

The Legend never left

[Roy]

" My god porsche is really pushing the bitching rights!!! they have nothing to prove, they make a great car "

Very true......BUT it's a little bit harder now for them to justify their price....and it's not only Porsche that will feel the pressure.

And it opens the door for others to follow Nissans success......Honda...? Toyota..? Mazda..?...who knows.

I think its more a quesiton of Nissan justifying their price. Is it still correct that Nissan are losing money on the GTR, and are relying on tech transfer to other models to make sense of the whole situation? If so then Nissan/Renault need to justify their price to the company's owners. Its no coincidence that Honda have already pulled the pin on the NSX replacement due to cost and numbers expecting to be sold not making the model viable for them.

But Nissan have done an amazing job, mostly because i think the avergae keen punter could go closer to matching the factory lap times claim in the GTR then any of the owners of the GT2, ZR1 etc etc. Its a very driavable supercar

[Godcla]

The Legend never left

Yea.........but their was a little break between the 34 & 35......

[GGTTRR]

I think its more a quesiton of Nissan justifying their price. Is it still correct that Nissan are losing money on the GTR, and are relying on tech transfer to other models to make sense of the whole situation? If so then Nissan/Renault need to justify their price to the company's owners. Its no coincidence that Honda have already pulled the pin on the NSX replacement due to cost and numbers expecting to be sold not making the model viable for them.

But Nissan have done an amazing job, mostly because i think the avergae keen punter could go closer to matching the factory lap times claim in the GTR then any of the owners of the GT2, ZR1 etc etc. Its a very driavable supercar

Wheels Mag. quoted the CEO of Nissan saying that the previous GTR was the most profitable model made by Nissan.

I do not understand why this model will be losing money.

[Silvia GTR]

I'd sell my soul to the Devil for one of these baby's!

If I was in Porsche's shoes I'd be a kunt too....

[sewid]

I think its more a quesiton of Nissan justifying their price. Is it still correct that Nissan are losing money on the GTR, and are relying on tech transfer to other models to make sense of the whole situation? If so then Nissan/Renault need to justify their price to the company's owners. Its no coincidence that Honda have already pulled the pin on the NSX replacement due to cost and numbers expecting to be sold not making the model viable for them.

But Nissan have done an amazing job, mostly because i think the avergae keen punter could go closer to matching the factory lap times claim in the GTR then any of the owners of the GT2, ZR1 etc etc. Its a very driavable supercar

They do not lose money on the GT-R's they sell. The car itself is profitable on a per unit basis. Considering they are built to order it also means there is no overhead of cars laying around in inventories.

Whether they will make back the development costs of the entire project is the only question mark that will be sorted out over the 5 - 6 year model lifespan.

[Inline 6]

naturally no they are not losing money on each car, that would be dumb. apparently the 34 gtr was the only car making money for nissan when they were bought out, others models were struggling.

its not so much the transfer of tech they benefit from but more the respect other nissans gain.

if hyundai made gtr there current lineup would be looked uponwith more respect.

[sneakey pete]

Exactly. Each B2 stealth bomber doesn't actually cost 2 billion dollars to make. But when you take all the research and design expenses and divide it across the (relatively) small production run it mounts up.