Nissan Gtr Specv Debuts

[sewid]

Mizuno-san said to us directly that the only market he will not sell the SpecV in is the US.

Whether it will actually come to Australia is another matter but Mizuno does want to sell it here and usually what he says goes.

[No Crust Racing]

Mizuno-san said to us directly that the only market he will not sell the SpecV in is the US.

Whether it will actually come to Australia is another matter but Mizuno does want to sell it here and usually what he says goes.

Interesting... Did he give a reason?

[sewid]

Yes. There's a lot of background information i wont go into but the US market is "not ready for a SpecV". It's a personal choice basically.

[scathing]

the US market is "not ready for a SpecV"

If that whinger on NAGTROC who shat his gearbox after 50+ full bore AWD launches is anything to go by, or the mentally retarded shit-talkers who think the gearbox is "weak" as a result, I don't think the US market is ready for the regular GT-R either.

[Max_ST-R]

Yes. There's a lot of background information i wont go into but the US market is "not ready for a SpecV". It's a personal choice basically.

Does Porsche sell the GT3 RS or Lambo the Gallardo Superleggera in the US?, if so, it's odd they are not ready for a car like the SpecV.

BTW, what do you make of the quote in the Nissan press release for the GT-R SpecV last week? they are saying there are no current plans for the SpecV. Sometimes manufacturers say they are investigating the possibility of the viability of a model in our local market. Your information seems to contradict nissan Australia....i hope yours is correct though. Porsche have sold plenty of Gt3 and lambo have sold a few Superleggera Gallardo here. A GT-RSpec V to outpefrom both for $250K would be great!

[a20089]

Considering all of us GTR fans say the v-spec is overpriced and we would just buy the standard one. I can't see the v-spec (specV) selling well here. No more then say 20.

[sh@un]

SpecVery Expensive

[sewid]

Does Porsche sell the GT3 RS or Lambo the Gallardo Superleggera in the US?, if so, it's odd they are not ready for a car like the SpecV.

BTW, what do you make of the quote in the Nissan press release for the GT-R SpecV last week? they are saying there are no current plans for the SpecV. Sometimes manufacturers say they are investigating the possibility of the viability of a model in our local market. Your information seems to contradict nissan Australia....i hope yours is correct though. Porsche have sold plenty of Gt3 and lambo have sold a few Superleggera Gallardo here. A GT-RSpec V to outpefrom both for $250K would be great!

I guess it is a contradiction. Mizuno wants to do it but I guess utlimately Nissan Australia cannot be forced to sell it here.

I think maybe he just wanted to highlight how much he really doesn't want to sell it in the US.

[llama_au]

I wouldn't either

Some belated photos from the Nissan Ginza Gallery on Tuesday. We fail at taking photos.

And to prove we were there haha

Also took a trip to the Omori factory but were weren't allowed to see much. We made the mistake of asking how much the Nismo carbon seats optional for the GT-R were that they had on display...roughly AU$31,354.59 EACH. We laughed, as did the guys behind the counter.

[Shaolin242]

nice photos!

what does the "Car Wings" button do - please tell me its what i think it is.

also, u look like Peter Bell!

[llama_au]

I'm the girl in the pic, unless Peter is a girl The guy is my partner Tomi.

Carwings is part of the navigation system. Also an emergency call for help thing. There's explanations in English on Youtube.

[N/A®]

The great bucket seats - complete with little carbon covers for the ends of the seat rails.

More carbon which should have been all the way through. The cloth covers overlap and looks worse in real life IMHO. Would have been better just all carbon or better still with a roll cage!

Check out the fins which is part of the SpecV exhaust system.

Edited January 18, 2009 by N/A®

[Max_ST-R]

I guess it is a contradiction. Mizuno wants to do it but I guess utlimately Nissan Australia cannot be forced to sell it here.

I think maybe he just wanted to highlight how much he really doesn't want to sell it in the US.

I guess only if there were 30-50 or so frim expressions of interest would Nissan Aus consider it. That said there are only a small handful of Porsche 911 GT3/GT3RS so it wouldn't be a volume car by any stretch of the imganiation. If it was $245K, but as quick as a Pagani Zonda R it may find buyers. From the pics posted on this forum it seems to reek of quality and precision, ceratinly at least as nice as a 911 carrera S, which is also about $240K mark here.

[craig V8 taffe]

http://www.motorauthority.com/nissan-reveals-gt-r-specv.html

The new purple black has to be the hottest color for the GTR.

[Snowman]

Care of GTR-Blog but this really raises questions as to why you would bother!?

The Japanese press have finally got their hands on the production Nissan GT-R SpecV this week and they’re wasting no time in putting it through it’s paces on the circuit. Today we’ve learned that Best Motoring have had Tsukuba Circuit to themselves for the day as well as a SpecV GT-R. Put that together with tame racing driver Keiichi Tsuchiya and good weather and you’re set for an interesting afternoon.

Sources close to Best Motoring have given us the SpecV’s time and instead of keeping you all waiting like we love to do we’ll give it to you straight… 1:02.4.

Unfortunately this means it’s slower than both the 2009 and 2008 base GT-R at the same circuit in similar conditions. Here’s how the SpecV stacks up against the most recent base model GT-R taken from the current issue of Japanese mag Car Top:

MY08 GT-R (JDM - December 2007 delivery): 1:01.888

MY09 GT-R (JDM): 1:01.343

SpecV GT-R: 1:02.4

On a short circuit like Tsukuba the times should be close together but the SpecV should be in front, it should be 1:00 flat. So this begs the question: What’s the deal? We’re really hanging out for the April edition of Best Motoring DVD to find out more.

http://www.gtrblog.com/index.php/2009/02/2...t-laptim?blog=4

[handbrake]

sure the weight savings and measures to improve handling are vital in any track car. I still cannot fathom Nissans choice to ignore power gains for improving the spec V. there are the usual few internet chat room warriors who believe they didn't want to upgrade the transmission but surely the standard transmission and engine would have handled moderate power/torque gains judging from the tuned cars already out there.

I hope there is more to this story for the spec V's sake.

[MOV35GT]

A good overview of the Spec V, even that unpleasant matter of track warranty is raised.

http://www.drivers-republic.com/dr_tv/inde...amp;area=videos

[Mr_GaZZa]

if you ask me,

Just throwing a V-spec Badge on the GTR with a few minor tweaking and stuff doesnt even come close to what that original V-spec ment over the other/older model cars...

I think Nissan have let this V-spec model down, they should of atleast gave it Higher HP / More Features and Options / And maybe a more unqiue external styling... like i loved the wider arches?

meh.. personally its only worth the extra due to that not many will be sold because theres no 'Real 100% improvement over the normal GTR'

[SS8_Gohan]

in fairness, NONE of the previous V-Specs were "100% improvements over the base GTR" - no extra power (officially) no crazy exterior styling, etc, etc...

granted, previous V-Specs weren't twice the price either....

[ras1983]

^^ Exactly, previous V-Specs were a few thousand more than the non-V-Specs. Not 100% more.