Nissan's Future: Good Or Bad?

[OKBANANA]

Hey SAUers'

Justa Little poll on what you think is ahead for nissan now that it's owned by Renualt and run by Ghossen?

[owned]

The impression im getting from a few jap friends is since the euros now own nissan, they've been changing their stance on the kind of cars they make. More like trying to break into the markets in the states with SUV type cars.

Just a thought

[OKBANANA]

Post all your thoughts, i think the skyline will be eventually faded out... which is a nono

[Cubes]

Hope it doesn't go the route the Z33 has.

non-turbo.

[Rezz]

The impression im getting from a few jap friends is since the euros now own nissan, they've been changing their stance on the kind of cars they make. More like trying to break into the markets in the states with SUV type cars.

Just a thought

Wow man, thats just like the total opposite of what I've been told.

My (Japanese) friends think that Nissan is now fresh, and the new approach is more European, and dare they say, more mature, than Nissan pre-1999. They give it the thumbs up... but they miss the Skyline turbo and Silvia obviously.

Oh, and the Nissan turbo isn't dead, the Nissan X-Trail 2.0GT has an SR20VET. I know, it's not a sports car, but there is still hope for other turbo'd models.

[owned]

different people, different attitude i guess. But im not exactly liking the fact that the trend is tending to NA cars. I know the GTR is coming back with a vengance but NA Z33?? Who knows, might be time for a change after all. Dont get me wrong. I'm not trying to say that i'm correct or anything, just expressing my point of view.

[AutoTrust]

I think that in general Nissan will be better for the change, however i am not a big fan of the euro styling, eg the rear of the new maxima. That said, we will just have to see what happens performance wise with the remaining Skyline and Z. Not happy about the obvious difference between the 2 and 4 door Skylines either, but what can i do about that!! :hellpisd:

[JezR31]

Well I think nissan has a bright future. I dont like the euro styling either, i think it just doesnt suit nissan but I could live with it.

The thing that made me sad was when they split Skyline and GTR. Its like splitting someone in half. Why did they do this?

Seeing the new GTR brought tears to my eyes ( i was sad not happy)

I doubt the Z33 will stay an NA for long.

Damn its so hard to explain what i want to say, So hard to put into words.

I think the nissan you saw make the r32,r33,r34 skylines will never be like that again. So much went into those cars, they build them from the ground up.

I dont think that will happen in the future.

But i guess we'll have to wait for the R35 GTR

I couldnt stand to see this on the roads

[hungry6]

Nissan is dead in the water as far as sport car is concern, they'll be building purpose dioesel mpv and suv on mass for the euros market, as nissan has a large and very techninical diesel outpost.

We might be spare with the GTR badge being brandied around on some one of $150k+ version of a sportcar, and it wont be coming here.

Do the maths and it just doesn't add up for australia as far as nissan is concern.

[MINES_DATSUN]

well i think nissan sux now. have you seen the S16 Silvia ? OMG IT looks like a ford couger... its so ugly and it still uses the SR20.. but its not DET its VET.. well nissan was good till 1999.

[Rezz]

well i think nissan sux now. have you seen the S16 Silvia ? OMG IT looks like a ford couger... its so ugly and it still uses the SR20.. but its not DET its VET.. well nissan was good till 1999.

That S16 Silvia you're talking about was some guys photochop of a V35 and a Primera put together... don't worry, thats not the next Silvia.

[MINES_DATSUN]

hmm. ill do some more research . im pretty sure it was the real one

[Parag0n]

In my opinion,

Nissan will drop the turbo performance cars shortly and start on more prestige models, eg 350Z. I think NISSANS target audience is no longer the Performance Car Enthusiast, and the company is beginning a transformation into a more luxury motorsport industry.

[MINES_DATSUN]

well that sux.

[T0nyGTSt]

It's not really a question of good or bad but rather the way that all automotive companies are heading towards more conservative designs mechanically and aesthetically.

I mean I never thought I would live to see the day that Honda would be building a pickup truck.

Nissan think that ATTESSA is best used in 4wd SUV's!

I strongly believe that the Japanese performance car industry took a big change in September 2002 and that in reality, we've been very lucky in the periods 1989-2002.

2003 to 2008 (?) is different era - perhaps N/A, hybrids, turbo Commdores?

But we're being asked to swallow this z33/v35 body style and the VQ series motors. It's too big a change for me so far.

In two years maybe we'll have accepted it.

But who knows. Maybe we'll have Series 3 turbo Falcons and Commodore V6's.

T.

[memphis]

Well, i personally think the new gtr prototype is damn horney, even if it is slightly euro...

[funkymonkey]

besides the fact that nissan closed down and amalgamated the S Sports Compact and R Sports Compact teams into the Z Sports Compact team (basically meaning no development of Silvia's or Skyline Sport Compact engines). However this dosen't mean the model is dead, as was shown by the Skyline Coupe in Japan (the Infinity to us).

Europeans, Americans and Aussies are more comfortable with larger capacity engines, and the next batch of coupes will most probably have em, coz you do have to remember these cars are no longer Japan only like the Skylines of old, they are a world car from now on. Its a shame, I really hate to think of others having access to our portion of heaven

What really gets me is the nerds that are bored shitless who have to photochop a frikken Tommy Kaira R34 brochure image (i've got it sumwhere, saw it n went "i've seen that car sumwhere") with a tiburon to come up with an R35 "spy photo" that's lapped up by forum crackmonkey's and filtered thru to numerous publications.

[JezR31]

yea thats what i liked about the skylines they were rare in other coutries.

I was actually glad that some other countries didnt have the skyline.

So if the skyline "wasnt" going worldwide do you think they would have changed it in any way???

[MINES_DATSUN]

still. nissan is stupid.

[Villainous_J]

I'd hate to see Nissan become "Euro-ised" and lose the character their cars are known for, sportiness, speed and handling. Just a matter of time to see whether they turn old favourites like the skyline or whatever they're calling it now into a sports wannabe luxury tourer and target that market...