First U.S.-Spec Nissan GT-R Delivered in California
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I contacted a few dealers in Texas, and the mark up for this car is huge. The cheapest one I came across is a premium model which is 12K over MSRP. That made the car costing 84K USD. With over 15% markup and bad US economic, it's not hard to imagine that GT-R is not sold out yet.
July 8, 2008 8:25 pm
Bad US economy? No, because don't want to spend $80k for a Nissan. Especially a Nissan that can get killed by a Corvette. Now people wouldn't mind dishing out $120k for the ZR1, it's just they can't see paying that much for a Nissan.
July 8, 2008 11:31 pm
hahah fool.. good job to chevy for putting a big ass engine with big output into a corvette and beating a regular GT-R (along with all the other upgrades to the regular Z06). the ZR-1's competition is still in the works, aka the V-spec. when THAT gets beaten by the ZR-1 you may speak. The gt-r's competition is the Z06, which it beat. the ZR-1 has the V-spec to beat.
also, the japanese have a much higher "reliability" factor compared to american makes, so why not spend that much on a nissan over a chevy???... also people buy this nissan for passion, tuning capabilities, history, the name, and even for the "bang for buck". you don't see a Z06 or a ZR-1 pulling 3.2 seconds to 60 by every driver??? the GT-R can pull 3.2 sec almost every time, with any driver after setting it. Personally, i find that amazing and i'd be thrilled to go that fast any day, every time. :D:D
July 9, 2008 1:27 am
If I had to choose between the ZR-1 and the GTR, I would be really hard pressed. I would probably choose the ZR1 because I think it would be funner to drive, its a car where you really can see its limits, not like the GTR where the limits you do see are computer controlled... almost like a video game.
July 9, 2008 4:41 am
this car is great...I just saw one in a local auto show..guess how much it will cost here?
179,000$ only..
July 8, 2008 11:41 pm
i also went to some dealers in california to reserve one, they were asking $20,000 over MSRP($70,000+$20,000) and $5000 deposite when signning the reserve paper. i thought $20k mark up was too much so i didn't reserve one. i'll probably wait one or two years and go for no mark up...
July 9, 2008 4:44 am
Im sorry but horrible cars dont sell out all over the world with a mark-up of 20k plus when the price tag is 70K. In other parts of the world there is a 100k mark-up and people are still buying it, so I really dont see justification in a baseless comment..
July 9, 2008 8:04 am
My eyes are wide open. I think ur eyes are shut and arrogance is keeping them shut.
July 9, 2008 10:08 am
Photos don't do this car Justice, if you saw one in reel life you'd appreciate the presence these honeys have.
July 9, 2008 8:35 pm
only in the US. In the US, people dont want to pay the 20-15k mark up here. Also you have to put a deposit before you even see the car.
July 9, 2008 6:10 pm
well if you went in it or were lucky enough to drive one you would be raving about it too.
July 9, 2008 6:28 pm
i think those people ike Jackass-rusell, and Joe -limon dont know much about car industrial, GT-R is not only a car , its a icon of tuning and racing heritage,on the other hands, Nissan is better than any US car makers out there..when you drive GT-R , people envy you, when you drive chevy vette, piece of sh*T, gas eater monster , and sounds like a truck , baby
July 10, 2008 12:49 am
After all, you dudes don't want to recognize non Euro-American car maker exceeded your ones. But in fact we already did. Conversely Comparing half-wit American maker like chevy with our proud Nissan's GTR is so impolite to us. Remember that.
July 10, 2008 3:10 am
without paystation games this car would be a japan only phenomenom, so sony and the programmers of gran tourismo are to praise for this car being offered globally!
on the other hand give me a used 911 over this any time.
performance is one thing but the interior and build quality (yes, I don't spend my days driving on the Nordschleife or pulling 0-60 dragraces), tho beter than a corvettes is still not anywhere near the porsche, it remains a nissan, sorry.
July 10, 2008 3:12 am
I honestly admit GTR still doesn't exceed Porsche a little bit. But undoubtedly new GTR is most shining car among all sports cars in the earth. Meanwhile Porsche is a sophisticated dotard lacking shine.
July 10, 2008 3:51 am
I was fully expecting the GT-R to be around 150k here but they are selling for av 130k that's brand new with less than 1000km and the black edition but have a speed limiter of 190kmh, so i think ill wait for the GT-R V-SPEC which should be around 145-150k but lighter and faster and more balanced, just have to wait and see, i know one thing it will be very fast and well worth the low price for a super-car as is the GT-R, here you could buy 3 GT-Rs for the price of a Porsche 911T and we all know which car is more comfortable faster!!!
July 10, 2008 4:12 am
I can't understand all the harsh comments on here. Maybe the lines of the car don't agree with everyone but... at least it doesn't look like every car on the road these days (I could hear the comments now if it was more rounded...it looks like a Ferrari oh it looks like a Vette). I think it looks different... a good different, like nothing else isn't that a good thing? The price of this car is really good when considering bang for buck...don't hate Nissan because greedy Dealers are marking them up. I try to appreciate each sports car for what it is...and this car really is incredible...I wish more of you would reserve comment until you see it in person and maybe even get a chance to drive it. If all cars looked and performed exacly the same then it would be just that the Same!
Peace
July 10, 2008 7:49 am
I think before judgment is made on the gt-r let the V-Spec to its thing on the nurgurgring, and them it will be fair to compare with the Zr1 as the power and weight will be a little more equal!!
July 13, 2008 9:18 pm









