spt

After reading so many rumors on the net, I'm not sure what to think anymore. What is your take on the subject? Do you think Nissan will make the move to bring the skyline GTR to the US? Will it have a v6 turbo platform or will it have a NA V8?

Secret Chimp

Well, we can ask our friends at Cosworth, can't we?

I am pretty sure Nissan would rather modify their existing V6 powerplant than create a whole new 8cyl motor for the GTR. Their whole line-up currently utilizes very few different motor options. Their only 8 cyl is in a pick-up. If they turboed the current v6, the high hp powerplant could be used under the hood of a few different Nissan and Infinity products. But this is all just guessing.

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WestSideBilly

It's not that difficult to turn the 3.5L V6 into a 4.7L V8, though. And the latter would certainly burn cleaner.

spt

I'm hoping that they don't turn it into a NA V8. It would kill the heritage of the car. Unless nissan made an NA version of the GTR that I don't know about......

WestSideBilly

If you *really* wanted to nitpick, then technically the heritage would be dead with a V6 TT... since every one was powered by a turbocharged RB-series I6.

boomn29

Is the US version supposed to be called the R35 or V35 is it? I hadn't heard that. If so, what's the reasoning, just the next number?

WestSideBilly

R35 is just a model sequence. The past models were all Nissan Skyline GT-R, with R32/R33/R34 distinguishing the differing generations. Much the same with Nissan Silvia (S13, S14, S15). The R35 would most likely be sold here as a Nissan (Infiniti?) GT-R - the Skyline name being dropped.

spt

From what I understand the "R" refers to the RB series motor that was used in the previous gtr's (R32, 33, 34). The rumor going around is that Nissan will use their VQ series motor in the gtr which is the reason why the V is being used.


EDIT: Correction, the V is based on the chassis not the motor. Thanks for the correction Dave.

bonzelite

allegedly, "Infiniti GTR" will be offered worldwide; it will be a direct competitor with Porsche 911. at this level, then, the new GTR more than likely will be benchmarked peformance-wise similar to the new, limited edition, 2005 model GTR-34 Z-tune (which is probably why they re-issued this car, as a teaser to fill the gap):

http://www.drifting.com/forums/showt...689#post132689.

the VQ30 has been race-proven, in the JGTC version of R34 GTR, as a twin-turbo model. so it stands to reason that they dropped it into an actual GTR to 'test' it.

yet there are several quandaries: how much of all of this will make it to the production 2007 GTR? will it be the VQ30 or 35? will it be twin-turbo, a la GTR tradition, and will it be AWD as in the G35x? i am going to guess that, yes, it will be AWD, twin-t, just as the past GTRs have been -why would they not do this? why would they walk backwards? (i think they will surprise us, actually).

the only thing i feel that may, as in maybe, not make it to worldwide shores is HICAS, especially the US market. and i would not be surprised, given this new global business model for the GTR, that the US market receives the "lesser" GTR. somehow the american market nearly always gets the most watered-down imports. but i am sure the GTR will be awesome regardless. and i think it will not look like the current "spy shot" crap or concepts.

boomn29

I'd think it was hafta be AWD and TT. That's a must in my eyes. I'm still not sure what engine they'll use for us though.

Any updates on engine or price??