Nissan GT-R in SA - and here's what it'll cost

[Firestrm_ZA]

Nissan SA has finally announced its showroom price for the long-awaited Nissan GT-R all-wheel driver supercar - and it's due in showrooms here shortly.

The numbers? R1 175 000.

The South African vehicles will come in two trim specification levels - Premium Edition and Black Edition - the latter with black wheels, red leather inserts on the seats and red detailing on the door releases.

The price includes a four-year or 50 000km service plan and a three-year or 100 000km warranty.



Sad sauce

[WiK1d]

Uhm, they have been around for quite a while already?



That one is standing outside CIT Cycles in Hatfield quite often.

[RuadRauFlessa]

There is no way i'd be driving in that butt ugly thing.

[DAE_JA_VOO]

Uhm, they have been around for quite a while already?



That one is standing outside CIT Cycles in Hatfield quite often.

Yeah, I've seen that one a couple of times. I doubt that car was actually purchased here though. Then again, I don't know a thing about cars, so anything I say is void

BTW, I drove past a freaking WHITE one yesterday.

[Sojourn]

That car is fugly.

[Firestrm_ZA]

WiK1d, that one belongs to the owner of CIT cycles. full import AFAIK. a few came in for promo and were sold off to bidders..... the price above is now the retail price....

Sojourn, what is your idea of a non_fugly car?

[GreyWolf]

Mike Tyson is also not the prettiest thing around, but he will knock you the f*** OUT!

What this means is that you will get less posers driving this thing and more people who appreciate performance.

So, anyone wanna donate 1.25m to my GTR fund?

[Prime]

Mike Tyson is also not the prettiest thing around, but he will knock you the f*** OUT!

What this means is that you will get less posers driving this thing and more people who appreciate performance.

So, anyone wanna donate 1.25m to my GTR fund?

actually I think He will bite your ears off first, rendering you unable to drive

[GreyWolf]

Mike Tyson is also not the prettiest thing around, but he will knock you the f*** OUT!

What this means is that you will get less posers driving this thing and more people who appreciate performance.

So, anyone wanna donate 1.25m to my GTR fund?

actually I think He will bite your ears off first, rendering you unable to drive

True dat, luckily the GTR is not so savage. Unless your name is Jeremy Clarkson and you attempt to drive the car faster than your aging body can handle, you should be fine.

[RuadRauFlessa]

Seen any posers in an XJ220 lately, Or a DB9 for that matter. Both are very beautiful cars. The XJ220 is though considered a supercar which is much more than I can say for that but ugly thing. Hell even a Zonda looks better than that thing and that sais a lot as I am not really a zonda fan. TBH I think they spoiled the whole thing about the car. It used to be a kick bottom performer but not much to look at. It might still be a performer, not kick bottom I might add, but now you can't even look at the thing.

This is still the best a GT-R will ever look.

http://www.japanesesportcars.com/galler ... v-spec.jpg

[Vampyre_2099]

True, the R33 and R34 were better lookers, but hey, they can't use the same design again. I must say that I prefer this car to a Zonda, a maserrati and most other cars in its class (class is defined as too much for me to afford)

[Anthro]

OKay.. lemme tell youone thing.
Close your eyes at how ugly it is. Then get inside. And drive it.
One of the best handling machines out there

[GreyWolf]

Seen any posers in an XJ220 lately, Or a DB9 for that matter. Both are very beautiful cars. The XJ220 is though considered a supercar which is much more than I can say for that but ugly thing. Hell even a Zonda looks better than that thing and that sais a lot as I am not really a zonda fan. TBH I think they spoiled the whole thing about the car. It used to be a kick bottom performer but not much to look at. It might still be a performer, not kick bottom I might add, but now you can't even look at the thing.

This is still the best a GT-R will ever look.

http://www.japanesesportcars.com/galler ... v-spec.jpg

Posers in DB9s are a dime a dozen, never mind that the Nissan will eat the Aston as an appetizer BEFORE breakfast, and a Porsche and a Koenigsegg and a ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCrburgring_lap_times

I agree , in the looks department the R34 is by far the better looking, but the R35 is all about the performance and handling.

[RuadRauFlessa]

Seen any posers in an XJ220 lately, Or a DB9 for that matter. Both are very beautiful cars. The XJ220 is though considered a supercar which is much more than I can say for that but ugly thing. Hell even a Zonda looks better than that thing and that sais a lot as I am not really a zonda fan. TBH I think they spoiled the whole thing about the car. It used to be a kick bottom performer but not much to look at. It might still be a performer, not kick bottom I might add, but now you can't even look at the thing.

This is still the best a GT-R will ever look.

http://www.japanesesportcars.com/galler ... v-spec.jpg

Posers in DB9s are a dime a dozen, never mind that the Nissan will eat the Aston as an appetizer BEFORE breakfast, and a Porsche and a Koenigsegg and a ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCrburgring_lap_times

I agree , in the looks department the R34 is by far the better looking, but the R35 is all about the performance and handling.

I your hands those lap times will mean absolutely nothing. I want to see you do a lap time of under 10minutes in that car around the ring. You'll get scared before you get even get close to the performance barrier of any car never mind the GT-R. BTW all of those lap times are posted by manufacturers and you actually trust them *shakes head*. Personally I'd prefer a Lotus Exige over this any day. Small zippy, nice looking IMHO and not all as impractical as anything else in its class.

K further on the laptimes

http://www.supercars.net/PitLane?fID=0& ... ewThread=y

OMW A Lexus beat a Nissan GT-R... Nooo this can't be. Just have a look. Evan a corvette, which is by all accounts has notoriously bad handling, is faster around the ring.

BTW when last did you see someone drive around in a DB9. I know you can't really compare the two as the DP9 will set you back almost twice that of a GT-R. And don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that the GT-R is a bad car or an even worse buy. To me they just took the Micky out of it. Something eccentric is supposed to look that way. Take a Shelby GT500 for instance. It looks the part although you won't find me dead in one of those as they simply are deathtraps.

[GreyWolf]

Yes, I may not be able to do the lap times posted, but I will certainly do a faster lap time in the GTR than the Koenigsegg (anyone want to sponsor this event btw? its purely a scientific endeavor and I will try and not jump and scream like a little girl who just got a pony). Also, I am pretty sure the Nissan will last a whole lap without bits falling off.

The Lexus in question was an LF-A...not your ordinary rep-saloon, and the new 'Vettes are actually quite good handlers. In any case both these cars are not wht one would call standard production models.

Come work in the Rivonia area, I swear you would think the economic crisis is a work of fiction judging by the number of Astons driving around.

I like the GTR BECAUSE its ugly. It is function over form, and it means business, despite what you may thin of the 'ring lap times posted.

[RuadRauFlessa]

GreyWolf, Actually the economic crisis is a work of fiction

[Sojourn]

Sojourn, what is your idea of a non_fugly car?

http://forums.pcformat.co.za/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=35764

[RuadRauFlessa]

Sojourn, what is your idea of a non_fugly car?

http://forums.pcformat.co.za/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=35764

+1

[WiK1d]

K further on the laptimes

http://www.supercars.net/PitLane?fID=0& ... ewThread=y

OMW A Lexus beat a Nissan GT-R... Nooo this can't be. Just have a look. Evan a corvette, which is by all accounts has notoriously bad handling, is faster around the ring.

About the Lexus:

7:24* -- 168.64 km/h - Lexus LF-A, 552 PS/??? kg *unofficial, according to http://motormagazine.co.jp/2007/12/20081_4.html

1) Unofficial, 2) The link is dead

About the Corvette:

140BHP more for a mere 30ms?

[SBSP]

Ive spotted some GTRs!

In nelspruit going back to PTA from marloth.

A whole truck full of them mixed with 370Z's or is it 360Zs ?

[GreyWolf]

Saw one on the highway. Exhaust note is quote intoxicating.