A sudden Urge......

[K1]

The new GTR is a very nice looking car, i'd get that over a Porsche or M3 simply because it's more exclusive. I guess it'll be more exclusive because of the Nissan badge. In a way thats good, because if i bought a car that cost £60k, i'd like to see very few of them on the road. M3's will be so common, saw three in one lday last week. Must admit i loved the white one.
With the Porsche, theres so many Carrera's that the average person would be hard pressed to tell the difference.
Drive down a street or fuel station in a GTR, i'm sure there will be complementing looks, and this feeling will last longer because of the rarity. The only ppl who will look down on this are the badge snobs and those who hate 'Jap crap.'

[boneybradley]

when i read this i though you had an urge to visit the rest of the forum!! 

[R32UK]

0-100 in 3.5
quarter mile in 11.7
4x4 ATTESA system
Borg Warner dual-clutch (read DSG)
Bilstein DampTronic suspension
Brembo breaks
Runflat tyres
suspension, power train, and stabilisation systems are adjustable from driver's seat

BOSE with 2 subwoofers, DVD with 30GB (now only for Japanese market), DVD player

Free service for 3 years

Price: 48000 euro (in Japan)

also: http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/211626/nissan_gtr.html

Road cars the Nissan GT-R must beat:

1. Porsche Carrera GT: 7 minutes/28 seconds
2. Porsche 997 GT2: 7 minutes/32 seconds
3. Pagani Zonda F: 7 minutes/33 seconds
4. Koenigsegg CCR: 7 minutes/34 seconds

What the Nissan GT-R has beat:

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren: 7 minutes/40 seconds
Porsche 997 Turbo: 7 minutes/40 seconds
Chevrolet Corvette Z06: 7 minutes/42 seconds
Porsche 996 GT2: 7 minutes/42 seconds

It may be just a Datsun, but it is no ordinary Datsun, R32UK. 
(Take a look at what Clarkson had to say about skyline, and that guy is known for not mincing his words)

Ok agreed that the new one is alot nicer than the old one!! But I still cant help thinking that its just not a car that people will look back on and say that its a classic or fantastic engineering. I drive past a place that does mods on 'jap crap' and everything parked outside (GT-R's included) has bits of it hanging off. Which I am sure are not aftermarket mods... they just look cheap and I would much rather subsitute quality for speed.

[Peskarik]

0-100 in 3.5
quarter mile in 11.7
4x4 ATTESA system
Borg Warner dual-clutch (read DSG)
Bilstein DampTronic suspension
Brembo breaks
Runflat tyres
suspension, power train, and stabilisation systems are adjustable from driver's seat

BOSE with 2 subwoofers, DVD with 30GB (now only for Japanese market), DVD player

Free service for 3 years

Price: 48000 euro (in Japan)

also: http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/211626/nissan_gtr.html

Road cars the Nissan GT-R must beat:

1. Porsche Carrera GT: 7 minutes/28 seconds
2. Porsche 997 GT2: 7 minutes/32 seconds
3. Pagani Zonda F: 7 minutes/33 seconds
4. Koenigsegg CCR: 7 minutes/34 seconds

What the Nissan GT-R has beat:

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren: 7 minutes/40 seconds
Porsche 997 Turbo: 7 minutes/40 seconds
Chevrolet Corvette Z06: 7 minutes/42 seconds
Porsche 996 GT2: 7 minutes/42 seconds

It may be just a Datsun, but it is no ordinary Datsun, R32UK. 
(Take a look at what Clarkson had to say about skyline, and that guy is known for not mincing his words)

Ok agreed that the new one is alot nicer than the old one!! But I still cant help thinking that its just not a car that people will look back on and say that its a classic or fantastic engineering. I drive past a place that does mods on 'jap crap' and everything parked outside (GT-R's included) has bits of it hanging off. Which I am sure are not aftermarket mods... they just look cheap and I would much rather subsitute quality for speed.

These cars are not as widespread in Europe as Porsches, but those in the know know what they are. Take honda NSX for example, it is a classic and a piece of fantastic engineering. Same for Skyline....
What we know of are cheap(er) Jap/Korean cars that they flood the market with. But the cars they sell in Japan we know little of. Same as electronics. Have you heard of a shaver with built in mp3 player? 

I don't know if the new GT-R will be a legend. It will certainly be a piece of great engineering, it will certainly be very fast, and very exclusive. And cheaper than Porsche.

[R32UK]

I guess i could be persuaded to praise the new one... but i still dont think i would feel safe ploughing my money into one. Although they do command respect I would still be inclined towards the porsche.. I think when you get down to such similar lap times there is literally no diffence on the road.

[Peskarik]

I guess i could be persuaded to praise the new one... but i still dont think i would feel safe ploughing my money into one. Although they do command respect I would still be inclined towards the porsche.. I think when you get down to such similar lap times there is literally no diffence on the road.

I myself am split.  Good I have E30, which I liked from the first site and did not have to choose!