Plan to buy skyline for racing

[thegladhatter]

Nissan DOESN'T call it a Skyline. They call it an Infiniti.

[JeSsToNeS]

Its called an Infinity Skyline G35, well thats what they call it around here in WI.

[thegladhatter]

Who the hell is "they"? It is NOT a Skyline! There are NO factory LHD Skylines.

[fallenprnce]

Nissan is using the new "skyline"'s name to promote sales of a car for europe and the U.S. They are trying to promote the Fairlady Z (350 Z us.) In japan as the new quick car, through JGTC etc etc. The "skyline" Is more luxury based and didnt even come in manual in the begining. It has the name, but none of the potential of the older GTRs. The JGTC fairlady z uses a VQ35DETT, v6 twin turbine which is porbably the UP tuned version of the engine for the future Z. The new Skyline will probably come with this engine but it is still tuned for a more european market. the Fairlady is the car japan wants to promote

[EvoCrazy]

Just because its not directly called the Skyline here, it is in Japan, and by Nissan. A lot of companies change the name of t he cars when released in different countys. I got this from the offial Japanese Nissan site (www.nissan.co.jp)

http://skyline.nissan.co.jp/index2.html

[thegladhatter]

Originally Posted by EvoCrazy

Just because its not directly called the Skyline here, it is in Japan, and by Nissan.

You are absolutely correct. The Skyline IS called a Skyline in Japan. The Infiniti is a LHD automobile. Skyline has NO LHD models. No Skylines are sold in the US by the manufacturer.

[GTES-t]

This is mearly semantics, we've been through this before. A simple name change does not make a car completely different then another car. A Nissan Skyline is a V35 body, the same body an Infiniti G35 is. The only difference between the basic cars (not talking about trim levels) is a different steering rack, the steering wheel on the LHD, dash molding due to that, and the badges.

The car exists in the US, if you're hung up on a name, get over it.

I don't like Hondas, as such, I don't like Acuras, because it's just a rebadged Honda. The Acura name doesn't make it a different car, nor does the LHD.

I'm sure, being in Japan, you've seen the Toyota Cavalier, the rebadged Chevy. When you see that car, do you really get so hung up on what it's badged that you no longer consider it a Chevy? Has the fact that it's RHD no longer made it a Chevrolet? If you believe so, so be it, the fact is it's the same car.

I mean, Nissan considers the Skyline and the G35 as the same car, and they make them, so get over the idea that a plastic badge and what side the steering wheel is on makes the cars completely different.
As mentioned before, on Nissan's official Skyline site:
http://skyline.nissan.co.jp/index2.html
Go to "Global Report" on the menu and choose "Report from US" and you get the Infiniti G35.

[EvoCrazy]

So what your saying is the G35s in the US arnt Skylines because they arnt RHDs, but the G35s in Japan are Skylines just because they are RHD? SO if I was to import an RHD G35 from Japan then you would call it a Skyline, even though it has everything the US G35 has?

I think even though its not officali called the Skyline here, it still is, because thats what Nissan called it. Even if it isnt RHD

[GTES-t]

Here's some news that will even throw off the "it's LHD so it's not a Skyline" arguement. Nissan has annouced what they've been rumoring about for some time. The Infiniti name is going to go worldwide (it's only in North America and the UAE for now), even to include coming to Japan. Here's the report:
http://www.fleetnewsnet.co.uk/news/v...p?art_ID=35640

Maybe this is a response to Toyota bring it's Lexus Name to Japan in 2005:
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/event/auto_shows/
Do you think the Toyota Altezza/Lexus IS200/IS300 forums are having this same argument?

Anyways, the Infiniti G35 is supposed to arrive in the UK, and it will be in the purest Skyline form (RHD), so the only arguement left will be that it's badged Infiniti G35 and not Skyline.

This doesn't even account for the fact that Nissan may retain the Skyline name, but decide to put it under the Inifiniti division!

[GTES-t]

Originally Posted by fallenprnce

Nissan is using the new "skyline"'s name to promote sales of a car for europe and the U.S.

How Is Nissan trying to do this when the V35 body Skyline is not available in Europe (yet, and when it does arrive it will be an Infiniti) and by rebadging it as an Infiniti G35 in the US and not associating the Skyline name with it?

The fact is they aren't. Nissan knows that America will not spend the money for a Nissan Skyline (that only a small percentage of Americans truely know of) as they will for an Infiniti G35 luxury car.

Originally Posted by fallenprnce

The JGTC fairlady z uses a VQ35DETT, v6 twin turbine which is porbably the UP tuned version of the engine for the future Z.

First off, there are two versions of the Z33 Fairlady Z (350Z) in the JGTC.
The 2 GT300 class 350Zs that Team Daishin are running use the VQ35DE engine (non-turbo).
The 4 GT500 class 350Zs are using the VQ30DETT (the VQ35 would not hold up to the stress). There are 2 in team Nismo (Xanavi and Motul), one with Hasemi Motorsport, and one with Team IMPUL (Calsonic).

[1viadrft]

Originally Posted by fallenprnce

The JGTC fairlady z uses a VQ35DETT, v6 twin turbine which is porbably the UP tuned version of the engine for the future Z. The new Skyline will probably come with this engine but it is still tuned for a more european market. the Fairlady is the car japan wants to promote

I heard a VK45DETT, V8 (?) as the latest rumor. Anyone else hear otherwise?



Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah! Is it really a SKYLINE??? Who cares!?! It's (G35) an awesome car!

[GTES-t]

Originally Posted by 1viadrft

I heard a VK45DETT, V8 (?) as the latest rumor. Anyone else hear otherwise?

Last rumor I've seen in a Japanese mag was that it would be a VQ32DETT with electric assisted turbos.

Here's a how it works that Garrett put out:

Originally Posted by Garrett

Here's how the electric turbocharger works:

An electric motor mounted on the shaft between the compressor and turbine wheels quickly brings the turbocharger up to speed. The motor eliminates turbo lag, so there's an instant blast of power at low engine speed. The car's electronic control unit controls the turbocharger. The control unit also governs the boost pressure - the amount of fuel and air mixture the turbocharger pumps into the engine. The electric motor also doubles as a generator, producing electricity from the spinning turbo at cruising speeds. It can supply up to 1.3 kilowatts at 13.5 volts, according to Garrett.

Gillette said it will take the electric turbocharger less than a second to get up to full speed, down from about 3.5 seconds of a regular turbocharger. That will enable the engine to develop more torque at lower speeds and improve fuel economy, Gillette said.

Gillette said the same technology also will be used on superchargers, which are mechanically driven pumps. Gillette said Garrett plans to have an electrically driven supercharger ready by late 2004.

[Samurai75007]

So did they do away with awd for the G35? if it is the R35 skyline?

[thegladhatter]

Originally Posted by Samurai75007

So did they do away with awd for the G35? if it is the R35 skyline?

There IS no R35 Skyline. I think the "R" series is dead.

[GTES-t]

Originally Posted by Samurai75007

So did they do away with awd for the G35? if it is the R35 skyline?

The G35 has an AWD model of the Sedan. I think it's badged as a G35x. It's just the AWD Skyline Sedan finally making it's way to the US. (With LHD and Infiniti badges)

As far as the R35, he's right, for now the R series is dead. People want Nissan to revive it for the new GTR when it comes out, but it's very unlikely to happen. We'll just have to wait and see.

All the new Skylines and G35s are a V35 body code.