Nissan Skyline GT-R R35 Concept Photos

[jinushaun]

TokyoDv, I love you man, those were excellent videos! Especially those Dunlop girls singing and dancing to my favorite Puffy song, "Nagisa ni matsuwaru etc"! Priceless! Kani tabe ikou...

The Merc looks like a batmobile. The BMW M3 CSL can't be beat.

[TokyoDv]

Jinushuan,

I'm glad you liked them!.. I tried to capture that uniquely Japanese cute and cuddley feel.. The Dunlop Girls tippify that..

Thanks again for the feedback!

TokyoDV

www.TokyoDV.com

[jinushaun]

You know what would be a great idea, visiting the major international car shows: Frankfurt, Tokyo, and Detroit. And maybe New York as well. I plan to do this in the near future (after college?). Maybe I'll time my BMW purchase and do a European delivery to match the Frankfurt show.

[G20t Driver]

I've even been asked what model of Honda my 240SX is! Damn this state sucks when it comes to cool cars.

96SECHICK, I know what you mean. I live in Norman, OK and I have had about a dozen people ask me what kind of Honda or Acura my car is. To top it off, one of the people who asked owned an SE-R. I think that it is because around hear people think that the only car imported from Japan is a civic. I have pointed out to several people that Toyota and Lexus are the same but they still think that a Lex is European.

Damn redneck hillbillies.

[96SEChick]

Originally posted by G20t Driver
Damn redneck hillbillies.

LMAO. I agree with you sooooo much on that one!!! :bandit:

[Morpheus XIII]

Ugh, are there still parts of the U.S. stuck in the stone age? Where I used to reside near one of the Southern California import racing heartlands, this problem had finally passed on by the mid-90's, but I guess there are still some areas lacking. I even remember a cop once long ago referring to my 200SX as a 'modified Honda'. These days in my area, cops can pick out everything from a J-spec front clip converted Integra, to legal Greddy exhaust systems.

[Chris]

WE are behind the stone age! It can be utterly pathetic. Which can be good (if I rip out a cat, they will be none the wiser! )

[G20t Driver]

Yes, some people around here are still in the Stone Age. Namely, the ones that drive 70's and 80's pickup trucks and camaros(that would also be the majority of the cops). Cops here are pretty dumb, you could do anything to your car and tell them it came that way. Turbochargers were once illegal here if it didn't come on the car stock, but since there were more and more production cars with turbos they couldn't tell if it was stock or not. They finally legalized it and found other dumb things to ticket for.

[Defender of R]

About the Skyline concepts, I believe that all the concepts are quite overwhelming to all of us. We all love the new looks and also dislike them, but I believe if Nissan has created the great cars we have right now, that we do not have to worry about the new generation of Skyline's coming out in the near future. Unless they start to go and make it into an economy car. Then we have the right to be upset...

[Chris]

The original skyline had 4 doors, and was really a POS (This was 30 some years ago, though).

[howard_w13]

For those interested, you can find some official info on the Infiniti G35 from the Infiniti website at www.infiniti.com.

:coolguy: :coolguy:

[Shin-Kai Racing]

The rear end looks different and something about the front... Does not scream Skyline. Screams "I'm a redesigned Maxima". Sorry, just my thoughts.

Dale
SKR

[GoinRallyin]

I'm siding with S-K. It's NOT a Skyline GT-R. It looks like Nissan took some leftover sheet metal, hammered it together, welded it up, and said 'hey, let's make this hunk into a car.'

It being the Skyline, you know that it's going to be their most powerful car, period. There's no option otherwise, unless they want to KILL the Skyline. It has a reputation.

Now, people were screaming "IT'S COMING TO THE US" over the LHD. Allow me to point something out - LHD is optional in Australia, there are still some Asian countries which are LHD or allow LHD, and all of Germany is and remains LHD. Not to mention Mexico and some countries south of the US. In short, LHD does not directly equate to US market.

Besides, we ALL know what happens if it comes to the US market. It'll be de-balled to pass emissions, making it another target for Corvettes. Which will let the scam-artist import companies make a bundle selling stupid pieces to at least make it look 'faster.' *sigh*

Why can't they just leave the body alone and make improvements to the chassis?! I *LIKE* the four door R34! :P

[moondog]

There is no R35 Skyline - it's called the V35; cos of the V6 engine I guess.

The GTR concept is not a Skyline, and won't be even when/if it enters production - it's just retaining the GTR name, not the Skyline name.

The bit that implies that Nissan will market it in the US isn't the fact that the concept car is LHD - it's the fact that on the Nissan website it talks about widening the market: "Nissan will continue building the GT-R in the 21st Century, providing the ultimate driving pleasure to even more people worldwide. In its next generation Nissan is looking to introducing the GT-R in other markets worldwide."

[Morpheus XIII]

The V35 is the Skyline GT sedan. The chassis designation for the GT-R should still be undisclosed to the public, but who cares, it's not wrong to call it R35; after all a concept is a concept--nothing's etched in stone just yet.

Originally posted by Shin-Kai Racing
The rear end looks different and something about the front... Does not scream Skyline. Screams "I'm a redesigned Maxima". Sorry, just my thoughts.

Agreeable, but I believe that's what Carlos Ghosn actually wants. He has stated time and again that the current cars from Nissan are technologically acceptable, but far too uninspiring in appearance. To most of us the R34 GT-R is one of the most aggessive looking cars, but if you compare the body to the competition, it does look somewhat dated, and like a family car (hence the presence of the sedan counterpart). You don't see a sedan Supra or NSX sharing body lines with a sedate sedan sibling in the lineup.

Now the GT-R concept shows the huge difference between the sedan and coupe bodies. They even went as far as to create a somewhat fastback design on the GT-R to distinguish itself. Therefore, it makes sense that the concept doesn't "scream Skyline". Kind of sad, but not unreasonable.