Skyline GT-R Proto Reference Pics...

chenc544 · 10-18-2005, 10:37 PM

OK, it's not really reference pics but I just thought you guys would enjoy seeing the new 2007 Skyline GT-R.

D_LaMz · 10-18-2005, 11:42 PM

argh.... 2 more hours until unveiling!!

Organic Zero · 10-19-2005, 01:00 AM

dunno... something feels werid... I, in overall liked the car, but just the roofline from the side view that doesn't look right to me... feels like a itch for the eye...

labandabonnot · 10-19-2005, 05:20 AM

This thing is just ugly...

I like it a lot!!!!!! lol

Looks like the concept they made a few years ago went his way...

(it was 2001 Tokyo Motor Show GTR concept, see here: http://www.cardesignnews.com/autosho...issan-gtr.html )

MoeSzyslak73 · 10-19-2005, 08:24 AM

What's up with the door handle?

SupaMan89T · 10-19-2005, 08:41 AM

lexus super car powered by the high revving over built 1uzfe is gonna take it down! and the supra with the 3ezfe and the 3uzfe are gonna whomp it too!

but yea man i like it i like it alot! whats the specs on it power plant drivetrain yadda yadda.

360spider · 10-19-2005, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by SupaMan89T

lexus super car powered by the high revving over built 1uzfe is gonna take it down! and the supra with the 3ezfe and the 3uzfe are gonna whomp it too!

but yea man i like it i like it alot! whats the specs on it power plant drivetrain yadda yadda.

Its funny how you tell that they will take it down, but you don't even know the engine specs...

I don't like the car. Few nice design features here and there, but overall, it is like a parody on R34. The roofline is weird.

chenc544 · 10-19-2005, 10:06 AM

I don't like the whole greenhouse/roofline either. I think that probably will be changed to something more tradition for the production car thou. Nissan also needs to clean up the front facia a little. Way too many openings...

ZoomZoomMX-5 · 10-19-2005, 10:43 AM

I love it! Probably would feel different if it were something other than a GT-R prototype, the design is a bit busy with so many disparate grille openings but that's the way they did the GT-R 34 and it is fairly unique, though the EVO X prototype has a similar grille. I hated the '01 car but I really like it now, just took awhile to get used to the vertical headlights. There is no doubt to any enthusiast what this car is. I'm not liking the C pillar area, but that will probably be toned down. This thing looks badass, and that's exactly what the GT-R should look like. Can't wait to get a kit of it.

Put in perspective, this thing thoroughly spanks Italdesign's incredibly lame Ferrari GG50 prototype also show in Tokyo. This looks like what a GT-R should look like, the GG50 is a poor excuse for a Ferrari.

malsheem · 10-19-2005, 10:49 AM

I like the overall look. I agree with most, the roof looks a bit off, like it wants to be a hatchback, but didn't quite make it.

Now we wait for the important details like engine, drivertrain, release date for the US, and, most importantly, price.

hirofkd · 10-19-2005, 11:00 AM

I think it's a promising start. Although the changes were subtle, the 350Z was cleaned up nicely between the prototype and the production model, and the GT-R will be the same. What I'm curious now is how quick it can lap the Nurburgring.

BTW, take a look at the crowd (press most likely).
http://response.jp/issue/2005/1019/article75459_1.html

want a supra · 10-19-2005, 11:09 AM

I like the look of the roof line to the trunk lid and the rear pannels, I see alot of the old R34. (as it were that old

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360spider · 10-19-2005, 12:05 PM

Bob, don't forget that GG50 is a one-off show car, when GT-R is a future production model. But I agree that GG50 is pretty lame...

ZoomZoomMX-5 · 10-19-2005, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by 360spider

Bob, don't forget that GG50 is a one-off show car, when GT-R is a future production model. But I agree that GG50 is pretty lame...

This GT-R is still a one-off concept, but fairly close to production specs, like they did w/the gold Z car concept preceding the production version (I hated the Z car at first...now I love it). They'll likely clean up the GT-R and by then people will be acclimated enough that it should get pretty good reviews. Some of my favorite cars are very polarizing in design, while many love it, many do not. I think Nissan did pretty well w/the GT-R considering what it is, and what it is to the company.

The GG50 is one of the most disappointing concepts I've ever seen in my life

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