Jeez David and Thomas, you can’t drive a spec sheet. The looks can come into their own, by ditching the current fad of angry, angular designs, and go with sexy, provocative curves reminiscent of the original 240Z, a diminutive or even NO grille, while keeping the width down(and therefore frontal area) by deciding there’s no need to accommodate people who are 300+ lbs, and cutting back on unnecessary luxury crap(no heated seats, no heated steering wheel, no power-anything, use ROLL UP windows, ect). Maybe if they built an electric Z-car that weighed under 2,500 lbs had at least 250 electric horses and had a targeted sub-$30k price point, and was designed to get a 200+ mile range on a 35 kWh or smaller battery, which should be relatively easy to do if you start with a clean slate and emphasize drag reduction over the fad-du-jour regarding aesthetics and company brand identity. Nothing Nissan sells in the USA interests me at this moment. Not that the 400Z is an improvement, as it’s similarly hefty.
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AND it wants nearly a quarter-million dollars from me, plus expensive upkeep? How this can be called a “sports car” with a straight face eludes me. It’s also about as much mass as a late 1990s/early 2000s Ford Explorer SUV. That’s as much as a tank/rolling bank vault of a Mercedes 300 SDL I used to own. Some dealers can and will mark up everything they can get their hands on, so the $115,435 GT-R could very well be a myth, even if the GT-R is a slow seller. Then again, if we’ve learned anything about the car market over the past few years, it’s that manufacturer suggested retail prices are purely theoretical. A Corvette with the Z51 package can roughly match the GT-R’s 2.9-second zero-to-sixty time, but good luck getting your hands on one should you place an order now. It starts at $109,775 including a $1,275 freight charge but gives up two seats to the GT-R and still can’t touch the Nissan’s blazing zero-to-sixty time. Paying an extra $5,026.17 for an extra 85 horsepower and nicer interior appointments doesn’t seem outlandish, so the GT-R might be a value player once again.įor context, a Jaguar F-Type R coupe also has two doors, a fixed roof, all-wheel-drive, and more than 550 horsepower.
If we take that second figure and adjust it for inflation, we end up with $110,408.83 in 2022 dollars. The first is that the relatively cheap price tag was for the now-discontinued base model, while the second was that Nissan quickly hiked prices in September 2008 to $77,840 for the GT-R and $80,090 for the GT-R Premium, both including a $1,000 freight charge. While the GT-R initially carried a headline-grabbing MSRP under $70,000 when it launched in 2008, there are some asterisks involved. While $115,435 before an unspecified freight charge may seem like a lot for an aging sports coupe, it’s actually an alright deal. In contrast, the GT-R Premium carries an MSRP of $115,435 including freight and includes forged wheels, Apple CarPlay, a Bose stereo, and Nappa leather, along with 565 horsepower of turbocharged V6 thrust. Sure, turbochargers from the GT3 car, 600 horsepower, and carbon ceramic brakes are cool, but so is not eating ramen. Despite being killed off in Europe for not meeting new noise regulations, being killed off in Australia for not complying with new side impact rules, and not being sold in America as a 2022 model, the Nissan GT-R returns to America for 2023 in two very distinct trims.Ĭarrying a price tag of $212,735 including a $1,895 freight charge, The Nismo trim lists for almost $100,000 more than the GT-R Premium, so you’d have to be properly GT-R obsessed to buy it.
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