1000 Special edition Skylines sell out in single day in Japan

[PalmerWMD]

http://www.autoweek.com/cat_co...88488

Fred...

[BuudWeizErr]

8 speed manual? Can anyone confirm?

[nomuken]

i'd like to see some pics of this special edition

p.s. the article is wrong about 2005, it's 2007.

[PalmerWMD]

I thought 8 speeds to be likely be a typo, but I guess you neevr know.

Fred...

[[Zero-S]]

Hmm...8spd...that would be a lot of shifts;)

[PROJECTRB240SX]

WEREN'T THEY SUPPOSE TO BE 7 SPEEDS? FORMULA ONE STYLE!

[Sil40_Mayhem]

8sp?? sounds like a tractor trailer.:pface

[skydragoness]

well they *are* talking about the standard run-of-the-mill Skyline that is still in production. but 8 spds? wtf? that has to be a typo. How can a 8spd manual transmission be useful in a crowded country like Japan? Where you can loop around a highway in one night?

this story is like the rare legacy b4 blitzen model, that came in a special red Subaru made, they put it up on sale for a short period of time and it sold like hotcakes. mmm...B4

[SmithSR]

Could it be a typo? Leave it to Autoweek to be so very critical of legroom or headroom in a sport compact, and complain the Viper hasn't enough luggage space, but completely miss the mark here.

[PROJECTRB240SX]

B4 BLITZENS ARE TIGHT, I WISH I HAD ONE! THAT AND A '98 22B STI.

[matt4pl]

you can find more info on the special edition skyline on supercars.net and i posted about it before, its called the R34 GT-R Nur (referencing to the race track) and it supposedly has a derivative of the N1 engine, which came from racing skylines, same power though, cause its computer controlled, uncork it, u get 450hp, my .02

[Onizuka]

Yeah its the R34 GT-R Nür-spec, Nür as in the imfamous Nürburgring in Germany (not nurburging as is says in supercars.net, although im sure its just a typo). As far as i know they stopped producing R34 GT-R's in 2002 (including the Nür-Spec) and that article is incredibly late. We have the next generation skyline here too, its call the G35 sedan, availible with the prized AWD system this december

Edit: i wouldnt be too sure of the 450hp claim, as far as anybody knows its still a stock GT-R motor (internals, turbos) with some ECU tuning. I could be wrong but i have grown very skeptical

[nomuken]

... Nür as in the imfamous Nürburgring in Germany

infamous? i'd say it was famous

Def: Having an exceedingly bad reputation; notorious.http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=infamous

[Onizuka]

OK ok ok, Famous!

[AZhitman]

Either way, HUBBA HUBBA!

[DeathBy240SX]

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