Infiniti Dealers Furious Over GT-R Designation

Post by **AZhitman** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:10 pm

How would you feel if one of the most anxiously awaited automotive arrivals in recent history were just swiped from your showroom floor? Infiniti dealers are reacting to Carlos Ghosn’s announcement last week that the GT-R, the latest iteration of the company’s Skyline sports car designed for total global consumption, would be sold in the U.S. with a Nissan hood ornament. Ghosn cited the fact that brand's North American operations couldn’t prove the Infiniti emblem on the GT-R’s hood would generate more sales or profits.

Infiniti sales were down a sharp 9 percent in the first quarter of the year and dealers were hoping the GT-R would fill out the brand’s narrow lineup (four cars, two SUVs), as well as be a halo vehicle around which the company could rally. All is not lost, however, as the redesigned G35 sedan that debuted at the NY auto show last week was received very well by the press.

Post by **themadscientist** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:52 pm

Maybe it is time to drop the pretentious BS and admit that an Infiniti is a $5.00 badge away from being a Nissan. The G35 would still be an awesome car with "Nissan" across it's ***. It works in Japan. Toyota could cop to that Lexus crap too and Honda drop the Acura foolishness. An S2000 is still incapable of getting past my T as Honda, I doubt the name change boosts power.

Post by **nismofly** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:55 pm

imo the heritage of the gt-r and nissan badge's going together is much more important than selling more cars because of it

if they want more sales that bad they should open nissan dealers to go along with their infiniti places

Post by **takaramotors** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:52 am

it would have been a sad day when the GTR was not Nissan

Website · Post by **240sxHitman** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:12 am

takaramotors wrote:it would have been a sad day when the GTR was not Nissan

Post by **jgtc_s14** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:51 pm

well infiniti gt-r just dosent sound right

Post by **xtremeautosports** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 5:52 pm

Nissan = Skyline

Post by **komprecce** » Tue May 02, 2006 9:05 pm

If the Skyline become a Infinite, I'll puke right on the show room floor at the nearest dealership when it arrives. The Skyline is the heart of Nissan and to deny it the logo is wrong in every and i mean EVERY sense of the word.

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Tue May 02, 2006 9:29 pm

The Skyline IS an Infiniti. The GT-R won't be.

If Infiniti wants a halo vehicle, they should drop the "G35" crap and call it the Skyline.

Post by **nismofly** » Tue May 02, 2006 9:49 pm

problem is, the gt-r IS a skyline, so you couldnt have the high end model of the same car under a different brand

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Tue May 02, 2006 10:15 pm

It's not a Skyline anymore.

Post by **PHILBERT** » Thu May 11, 2006 7:11 pm

I'd just rip off the Infiniti badge and replace it with the Nissan badge.

Post by **Fadebucket510** » Mon May 22, 2006 9:06 am

Carlos Ghosn is an idiot for even thinking about placing this car under the infiniti brand. Despite the fact that Nissan=Infiniti, It just seemed wrong. At least he changed his mind...

Post by **wawazat8402** » Wed May 24, 2006 10:54 am

I agree that it needs to be a Nissan. But to me, the argument for it being an Infiniti is the quality of service at a higher end dealership. I would think people dishing out that much cash for a car would rather drive up to an Infiniti dealer to have it serviced than a Nissan one. But thats just my opinion.

Post by **Gold Digger** » Wed May 24, 2006 3:25 pm

MinisterofDOOM wrote:It's not a Skyline anymore.

While you are correct on this one, not since the debut of the GT-R in 1969 with the 4dr KPGC10 has a GT-R not been a Skyline. The next one will be the first time that Nissan has separated the two cars from each other. I think of it as somewhat a bold move on Nissan's part, but hopefully it will work.

Post by **sil8tdrftr** » Thu May 25, 2006 6:57 am

we should be able to do somthing about this.. like ... i dont know.. make a petition to carlos gosen or email or... BETTER YET....LETS HAVE A NISSAN MEET and go outside of the nissan headquarters:naughty ... then all the caring nissan enthusiests will be there and will have picket signs and what not... for the GT-R TO STAY UNDER THE NISSAN BADGE

KINDA LIKE THIS

if its not too late already

Post by **starkos14** » Mon May 29, 2006 8:14 pm

wait, so now the gtr will be nissan? i'm on the mailing list for the gtr and i got an email a little while ago OFFICIALLY stating that the gt-r will carry infiniti badge to bring more sport-car enthusiasts to inifinity or some **** like that... i tried finding the email but i think its saved on my other comp

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Tue May 30, 2006 3:56 am

Yeah, there was a press statement a while back that also said "officially" that it'd carry the Infiniti badge. Guess they changed their minds.

Post by **PantherRacer** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 2:34 am

It's The Nissan GT-RNot Infiniti GT-R

if it was an infiniti you yould call it the Infiniti G35 GT-RSounds like a damn BMW or something..... I prefer names to a seemingly random mix of numbers and letters. (I know it's not random but for the sake of those wh odon't get what this alpha-numeric business is)

Nissan GT-R < Nissan Skyline GT-RyetNissan GT-R < Infiniti GT-R << Infiniti G35 GT-R

Infiniti should change the name fro mG35 to skyline, and people would be like OH!

I mean, if mazda can go from miata to mx-5 Infiniti can go the same way.

(Or are alphanumerics supposed to be "luxurious")

Post by **zoborax** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:37 pm

It doesn't matter guys! It's not even going to be a straight 6. Pluse it's going to run in the $70k's to $80k's, prices at which most of us cannot afford! Nissan USA is just trying to exploit us by bringing that rediculously expensive car here, while the FED gov't is laughing. I would much rather have a cheaper R33 or R32 GTR for a lot less money! Thank you again Uncle Sam!

Post by **HashiriyaS14** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:05 pm

zoborax wrote:It doesn't matter guys! It's not even going to be a straight 6. Pluse it's going to run in the $70k's to $80k's, prices at which most of us cannot afford! Nissan USA is just trying to exploit us by bringing that rediculously expensive car here, while the FED gov't is laughing. I would much rather have a cheaper R33 or R32 GTR for a lot less money! Thank you again Uncle Sam!

Wow, people sure talk a lot of shxt on this car considering:

A.) It isn't even out yet, and final specs haven't been released

B.) It will likely be a $60-70k (R34 Nur was like $60k) car with a 450hp twin-turbo V6, electrically-assisted turbos and ATTESA AWD. It will be the bargain of the century, relatively speaking. Remember, it's not like the last few GT-R's were $30k or anything like that, they've always been a lot more expensive than an Evo or an STI.

C.) Who cares if it's a straight 6 or not? What are people on about with this, the engine noise? Is it seriously that important? Heritage? Who cares! You want a Prince badge and a manual choke too?

Post by **takaramotors** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:07 pm

I bought a R32 one time with all prince badging in Japan

Post by **zoborax** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:21 am

HashiriyaS14 wrote:
Wow, people sure talk a lot of shxt on this car considering:

A.) It isn't even out yet, and final specs haven't been released

B.) It will likely be a $60-70k (R34 Nur was like $60k) car with a 450hp twin-turbo V6, electrically-assisted turbos and ATTESA AWD. It will be the bargain of the century, relatively speaking. Remember, it's not like the last few GT-R's were $30k or anything like that, they've always been a lot more expensive than an Evo or an STI.

C.) Who cares if it's a straight 6 or not? What are people on about with this, the engine noise? Is it seriously that important? Heritage? Who cares! You want a Prince badge and a manual choke too?

Okay Mr. Moderator. You save your nickles and dimes to purchase the over-priced hunk of metal, and I'll spend magnitudes less for an r32 that will out-perform it

Post by **wonS14aero** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:27 am

C33LaurelRacer wrote:
While you are correct on this one, not since the debut of the GT-R in 1969 with the 4dr KPGC10 has a GT-R not been a Skyline. The next one will be the first time that Nissan has separated the two cars from each other. I think of it as somewhat a bold move on Nissan's part, but hopefully it will work.

It may work in the USA since the Skyline and Skyline GT-R don't have a "history" in this country. It'll be interesting to see how it goes over in Japan.

Post by **nsrZ32** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:40 am

HashiriyaS14 wrote:
Wow, people sure talk a lot of shxt on this car considering:

A.) It isn't even out yet, and final specs haven't been released

B.) It will likely be a $60-70k (R34 Nur was like $60k) car with a 450hp twin-turbo V6, electrically-assisted turbos and ATTESA AWD. It will be the bargain of the century, relatively speaking. Remember, it's not like the last few GT-R's were $30k or anything like that, they've always been a lot more expensive than an Evo or an STI.

C.) Who cares if it's a straight 6 or not? What are people on about with this, the engine noise? Is it seriously that important? Heritage? Who cares! You want a Prince badge and a manual choke too?

Post by **DRCZ** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:06 pm

Damm straight zo it's all about heritage, what happened with all the american muscle? Id love to own a #s matching 69 Charger. Do I have 120K mmmm no. Infinity luxury Nissan Performance Keep em seperate.

Post by **AZhitman** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:18 pm

Welcome aboard, DRCZ.

It's Infiniti, and Infiniti has ALWAYS been about performance.

The G35 is a solid a performer as the Z (actually handles and brakes better). The early Q45 was a hot rod. The M45 is a wicked beast, more performance than anything Nissan's building currently...

I see where you're going, and I kinda agree, but unfortunately it ain't that simple.

Post by **audtatious** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:48 pm

Infiniti should have the GT-R AWD and Nissan should have a turbo-version of the RWD Z. That would be more appropriate, IMO

Post by **adrianfromthecastle** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:50 pm

so i dont get it... the skyline GTR is coming to the states... will nissan offer a cheaper alternative like a GT-S.. or like the 4 door BNR34?

Post by **MinisterofDOOM** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 3:59 am

Doubtful. That wouldn't make as much sense now that the GTR is a model unto itself, rather than a trim designation. We've yet to hear whether there will be more than one trim level for the GTR itself, though.

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