The GT-R is dead, long live the... GT-R?

Nissan announces the end of the GT-R in the North American market, hurry up and get one before they are gone!   https://www.motor1.com/news/723377/nissan-gt-r-dead/

Purple and green with ceramics at 150K actually seems like a good deal for the final edition. 

The GT-R stopped being the GT-R once it ceased being based on the Skyline. Cool car, but it's not Godzilla .

In reply to Appleseed :

Would you prefer a Nismo Skyline?

I love that the last versions are in the community's favorite colors. I bet the midnight purple looks amazing in person

In reply to j_tso :

...yes.

Sorry to see it go. That purple looks awesome.

It's about time.  In '07 it was an amazing car.  Fast forward 17 years and now it's an overweight and overpriced turd.  

SKJSS (formerly Klayfish) said:

It's about time.  In '07 it was an amazing car.  Fast forward 17 years and now it's an overweight and overpriced turd.  

I'm no Nissan fanboy....but compared to what?

Closest thing I can think is the M4 Xdrive which is heavier with less power and it wasn't built in 07. It is slightly cheaper though.

SKJSS (formerly Klayfish) said:

It's about time.  In '07 it was an amazing car.  Fast forward 17 years and now it's an overweight and overpriced turd.  

Put this take in the trash where it belongs 

I always liked these cars. I have never been in one. Never drove one.  I have always worried that it could be a case of meeting one's hero and being disappointed.  

Appleseed said:

In reply to j_tso :

...yes.

I wouldn't.  I'm no big fan of the GT-R, but that Skyline is just dull.  No presence at all.

In reply to dean1484 :

Years ago I rode in a friend's tuned GTR. Something like 775 hp, it was absolutely nuts how it launched.

I had the pleasure to drive a student's bone stock GT-R during an autocross/Skidpad Skills clinic.  It was incredibly well composed and very easy to drive ludicrously fast. 

I came away very much a fan...  

Whatever else might be said about Nissan, the R35 absolutely bent the rest of the industry to its will.

TheAutopian summed it up pretty well:

https://www.theautopian.com/the-generation-defining-r35-nissan-gt-r-is-dead/

It's too bad the price inflated so much over the years. I'd love to have one of those T-Spec Takumi final editions, but they're out of my reach.

That was a good article.  I quite like that person's writing style as well.

dean1484 said:

I always liked these cars. I have never been in one. Never drove one.  I have always worried that it could be a case of meeting one's hero and being disappointed.  

I've been in a handful from stock to extremely modified. They are hilariously fun. My only letdown was that the screens had the same resolution and graphics as a Playstation 1 or the lack of a manual. Miniscule in comparison to what the car is. 

I am no fan of Nissan but would totally buy one in any of the colors pictured in that article. Looking back at the 09 Model, $65k at the time was a steal. It's wild how inflated the price is now but, as others have mentioned, it made the whole supercar industry change and look at all the wild stuff produced now that most of us could never afford. 

Patrick said:

SKJSS (formerly Klayfish) said:

It's about time.  In '07 it was an amazing car.  Fast forward 17 years and now it's an overweight and overpriced turd.  

Put this take in the trash where it belongs 

There's no room for nuance in hot takes — everything has to be either "sucks" or "rocks".

But back to the OP, that "in the North American market" caveat is interesting.

Hoppps said:

I love that the last versions are in the community's favorite colors. I bet the midnight purple looks amazing in person

I hope so.  It looks terrible in the pictures.

I don't know if it is chameleon paint, but in most pictures it looks kind of liver-brown, except sometimes it looks dark green (albeit in a fairly attractive shade).  Maybe it just berks up the color balance of the digital camera.  I'd really have to know what "Mori Green" is for the interior.

"Blue over blue interior" scares me, too.  Set the wayback machine for 1984.

DancesWithCurves said:

Patrick said:

SKJSS (formerly Klayfish) said:

It's about time.  In '07 it was an amazing car.  Fast forward 17 years and now it's an overweight and overpriced turd.  

Put this take in the trash where it belongs 

There's no room for nuance in hot takes — everything has to be either "sucks" or "rocks".

But back to the OP, that "in the North American market" caveat is interesting.

Not a hot take.  I have extensive experience with it.  There's no question it's very fast.  When it was new, I agree it was revolutionary.  In today's market, $120-$240k (Nismo) it's badly outdated.  It's heavy and never lets you forget that.  Interior design is hopelessly outdated.  Lots of body wallow and the torque vector system is weird.

golfduke said:

That was a good article.  I quite like that person's writing style as well.

Aww, thanks! It was one of those last-minute scrambles.