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“Since around the beginning of this month, Nissan has stopped taking orders for the GT-R; the production line has been stopped. Various car magazines have suggested that the halt is tied to a price increase, a reaction to the economic crisis and the increased cost of North American production. On the other hand, Chief Vehicle Engineer Mizuno said that the GT-R would evolve; it’s been just about a year since the GT-R was first offered for sale. Nissan may be proceeding with an in-year specification change. In other words, the rumored line-stop is actually a planned line re-tooling. In any event, Nissan will not say when produciton will resume or when they’ll re-open the GT-R’s order books.”
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The GT-R will soon replace the Volt as the most over-hyped car ever made. It seems the source of the hype (GM is the leader for the Volt singing praises for a car that’s still 2 years out … and likely longer). Nissan has kept it’s press coverage low on the GT-R but the media and fans are carrying that torch.
In fact I’m so tired of reading about supercars b/c there are too many now to really keep track of – all these boutique tuners, garage shops, spy photos, teasers, etc. have kinda ruined the expectation and anticipation of these cars.
Maybe Mizuno should make sure the tranmission evolves to something less fragile.
Maybe they stopped the production line to add in capabilites to put a 6 speed in…? One can only hope.
whew, that is a punctuational and grammatical mess.
“Cleanup in Aisle 6!”
seoultrain :
All clean!
No mass production achieved? Ummm that ALONE doesn’t stops a line.
Quality issues? Trannys as pointed above?
And I know this is cheating, but I’ll quote myself, from the first article
This car is generating just too much blah blah blah…
I thought the pic was of my smooth-top electric range; I’d never noticed the resemblance before now.
That’s all I’ve got.
This is the first supercar that I have actually wanted and considered that it would be possible to buy. $75k is not unacheivable in an era where a Maxima costs $40k and a loaded 3-series can push $50k.
Somebody that speaks Japanese to the rescue!
I read on another blog that only Japanese dealers have stopped taking orders, suggesting a change to home-market cars. Is that still the case?
That’s a cool tail light. Isn’t that what this article is about?