GT-R

Finally saw my first GT-R in real life. I like it. Good looking car.

1) Warranty is 3 years or 36,000 miles. To maintain the warranty, you are required to bring the car in every 1000 miles for a check-up. This is covered by the dealer for the first year, but you have to pay for years 2 & 3. Seems very excessive and I would expect the dealers to rob you blind.

2) The tires are run flats. If you do get a flat, all four tires must be replaced together at the tune of $1000 per tire.

3) The transmission and the engine are hand built to work with one another. If one goes out, both have to be replaced.

4) Current sticker price is $72,000 and Nissan is now raising that by another $7000. Most dealers are demanding a premium resulting in a sell price of $100,000.

5) Backseat is a serious joke. With the driver & passenger seats in comfortable locations, there is literally ZERO room for a passenger's legs. I really mean ZERO. The back of the front seat will rest against the front edge of the rear seats. That's just silly when you consider the rear seat looks to be made for a real sized person.

Onto the pics:

Very nice! Although the shape being so close to the G35 coupe is really disappointing.

Warranty maintenance sounds like any other exotic car although still very excessive, particularly for a Japanese car. I didn't remember hearing the same stories around the NSX when that was released.

Apparently all of the motors generate different levels of HP as they are all hand made. Most match their claims although some produce much more.

I think Nissan expects drivers to sit in the upright racing position to allow rear passengers. Or the Japanese are vertically challenged and don't need to push the seat back?

I think if you saw the GT-R live, you wouldn't draw the same likeness to the G35/37. The G has more curves...more feminine in shape. The GT-R goes muscular in it's lines. I recommend you hold of on that judgement until you get to see one live as you might change your mind.

Since when was the last time you saw an average Janpanese person that was 6'1"? The owner of this one is ~ that height. Personally, I do not like a driver seat in that vertical position as the owner has it. I didn't ask if I could sit in it. Mistake on my part.