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RugRatCoupe
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From: Duluth,GA
The 1st pic in post#1, the front end looks like some of the new Volkswagons which isn't a bad thing. I just hope if Infinti gets a GT-R Variant, it's style is more in keeping with it's current identity!
IMHO the most cost efficient route for Nissan would be just adding a few new panels, an upscale Interior and a few more bells and whistles on the current GT-R platform. In today's volatile automotive market it wouldn't involve a whole lot of new tooling cost and would be a definite Image booster for the Brand.
Some might argue it would be competing directly with the GT-R, but with it's low production numbers and Long waiting list, it's not like a more Luxo Infiniti variant would hurt its sales...What better way to make Infiniti a Global brand?
Something like this maybe? INFINITI GX-R has a nice ring to it...
IMHO the most cost efficient route for Nissan would be just adding a few new panels, an upscale Interior and a few more bells and whistles on the current GT-R platform. In today's volatile automotive market it wouldn't involve a whole lot of new tooling cost and would be a definite Image booster for the Brand.
Some might argue it would be competing directly with the GT-R, but with it's low production numbers and Long waiting list, it's not like a more Luxo Infiniti variant would hurt its sales...What better way to make Infiniti a Global brand?
Something like this maybe? INFINITI GX-R has a nice ring to it...
Last edited by RugRatCoupe; Nov 19, 2008 at 02:53 PM.
if this is over 100k screw that i rather get the new lotus gran tourismo or a astin martin come on buying a infinity for 100k or more thats just to much it does look real good and everything but come on way to much
Originally Posted by abercrombie333
if this is over 100k screw that i rather get the new lotus gran tourismo or a astin martin come on buying a infinity for 100k or more thats just to much it does look real good and everything but come on way to much
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Originally Posted by BlueDevilBAMF
I wonder if there's any hope of it coming with a proper MT?
MOST supercars DON'T come with a "proper MT" nowadays, time to get over the tough guy attitude of dumping your clutch everywhere you go
Pricing, luxury, performance, competition taken into factor - Sorry, I do not believe an Infiniti GT-R based sedan will be a profitable proposition for Nissan at this point in time. In order to have a GT-R-like effect on the industry, this car would need to have the brute strength of the C63AMG, agility of the M3, with a pricing structure similar to a IS-F and interior material quality comparable to an Audi RS4. I don't see how this could be done.
