Every car becomes a classic at 25 years regardless of what it is...

 

The Grande Mustang is a good example of why not all cars become classics or collectable. The Grande was kind of a luxury car so they made fewer than the Mach 1's which were the performance models, but some how it's probably worth less. With these kind of cars you see high production numbers, depending on options, they get more rare but not rare enough. That Daytona you saw at auction was 1 of the 6 cars ever built, the Grand Sport at RM was car #2 of 5 ever built, and the Cuda I mentioned is 1 of 11. You just don't see those low production numbers any more, even the new ZL1 will see something like 4000 cars built over 2 or 3 years. That's why COPO cars which can be 1 of 1 are so expensive. If you want to buy a new car that will become collectable buy the ugliest color combo, highest horsepower strangest optioned car you can find, like a purple 04 GTO's with an auto and purple leather, a one year car nobody really wanted.

 

Stay away from this soccer mom..........

 

Well, it certainly isn't fast. Even though the G35 performs better then the average family car, there's plenty of sport luxury / sports cars on the market that the G can't compete with performance wise.

 

I hope u guys aren't comparing the g to the m3s or amgs of that time period cus that wouldn't really be fair

 

I compare with vehicles of today. His posts disappeared anyways.

 

No chance in hell these cars will be condidered classics. There are way too many good cars out there right now for this one to be considered the jewel of our generation. If that was the case then they wouldn't be so cheap to get nowadays (which is why I got one).

 

All I kno is the g n z made Nissan relevant again back in those days...imo lol

 

I keep seeing people mentioning skylines as classics, and I guess most Americans don't really think of G's as skylines like I do... The heritage of that name was what made me want a G from the beginning. Consider the fact that it's a proper car setup... smallish and stylish with a decently powered motor, rear wheel drive or all wheel drive, available with a manual, more reliable than most cars of it's class. Sure there are tons of them around because it's finally available in the US and marketed globally. The G coupe has all the right ingredients to become a classic. Only time will tell if it ever will be.

 

g35? classic?

hah thats classic.

HA.

HAHA.

classic.

swag

 

The g35 pretty much has nothing to do with the skyline heritage. Nissan decided to do away with the name n jus go with gtr but the new pres told them to transfer the name to the g35. Imo it was lame to do that n they shoulda jus went with 350gt n keep the skyline name off. U could Google this stuff. That's where I read it from before..

 

When you speak of Skylines the first thing that pops into most peoples heads is the GTR, because it's been a hell of a car. There was not V35 GTR and as a result of that no one (most people anyway) equates the G35 with the Skyline heritage, and imo they shouldn't. How often do you see someone bragging about their super rare 91hp equipped C18 models, for instance? It might happen if they're a diehard collector, but even that's pretty unlikely. The V35 is just not an evolutionary change from older Skylines, it's a fresh start that happened to end up with that name.

But there have been dozens upon dozens of threads about this and it'd be better to go bump one of them rather than turn this into another "Why shouldn't I rebadge my Skyline" debate.

 

I agree. The Skyline legacy doesn't really belong on your average speed car like the G35.


Even in video games, you have to work hard or have lots of credit to buy the Skyline... while the G35 is in the video game but just as a nobody.

 

So lets think it this way.
98 toyota supra base model has a curb weight of 3265lbs with 225hp @6000rpm and 220 ft-lbs torque @4000rpm.
05 Infiniti G35 base model has a curb weight of 3512lbs with 298hp @6400rpm and 260 ft-lbs torque @4800rpm.
I think G35 does pretty good considering that the supra is a classic. Just give it alittle time, more G35s are going to disappear well more clean tittle ones. lol but it will be more desirable in the future with a bigger price tag for what its worth now.

 

Lol @ the guy with the word skyline in his username