The Skyline in Japan has a 250 option, so we are getting the larger engine.

I'm not so sure about the 4.5L engine just because it would seem to jump classes and eat into the M45 market.

 

^ but that's only true if you're comparing an M35 sport to a G35 5AT, right? but yeah, i know what you're talking about! i've test driven the '05 g35, the '06 M35 sport AND the M45 sport. i was expecting the M35 to be somewhat of a slouch but that car's hella fast for something pushing closer to 2 tons.

btw, are you the same 'sukairain' w/ the katakana characters? just wondering

 

^ really? i thought that the good folks at nismo's were all going NA for their motors...

 

oh, was that this month's sport compact car? i thought that that was the actual nismo team from japan. dammm that car's pretty hott!

 

Based on a copy of a Nov.26th 2004 issue of Japanese weekly car magazine "ベストカー” reads "Best Car", Nissan was test driving the suspected next generation GT-R at Nurburgring, Germany again in the fall of 2004. The pictures of this car driven at Nurburgring in the magazie showed current G35 body as mock, but explains that with extended front and rear fenders, making it over 1900mm in width, with wheelbase of 2850mm. Based on this article, the engine is being tuned in conjunction with Cosworth, a V6 3.3L VQ base twin turbo, producing 460ps. It also speculated that the air outlet on the bonnet suggests electrically assisted twin turbo.
If I had a scanner, I would post the pages from this magazine here (all in Japanese but..), but sorry I don't.

 

i doubt the regular G35 will get a V8....
we'd have to wait until the competitors (3 series, C class, A4, etc) get a V8 in their REGULAR line up. so far, only their top sport model (//M, AMG, S) is getting V8s

we have a bigger chance seeing the GTR getting V8 then the regular G

 

i dont think so

Sukairain drives CB coupe

the katakana one drives a DG coupe

 

i think those are posted somewhere on this site already.... but i dont wanna dig it up

 

You are right! I did a search using "Cosworth" here and found threads that beat this to death.
Sorry, still new here, just thought to share article from the stash of old Japanese car magazines I got.

 

funny thing about that article is the fact there are so many people go wild about the way it looks when its only a test mule.

 

test mule or not
the next GTR is gonna look like a Skyline, which is gonna look like a G35

the early test mule of the GTR used a Stagea body.

 

Not feeling the idea for a G45. Bigger engines need bigger capacitiy. Meaning - a heavier G. The G35 as it stands could use a bit more weight loss, possibly using more aluminum skin (doors, trunk...an alum hood would be a nice addition too) like the M35/45, other than it's "just" aluminum hood.

anyhow, anyone know where I can find a CF trunk for the coupe?

 

The only G35 road test I can find is the Skyline 350GT-8 CVT- And even that's from 2002, before the upgrade. Not sure about the CVT tranny either.

I can't wait to see a test of the the 2005 versions of the Skyline- Motortrend claims to have tested an M35, check the test reports section, it does appear a bit quicker than the G-Could be gearing I suppose-

However, that's besides the point. A G45 would be pretty damn sweet. Merc does it, why not Infiniti- At least we can dream. Would be pretty cool in the next generation model.

 

I've wondered the same. If you run across a source please share . . . . even fg would be ok

 

For those of you who are wishing for an "asian" competitor to the AMG, BMW M-series, and Audi S/RS line, if it makes you feel any better Lexus is rumored to be working on a high-performance line of cars beginning around '07 or '08, and probably the first model is the LF-A concept (aka Toyota Supra successor) tho supposedly the Lexus engineers are internally split cuz it'll send the "wrong message" about the brand.