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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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Witnessed an M55 today!

I'm helping park cars at church this morning and a guy pulled up in a nice looking M with aero package and 19" sport wheels, but something looked a little different - sat a little lower and aero kit had a bit more aggressvie look. I went around back and I read M55 - the 55 looked strange compared to the normal 35 or 45

I asked the guy "what's a 55?" - a euro spec supercharged 5.5L V8 - said his company was a euro importer of goods and his company sent one car to the U.S. - said it was a pain to service and it was a 2006 model. Car was DG with the baseball stitch interior -

Has anyone seen another one of these cars????? I did a search on this site and did not come up with anything.
 
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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 06:17 PM
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if the "55" looked strange he probably re-badged it. i've never heard of a factory supercharged M.

was it LHD?
 
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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 06:22 PM
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i'm thinking possibly a VK56DE engine with an aftermarket supercharger
as far as i'm aware, neither the USDM m45/ JDM nissan Fuga nor the euro-spec car have supercharged V8s
I'm interested to know, tho
 
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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 08:14 PM
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in talking to him I got the impression he was tired of the car and ready for something newer than a '06 - I left him my business card and asked him if he would call me first if he decided to sell it. I'm sure I will see him again and if I do I will see about snaping a shot of the engine.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 04:59 PM
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Maybe he was dreaming that his car had "a euro spec supercharged 5.5L V8" from the Mercedes E55. Did the "55" emblem look like this?
 
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 05:07 PM
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Should have looked under the hood
 
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 05:38 PM
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ditto.

iphone pics or
 
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 06:18 PM
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omfg i saw a 350GT today! srsly! a JDM car in US?!?!?! how did he put the steering wheel back to the left side?!
 
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 06:53 PM
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hahaha you people are so gullible.

note to self: slap on a G55 badge and SKYLINE GTR badge when selling the car, probably get an extra $5000
 
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Old Jul 7, 2009 | 02:06 AM
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Yes. Euro spec when the car isn't even sold in Europe. You'd have to be an idiot to rebadge your car as such in the first place (I have a picture of someone who did it on a black M here in Hawaii) but you'd have to be an even bigger dumbass to believe him when we're talking about a Japanese car that's assembled in Japan. Euro spec? How can you not smell the BS all over that one right off the bat?
 
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Old Jul 7, 2009 | 02:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Law to the Rence
hahaha you people are so gullible.

note to self: slap on a G55 badge and SKYLINE GTR badge when selling the car, probably get an extra $5000
https://g35driver.com/forums/g-spot/296141-skyline.html
 
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Old Jul 7, 2009 | 05:27 AM
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^ yupppp!
 
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Old Jul 7, 2009 | 07:06 AM
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Here is a Honda M3

 
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^lol

he was BSing you bro
 
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Old Jul 7, 2009 | 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Law to the Rence
hahaha you people are so gullible.

note to self: slap on a G55 badge and SKYLINE GTR badge when selling the car, probably get an extra $5000
not to mention the 55whp to the front wheels.
 
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