RE: Hulk to Frankenstein in one step

[fastka]

absolutely pointless exercise.

what will they do with the car once it is built?
it will attract a little bit of attention for about 5 minutes then fade away under a dust sheet in the back of their new premises.
i like the idea of a rival to the Bowler but then you wouldn't start with the bland Qashquai (sp?)

it's just not wild enough as a project and won't hold any mileage.

[NotNormal]

StottyZr said:

Remember they won't be leaving this standard power like the tuners did with the Juke GT-R.

Some tuners have already got their hands on Juke-R's

Hows this one for you at 1053whp - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9m2ouYOFho

[P-Jay]

Pfft, it's their money.

Seems a shame to cut up a new GTR though, couldn't they 'just' have bought the engine, ecu, drivetrain etc from Nissan? Kind of puts me in mind of those "will it blend?" YouTube videos.

[Hol]

Lucozade said:

What a waste of time and presumably a lot of money.

There are children starving in the world!

Yes, and now the UN will be able to get off road aid to them really quick!!



Im not saying its right or wrong, but.....
All tuning companies do this sort of thing to some degree, to show off their design and engineering skills to help you understand that they can do more than change a spark plug and stick some big alloys on your saxo.

Its advertising and as such comes straigh off the bottom line, before any tax is calculated.

[Alex]

Like a pencil with no lead.

Pointless.

[Bucketeer]

GTR'd 100nx, Sunny zx coupe, Mk1 Micra, Terrano, Maxima - yes please. This though is just a unimaginative variation on the Juke special.

[vrooom]

GTR is very dull. zzzzzzzzz

[StottyZr]

NotNormal said:

StottyZr said:

Remember they won't be leaving this standard power like the tuners did with the Juke GT-R.

Some tuners have already got their hands on Juke-R's

Hows this one for you at 1053whp - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9m2ouYOFho

[Miler]

Nice to see " Tuners " working on things like this whilst the real Tuners get on with proper GTR innovation

[eddiesheanon]

Nissan Figaro or 240Z would get tongues wagging alot more.

[fastka]

eddiesheanon said:

Nissan Figaro or 240Z would get tongues wagging alot more.

oh yes please!
old school coupe with modern running gear...that would be very nice!

[Skylinecrazy]

vrooom said:

GTR is very dull. zzzzzzzzz

When you've been in one driven at the limit, comment again.

They're not my cup of tea really, but they're an epic piece of machinery.

[PaulMoor]

Skylinecrazy said:

vrooom said:

GTR is very dull. zzzzzzzzz

When you've been in one driven at the limit, comment again.

They're not my cup of tea really, but they're an epic piece of machinery.

Ye, I'm sure thats massive fun, right up until the old bill catch you or you end up in ditch. I'd much rather have something that is fun to drive without risking my licence.

What they should have done is shoehorned it in to the back of a Pixo, Micra R style. Possibly lacking something in the drivability stakes, but if your going to do something stupid may as well be properly stupid.

[NomduJour]

PaulMoor said:

I'd much rather have something that is fun to drive without risking my licence

Get something like an A35 on cross plies then, because you can risk your licence trying to explore the limits of a diesel Fiesta.

[bga]

V8 FOU said:

Very, very strange. Very expensive. Very pointless.

Sounds like the right criteria for a project.
They have the money, they have the ability.

[acespizee]

NomduJour said:

Get something like an A35 on cross plies then, because you can risk your licence trying to explore the limits of a diesel Fiesta.

So true. When has fun and the law ever gone together ???

[Dreamspeed]

rob.e said:

PascalBuyens said:

Waste of a perfectly good GTR. That's all I can say...

+1

To create something new out of nothing/spare parts/written off donor; no problem at all with that.

To destroy a very good car to make some mongrel that is probably not going to be as good as either of the two cars you started with makes no sense.


"Because you can" is not a reason for doing everyting. stick pins in your eyes? well, you can.. but its not a good idea is it?

Yes, I agree. Doing this with a written off GT-R? Ok, I don't get it, but just for a laugh why not, but to cut up a perfectly good GT-R just doesn't make sense, I don't even get the "joke" in doing this.

Now if some one was to use the parts from a written off GT-R and put it in a Prius then I'd find that funny. You could go on your average talk show and say "I wanted to do my bit to save the planet so I bought a Prius, but I found it lacking in performance, so I shoe-horned in the engine from a GT-R and now it's fine!"

[TankRS]

i agree its pointless to cut a perfectly roadworthy GT-R.
it would make more sense to use a written off one as a donor.


then again they may be thinking ahead for when something happens to 'Hulk'. at least if they keep the body as a replacement it makes a little sense. cutting it all up then binning it is just showing off!

[Justices]

gofasterrosssco said:

With NoS (ok, Nas, but it was pretty good for those that know).

[RX7]

I love concepts like, if nothing else, they will have a laugh doing it and driving it. However, like a lot of others have said, its pointless, maybe show off your engineering excellence by putting it in a 350/370z where there might be a small audience who may consider having ir replicated. The Juke concept isnt bad, great marketing and sort of looks funky, but one of these, sorry, its above my levels of conception as to what possible rewards will be gained for the time and cost.