RE: Bayside Blue is back for 2020 GT-R

[Gecko1978]

DSC OFF said:

davidcharles said:

thinking about it, this came out in 2007....is there any other car on sale today that hasn't had a new model since 2007?

the recently replaced V8 Vantage would have had a longer production run

its a touch call on the GT-R, on paper only the 911 turbo from its rivals has pulled away

has the 911 turbo pulled away these things are very fast with circa 600bhp and I believe a 0 to 60.of sub 3 seconds is possible. it's an old design and even when new a drab interior but it's not a slow car

[LuS1fer]

While that sort of blue is a favourite hue on many of my cars, the fact remains that this generation of GTR is an ungainly and ugly hulk of a car.

I have seen them in white and wondered who on earth would not at least mitigate the looks with a decent colour.

[cheddar]

These seem ancient to me, who's buying them new for £80K ?

[ZX10R NIN]

The Bayside blue really works on the R35.

[Colonel D]

millenium jade and midnight purple are far nicer than bayside blue IMO, and I'm not sure I like it on this, could be just the photos and the stripe but the colour looks much better on the R34

[RB5_245]

cheddar said:

These seem ancient to me, who's buying them new for £80K ?

Amazing to drive, great residuals and nothing comes even close to the performance in that price bracket. What are the alternatives? A basic 911, an F-type. Maybe a C63S?

When you look at ownership costs over a couple of years it's still a viable car. It maybe looks worse from a distance when every comparison is vs a 911 turbo S/McLaren/R8 all at near double the price. From an enthusiasts standpoint there's still nothing to touch it in that price bracket.

[markclow]

I parked mine next to a Civic Type R the other day and my GTR looked very understated in comparison.

I liked mine a whole lot more when I got rid of the runflats and put 4S's on.

The worst thing about the car (the ride) went from shockingly bad to 'not too bad'...

[donteatpeople]

PZR said:

donteatpeople said:

I saw that white stripe and immediately thought of the Corvette Grand Sport.

Whoosh:

I recognise the livery from Gran Turismo but that car never even entered my mind. I'm not even a big fan of the Corvette but all I see is:



The mixed references doesn't really work for me. Shame, the white with red could have been a good look.

[alexabsolute]

Millennium jade was my go-to skyline colour as a kid, only Nissan I've seen it on for years has been a Micra, and it still somehow worked

[FIREBIRDC9]

Hell yes!

[C.MW]

10 years after debut it's still up there in the hypercar territory performance-wise, and Porsche has only caught up to it recently with its limited production 918 and latest RS models. What a legend it is. Just imagine what it would have done had Nissan come up with an all new model.

Edited by C.MW on Thursday 18th April 08:30

[samoht]

matrignano said:

they should have brought back midnight purple!

They did a very limited edition one, five years ago:
https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/news/a5069/g...

Better view here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZCP-zWbbLI

I think the purple looks good, but I'm quite a fan of how the Bayside Blue makes the car look less bulky. (As said, hopefully the R36 can actually be less bulky)

[epom]

The wheels are really nice on the Nismo.

[redroadster]

It would make more sense at £60 grand they have had development costs back I'm sure the market would be huge at this level ?

[WCZ]

“50th anniversary-themed finance campaign"

????

[C.MW]

Looks magnificent in that blue. Like others said above, it would look gorgeous in the midnight purple/opal hue that was available with the past generation cars as well as the current one back in 2012 if I remember correctly. This and the Porsche 911 are two of the very few machines there have ever been that get my pulses racing every time I read about, spot on the street or get behind the wheel of.

[David87]

So what are the monthlies on the GT-R PCP? Asking for a friend.

[Nors]

dgmx5 said:

If I was lucky enough to be able to afford a Bayside Blue 50th Anniversary car, I would not want the white paintwork/decals on the bonnet, roof and boot.

First post and the first thing that popped into my head when I looked at the pictures!

Didn't they do these kind of things on Morris Marina's & Triumph TR7's?

Very outdated looking now and didn't look that good to my eyes when it was new.

[C7 JFW]

cheddar said:

These seem ancient to me, who's buying them new for £80K ?

Probably all of the people who couldn't afford it 11 years ago who now can.

You forget these cars are absolutely iconic to those who are into them.

Would I buy a 911 @ £80k or a GT-R? Please, GT-R is the connoisseur's choice. I would forever regret buying a Porsche in comparison to a GT-R.

Do I look at used ones? Yes.

[WCZ]

C7 JFW said:

Probably all of the people who couldn't afford it 11 years ago who now can.

You forget these cars are absolutely iconic to those who are into them.

Would I buy a 911 @ £80k or a GT-R? Please, GT-R is the connoisseur's choice. I would forever regret buying a Porsche in comparison to a GT-R.

Do I look at used ones? Yes.

you can't buy a 911 for £80k, the cheapest new one with a few options is closer to £100k