The NIssan GTR dashboard

[speedmachine]

The Nissan GTR is a great looking car. But is it just me that thinks the dashboard seems like a bit of an after thought? It just looks like it has been wedged in with the corners sticking out and dull looking dials. I wonder why they didn't make it similar to that of a 350z which looks pretty stylish. I accept that the whole car is about function, and that even older GTRs were pretty bland inside but It doesn't seem like the dash board of a £60k car. I must ad though, that I've not actually seen the interior of a GTR in real life so maybe the pictures don't do it justice! This all just in my opinion of course!

[Mastodon2]

The Nissan 350Z is hardly a benchmark for great dashboards, the grey plastics are horrendous and it's hardly the most eye-catching design anyway. My neighbour used to have a 350Z and the lasting impression I got every time I saw the interior was "cheap and nasty", which is a shame because the car was good in many other ways.

The GTR interior is way ahead of the 350Z interior in just about every way.

[joe58]

To be fair isn't it the same with a lot of Japanese performance car dashboards. Most of the time is spent on performance, which is why people by them. The GTR dash is very higgaldepiggalidy with vents up here and then two vents down there for the passenger. Don't get me wrong I like then asymmetric dashboards of things like the Volvo's, but this doesn't quite cut it. But I suppose it's very purposeful.

[Beefmeister]

speedmachine said:

The Nissan GTR is a great looking car. But is it just me that thinks the dashboard seems like a bit of an after thought? It just looks like it has been wedged in with the corners sticking out and dull looking dials. I wonder why they didn't make it similar to that of a 350z which looks pretty stylish. I accept that the whole car is about function, and that even older GTRs were pretty bland inside but It doesn't seem like the dash board of a £60k car. I must ad though, that I've not actually seen the interior of a GTR in real life so maybe the pictures don't do it justice! This all just in my opinion of course!

I'm with you 100%. The switch panel area is awful - just a big expanse of hard black plastic. On the MY11 cars they have it in carbon fibre but it's still ugly as sin.

Real shame, as i know 2 x 997 Turbo owners who would have jumped to a GT-R had the interior been nicer.

[speedmachine]

I guess it's not just me then . I think that if I could ever afford one I'd still consider a used one purely based on what it's capable of, but as a brandnew car I think the interior would bug me a bit. The main two things that let it down for me are the central switch panel, and also the corners of the dash. Rather than flow nicely into the doors the stick out making it look as though it's dash that has been designed for a different car.