Wednesday 12th November 2008

GT-R Spec-V - Prices and Release Date

Hardcore GT-R could cost over £100K in Japan

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A release date and price has been set for the eagerly anticipated Nissan GT-R Spec-V. The car is a quicker version of the already giant-killing standard GT-R and is likely to get its first airing at the NISMO Festival at the Fuji Speedway on November 30. The actual release date for the car is now January 2009 and first deliveries in Japan will start the following month, according to gtrblog.com

It is understood that just ten units a month will be built of this variant. And now for the price. The standard GT-R will cost just north of £50,000 in the UK, but the initial price for the Spec-V in Japan is 15,000,000 Yen, or £101,000 in our English pounds. This has apparently risen 2,000,000 (£13,000) since the original prediction.

It is difficult to see just how good the car is going to be to warrant this huge premium (the GT-R is much cheaper in Japan than in the UK of course) but we are expecting big things. There are also rumours of a new Purple colour for the car and the addition of a carbon roof, while the rear seats will likely be removed.

Thanks [e-mail] for the tip-off...

[C5L]

Great car , but the price, WTF , its a Nissan i thought it was supposed to be cheap for the masses or lucky few !

t

[zagato]

"This has apparently risen 2,000,000 (£13,000) since the original prediction"


To cover the cost of another gearbox?

... coat

[Stu R]

C5L said:

Great car , but the price, WTF , its a Nissan i thought it was supposed to be cheap for the masses or lucky few !

t

like Corvettes you mean?

[CypherP]

Would be nice to see this in midnight purple, as with previous skylines. Find it hard to understand what the £50k would actually cover though..

[dpbird90]

Ooh, midnight purple GTR V Spec. That's almost enough to provoke a semi in any Nissan nut's trousers.

[Paul GTS]

Is it correct that a standard GTR costs around £30,000 in Japan?

So if this is going to cost over £100,000 then that means a UK price of £150,000 something!?

As much as I love the GTR I cant see how this can worth 3 times more. Will it have 800bhp or something?

Cant wait to see the technical specs for this.

Any more pictures?

[willcrookz]

i'd imagine this is going to be an immense car.

as said previously the new Corvette is £100k, with the previous ones being alot cheaper! hmm!

[dublet]

Paul GTS said:

Is it correct that a standard GTR costs around £30,000 in Japan?

So if this is going to cost over £100,000 then that means a UK price of £150,000 something!?

As much as I love the GTR I cant see how this can worth 3 times more. Will it have 800bhp or something?

Cant wait to see the technical specs for this.

Any more pictures?

Supposedly up to 300kg lighter and 100+ bhp more.

Autoblog said:

The GT-R Spec-V is expected to be packing another 100 hp through the use of a new exhaust, more boost and a retuned ECU. Carbon fiber will replace some of the body panels to reduce weight, while new wheels, upgraded brakes and suspension tweaks will round out the mods.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/11/nissan-gt-r-spec-v-release-confirmed-possible-unveiling-at-nism/

[johnaachen]

Paul GTS said:

Is it correct that a standard GTR costs around £30,000 in Japan?

So if this is going to cost over £100,000 then that means a UK price of £150,000 something!?

As much as I love the GTR I cant see how this can worth 3 times more. Will it have 800bhp or something?

Cant wait to see the technical specs for this.

Any more pictures?

Err...nope. It says the price of standard spec is £50k+ in UK and that V-Spec will be £101k in UK.
£50k more? (almost twice the price) Is that a record for the greatest price increase for a different model of the same car?! Price increase in terms of percentage of "base" spec rather than actual money increase.

HTH

[Essex Exile]

johnaachen said:

Paul GTS said:

Is it correct that a standard GTR costs around £30,000 in Japan?

So if this is going to cost over £100,000 then that means a UK price of £150,000 something!?

As much as I love the GTR I cant see how this can worth 3 times more. Will it have 800bhp or something?

Cant wait to see the technical specs for this.

Any more pictures?

Err...nope. It says the price of standard spec is £50k+ in UK and that V-Spec will be £101k in UK.
£50k more? (almost twice the price) Is that a record for the greatest price increase for a different model of the same car?! Price increase in terms of percentage of "base" spec rather than actual money increase.

HTH

Mercecdes S320 v S65?

[dublet]

Essex Exile said:

johnaachen said:

Is that a record for the greatest price increase for a different model of the same car?! Price increase in terms of percentage of "base" spec rather than actual money increase.

Mercecdes S320 v S65?

S 320 CDI Diesel – 2,987 cc, 6-cylinder, 235 hp 55,885.00
S 65 AMG L Petrol – 5,980 cc, 12-cylinder, 612 hp 149,055.00
S Class price list

[ScottL]

dublet said:

Supposedly up to 300kg lighter...

300 kilos is a hugh amount. Where did you read that figure?

[iggletiggle]

johnaachen said:

Paul GTS said:

Is it correct that a standard GTR costs around £30,000 in Japan?

So if this is going to cost over £100,000 then that means a UK price of £150,000 something!?

As much as I love the GTR I cant see how this can worth 3 times more. Will it have 800bhp or something?

Cant wait to see the technical specs for this.

Any more pictures?

Err...nope. It says the price of standard spec is £50k+ in UK and that V-Spec will be £101k in UK.
£50k more? (almost twice the price) Is that a record for the greatest price increase for a different model of the same car?! Price increase in terms of percentage of "base" spec rather than actual money increase.

HTH

Think the point was that in Japan you can get a GTR for = to £30k
the new vspec is a japan price of £101,000

therefore ACTUAL UK Price is worked out to be around £150k mark..

thats a lot of dollar for a GTR

[silly chap]

iggletiggle said:

johnaachen said:

Paul GTS said:

Is it correct that a standard GTR costs around £30,000 in Japan?

So if this is going to cost over £100,000 then that means a UK price of £150,000 something!?

As much as I love the GTR I cant see how this can worth 3 times more. Will it have 800bhp or something?

Cant wait to see the technical specs for this.

Any more pictures?

Err...nope. It says the price of standard spec is £50k+ in UK and that V-Spec will be £101k in UK.
£50k more? (almost twice the price) Is that a record for the greatest price increase for a different model of the same car?! Price increase in terms of percentage of "base" spec rather than actual money increase.

HTH

Think the point was that in Japan you can get a GTR for = to £30k
the new vspec is a japan price of £101,000

therefore ACTUAL UK Price is worked out to be around £150k mark..

thats a lot of dollar for a GTR

the std GTR is 7.7 million yen in Japan.

GTR blog mentioned also that Nissan may enter the R35 in le mans.

that of course will mean Nissan homologating a further model to be called the GTR LM which japanese media speculation suggests will be produced to a capacity of 300 units with power closer to 600 ps.

Nissan plan on producing a handful of race cars to compete in the GT1 category to be sold to private teams for about 50 to 60 million yen each with all the modifications.

to homologate that car a road model is to be produced that will be faster than the V SPEC naturally but with production severely limited so it will probably only fall into the lucky hands of some diehard GTR collectors.

[TheForceV4]

dublet said:

Supposedly up to 300kg lighter and 100+ bhp more.

"The prototype Nissan GT-R V-Spec, wearing the "Victory Specification" designation reserved for the ultra high-performance Nissan GT-R, has been caught lapping the famed Nürburgring at an incredible, if not simply unbelievable, 7:25 per lap. This, according to bystanders trackside. (For comparison, Walter Röhrl lapped the Ring in 7:28 while driving a Porsche Carrera GT in 2004.)

In contrast to the standard Nissan GT-R, that made the run around the 'Ring in 7:38, the GT-R V-Spec has a new front splitter, modified rear spoiler, and different wheels. A more extensive use of carbon fiber has reportedly reduced the weight by upwards of 330 pounds. Of course, Nissan engineers also tweaked the twin-turbo powerplant for another 70 horses... or so."

300pounds is more believable.

[dublet]

TheForceV4 said:

300pounds is more believable.

300 pounds is up to 300kg.

[TheForceV4]

dublet said:

TheForceV4 said:

300pounds is more believable.

300 pounds is up to 300kg.

erm....I feel stupid.


I'll get my coat.

[White-Noise]

Essex Exile said:

johnaachen said:

Paul GTS said:

Is it correct that a standard GTR costs around £30,000 in Japan?

So if this is going to cost over £100,000 then that means a UK price of £150,000 something!?

As much as I love the GTR I cant see how this can worth 3 times more. Will it have 800bhp or something?

Cant wait to see the technical specs for this.

Any more pictures?

Err...nope. It says the price of standard spec is £50k+ in UK and that V-Spec will be £101k in UK.
£50k more? (almost twice the price) Is that a record for the greatest price increase for a different model of the same car?! Price increase in terms of percentage of "base" spec rather than actual money increase.

HTH

Mercecdes S320 v S65?

Veyron with or without roof

[zebedee]

I don't understand V spec cars? On Gran Turismo, which is as close to a Skyline as i have ever got, the V-specs are no quicker, often slower in fact, than their equivalent model skylines (I know because I have all the cars and it is something I noticed). Is the GTR a big departure and v-spec just used to mean mildly different to the usual model?

[Streetrod]

zebedee said:

I don't understand V spec cars? On Gran Turismo, which is as close to a Skyline as i have ever got, the V-specs are no quicker, often slower in fact, than their equivalent model skylines (I know because I have all the cars and it is something I noticed). Is the GTR a big departure and v-spec just used to mean mildly different to the usual model?

With current standard GT-R's being dynoed at up to 540HP, what can we expect from the new V-spec, and will Nissan give us a real figure this time. The current offical 470HP number has be proven to way short on a number of occasions so far