How Long Can Nissan Market The Ancient GT-R As A Value Super Car?

The Nissan GT-R debuted in 2007 as a giant slayer. It packed crazy horsepower, was faster around the infamous Nürburgring race track than Porsches and Lamborghinis alike and set a new standard for value in the performance car world.

Since then, the competition has come a long way. Porsche, Chevy, Mercedes and others have continued pushing the boundaries of what sports cars can do. The GT-R, meanwhile, has yet to receive a ground-up redesign. It’s still wickedly fast and a good value, but it’s not the leader it once was.

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countguy - 12/23/2019 2:33:03 PM

+8 Boost

Should have been redesigned ages ago along with the Z.

Car4life1 - 12/23/2019 2:38:02 PM

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Nissan has bigger fish to fry AKA redoing the entire Infiniti brand and their own plummeting lineup

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 12/23/2019 2:53:44 PM

-1 Boost

Nothing another 150hp could not fix.

Truthy - 12/23/2019 4:17:51 PM

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Until 2017. Agree with the comment above that Nissan has other priorities.

MDarringer - 12/23/2019 4:35:07 PM

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A "value" supercar? The price tag along makes it NOT a value. It's $114K for the base model and $210K for the Nismo. There is no value in this crap storm.

The GTR needs to be repositioned to a $50K base / $75K loaded machine.

ricks0me - 12/23/2019 5:45:28 PM

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Agree with Matt $50K base / $75K loaded machine

skytop - 12/23/2019 9:34:29 PM

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The GTR is so far behind the times it actually looking like an old classic muscle car from the 1970's.

iamdabest1 - 12/23/2019 11:11:47 PM

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The GTR is still an amazing vehicle but the current pricing i think is outrageous! this crap back in 2008 was like 75k, now its more like 100k !
I think id rather have a corvette or a slower base porsche 911 any day over this nissan at this price point.

supermoto - 12/24/2019 5:54:37 PM

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It was a commercial failure when it was introduced and is an even bigger failure now. I see every model of car every day in LA and never see GTRs. I see more Koenigseggs than GTRs.

MDarringer - 12/24/2019 10:54:29 PM

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Nissan here is your plan...

Create an RWD sport platform.

Then:

240Z / 2.4T / Mustang Ecoboost price.
370Z / 3.7 V6 / 15% more
560Z / 5.6 V8 / $40K

The GTR could then be an LWB 370Z with AWD, twin turbos and bespoke styling for $50K
Add some form of hybridization to it as the Nismo and put it out at $75K

But the Chrome "U" must not appear.