By Andrew Dederer
October 14, 2008 -
“Since around the beginning of this month, Nissan has stopped taking orders for the GT-R; the production line has been stopped. Various car magazines have suggested that the halt is tied to a price increase, a reaction to the economic crisis and the increased cost of North American production. On the other hand, Chief Vehicle Engineer Mizuno said that the GT-R would evolve; it’s been just about a year since the GT-R was first offered for sale. Nissan may be proceeding with an in-year specification change. In other words, the rumored line-stop is actually a planned line re-tooling. In any event, Nissan will not say when produciton will resume or when they’ll re-open the GT-R’s order books.”
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October 14th, 2008 at 11:09 am
The GT-R will soon replace the Volt as the most over-hyped car ever made. It seems the source of the hype (GM is the leader for the Volt singing praises for a car that’s still 2 years out … and likely longer). Nissan has kept it’s press coverage low on the GT-R but the media and fans are carrying that torch.
In fact I’m so tired of reading about supercars b/c there are too many now to really keep track of - all these boutique tuners, garage shops, spy photos, teasers, etc. have kinda ruined the expectation and anticipation of these cars.
October 14th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Maybe Mizuno should make sure the tranmission evolves to something less fragile.
October 14th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Maybe they stopped the production line to add in capabilites to put a 6 speed in…? One can only hope.
October 14th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
whew, that is a punctuational and grammatical mess.
“Cleanup in Aisle 6!”
October 14th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
seoultrain :
All clean!
October 14th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
No mass production achieved? Ummm that ALONE doesn’t stops a line.
Quality issues? Trannys as pointed above?
And I know this is cheating, but I’ll quote myself, from the first article
This car is generating just too much blah blah blah…
October 14th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I thought the pic was of my smooth-top electric range; I’d never noticed the resemblance before now.
That’s all I’ve got.
October 14th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
This is the first supercar that I have actually wanted and considered that it would be possible to buy. $75k is not unacheivable in an era where a Maxima costs $40k and a loaded 3-series can push $50k.
October 14th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Somebody that speaks Japanese to the rescue!
October 14th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I read on another blog that only Japanese dealers have stopped taking orders, suggesting a change to home-market cars. Is that still the case?
October 15th, 2008 at 12:03 am
That’s a cool tail light. Isn’t that what this article is about?