Infinit or Nissan for GT-R_debate
12-16-2006 | 12:57 AM
#41
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How about Datsun?
I know I'm late to this thread, but I'm having a hard time understanding why anyone cares.
Nissan's greatest car, with impact far beyond its sports car target market, was a Datsun, for cry'n out loud!
My point here (even though this thread is probably moot with the announcement that the GT-R will be a Nissan) is that the mark does not matter, it is the car that matters.
Does ANYONEe really care that the Ford GT is a Ford, not a Lincoln? Or that a Corvette is purchased at a Chevy dealer? No, which is why Cadillac XLRs are not selling.
As a member of the over-50 set, with enough disposable income to buy a GT-R (I think....), I do not know anyone in my crowd so feeble minded that they care more about the badge than the car.
Besides, if there really is a market for an "Infinity GT-R", then likely they will get a version a year or two after the Nissan launch with "rich Corinthian Leather", an extra 300 pounds of sound deading, and a $10,000 price premium, for those fools who care more for the badge than the car.
I like Datsun, myself!
Repeat after me: "the 2008 Datsun GT-R" Kinda has a nice ring to it, don't you think?
--Leftcoastjayhawk
Nissan's greatest car, with impact far beyond its sports car target market, was a Datsun, for cry'n out loud!
My point here (even though this thread is probably moot with the announcement that the GT-R will be a Nissan) is that the mark does not matter, it is the car that matters.
Does ANYONEe really care that the Ford GT is a Ford, not a Lincoln? Or that a Corvette is purchased at a Chevy dealer? No, which is why Cadillac XLRs are not selling.
As a member of the over-50 set, with enough disposable income to buy a GT-R (I think....), I do not know anyone in my crowd so feeble minded that they care more about the badge than the car.
Besides, if there really is a market for an "Infinity GT-R", then likely they will get a version a year or two after the Nissan launch with "rich Corinthian Leather", an extra 300 pounds of sound deading, and a $10,000 price premium, for those fools who care more for the badge than the car.
I like Datsun, myself!
Repeat after me: "the 2008 Datsun GT-R" Kinda has a nice ring to it, don't you think?
--Leftcoastjayhawk
12-16-2006 | 01:28 AM
#42
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Originally Posted by leftcoastjayhawk
I know I'm late to this thread, but I'm having a hard time understanding why anyone cares.
Nissan's greatest car, with impact far beyond its sports car target market, was a Datsun, for cry'n out loud!
My point here (even though this thread is probably moot with the announcement that the GT-R will be a Nissan) is that the mark does not matter, it is the car that matters.
Does ANYONEe really care that the Ford GT is a Ford, not a Lincoln? Or that a Corvette is purchased at a Chevy dealer? No, which is why Cadillac XLRs are not selling.
As a member of the over-50 set, with enough disposable income to buy a GT-R (I think....), I do not know anyone in my crowd so feeble minded that they care more about the badge than the car.
Besides, if there really is a market for an "Infinity GT-R", then likely they will get a version a year or two after the Nissan launch with "rich Corinthian Leather", an extra 300 pounds of sound deading, and a $10,000 price premium, for those fools who care more for the badge than the car.
I like Datsun, myself!
Repeat after me: "the 2008 Datsun GT-R" Kinda has a nice ring to it, don't you think?
--Leftcoastjayhawk
Repeat after me: "the 2008 Datsun GT-R" Kinda has a nice ring to it, don't you think?
--Leftcoastjayhawk
a reply to this post will be extremely amusing
03-02-2007 | 06:38 PM
#44
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Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 59
http://www.leftlanenews.com/will-nis...after-all.html
I cannot start a new thread, but someone post this as a new thread.... RUMORS that the GTR may actually be an INFINITI after ALL!!!!
-Shahul
I cannot start a new thread, but someone post this as a new thread.... RUMORS that the GTR may actually be an INFINITI after ALL!!!!
-Shahul
