Last Wednesday pre-ordering started in the US for the much anticipated new Nissan GT-R sports car at almost 700 Nissan dealers across the country. The base GT-R will sell for just under USD 70,000 excluding destination and handling costs while the GT-R Premium model costs just under USD 72,000. First deliveries are expected to be made by June 2008.

The 480 hp sports car is powered by a twin-turbo 3.8 liter V6 engine and is coupled to a 6-speed dual clutch automatic transmission. Nissan has a list of GT-R Certified Nissan dealers on their website, these dealership are the only ones selling and maintaining the GT-R. Each one has a master technician, while service managers and technicians have received special training.

“A supercar as special as the new Nissan GT-R – and its owners – requires a truly exceptional level of care and handling,” said Al Castignetti, vice president and general manager, Nissan Division, Nissan North America, Inc. “These Certified GT-R dealers are making a substantial investment in their showrooms, service tools and technician training – helping ensure that the purchase and ownership of the new GT-R will be an exciting experience for our customers, every step of the way.”

 

A bargain supercar. Wait a while when the mark up disappears and we should all get one. I anticipate it will hold its used car value very well.

 

That picture makes it look too futuristic if you ask me, I got to saw the car a couple of months ago at the Kuwait automobile show and it looked terrific. If memory serves me right, we would expect to see the first batch of these cars arrive in Kuwait my mid may or as early as march.

 

and the markup is....?

 

997TT performance for half the price. they will sell a lot of these.

 

The markup is anywhere from $10k to as high as $50k over MSRP. They are only making 1,500 (although in an article DJ posted it said 2,500) so they won't be selling too many of them in the first year at least. I have a deposit down on (black/black) and I'm counting down the days till June.

I plan on taping it as it comes off the truck as if it were my first born child.

 

My neighbor is on the wait list for one but says he wont pay over MSRP! We'll see how that works out.

Edit: I just notice I've been demoted from Senior Member to Team Speed Member! What's up with that?

 

$30,000 here I believe . .

 

Funny, on eBay I noticed a guy from Knoxville (a dealership I believe) was auctioning off one of his pre-orders. It was up to around 90 - 95k i believe but he either canceled it or something happened. Do you know if it was the same dealer?

 

Yea, whats up with that, some of us actually have work to do instead of posting all day

Can I get a custom title instead DJ