Got to play with one tonight and its great fun. Lots of grip, lots of power and non UK plates ... Police looked puzzeled to hell at me

3.5l V6 Skline 350GT. 2004 which has been shipped into the EU from Japan. Still has the Jap satnav disk in. Its been brought over by the company that my dad works for and fitted some gismos to test that should feature in the 2006 models.

Though not allowed to say what they are.

Here some piccys though.







Only able to play with it tonight and its fantastic fun, its going to the EU for more testing next week but should be back soon for me to play with again

Side Note ~ the black boxes are what you are not allowed to see !

aww.. what happened to the old skyline i know and love?... oh well, i guess its a worthy replacement

well anyways your a lucky ****** lol

looks awesome, we'll never see them in the states.

thats a G35 Coupe here in Canada.

I really like that car.

actually psybapunk.... they're coming out in 2007. Infinity GTR is what its being called.

It's been in the states for quite some time now (it's completely different from a Skyline GT-R).

LINK

i like the old one better, looks like a G35.

btw. can someone explain me why Nissan dosent sell skyline's in the U.S.?

They sell that as the G35 here in the states. I'd put my money down on a 2005 GTO though. Faster, has a lot more power and has a nicer interior

It's already here as the Infinity G35 as has been previously mentioned in this thread. Personally, I do like it, but have to admit the style and design of the GT-R34 and the previous versions (R32 & R33) are sorely missed. I think a lot of what sets apart a Skyline has been lost in the redesign. I'd still buy one if my budget would allow, but would make it into more of a racing inspired/style vehicle.

If some folks aren't aware, but there is no Lexus in Japan. They are all Toyotas. The same thing applies to Infiniti which are all Nissans in Japan and other parts of the world.I get such a laugh because I work in the insurance industry (auto adjuster). People 's perception of a vehicle can greatly differ just because of the brand name attached to it. To me, I really like and would love to have a Lexus IS300, but have a problem paying $15000 for one that has over a hundred thousand miles on it. Retail price for a new one is currently beyond my means.

*If you are wondering, I own a 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege. Also, no biases here because I'm half-Japanese and have lived there. I left Japan after living there for ten years right when the GT-R line was being resurrected in the form of the GT-R32 in 1990. Also, there are other versions of the Skyline besides the GT-R which is the top model.

Excuse me for a getting a bit off-topic!

i hate you so much right now

i wills second the last post
u will be on my haint listin until u give that car to me!!!

Nice car dude, wish i had one

Actually the G35 ISNT a skyline. its the same basic chassie but so many things are different. the reason they dont sell R32s and R33s is because it doesnt pass so many standards in the US. I guess it would cost too much to make it street worthy here. or something. but from my research the G35 is not a skyline. just looks like it.

you gotta take pics in the morning to see it properly

but thats a sweet ride

ok....

Skyline 350GT = Infiniti G35

And yes, it is the exact same thing. They just use RHD over there and they have more options/accessories. Same chassis, body, VQ35DE engine, etc. etc.

And Skyline doesn't always mean GT-R. GT-R is the highest Skyline trim level with the most power. There is also a 2-wheel drive R32/33/34, a non turbo, single turbo - as in GT, GTST, GTT...and some other trim levels I don't remember.

Just because it isn't a GTR doesn't mean it's not a Skyline.


Nissan will sell GTR's in the US when it comes out in 2007. It will come out as a Nissan and not a Infiniti, or so I've heard. There isn't much info out there about this car yet. I think it'll be shown at the Tokyo Auto Salon next year

nice ride

So your testing out some stuff that will be likely included in the GTR???




Hmmm... is that an A-pillar boost guage?

Would be nice if they would come up with a TT AWD ~ 380-400 hp/tq with a 6spd manual. That would be an amazing car. Especially if they could make it under 35K. Though that probably wouldn't happen.

How about an underhood pic?

I don't see a boost gauge....

Greddty TT kit would get it up to 400HP at the crank for around $6000-$7000 + install. You could do a custom turbo kit for around the same as the turbo/supercharger kits for the VQ that would make 400+ WHP though

Looks like an Infiniti G35 Coupe. I like the 07 Skyline concept. I hope they keep the design.

I was talking under the black box.

Also I know about aftermarket stuff but your not going to have a warranty by the time you add the Greddy.

that is a nice looking car. I wouldn't have guessed it was a G35

Looks like an Infiniti G35c because it is



True. Gotta pay to play. But, you can get the Vortec Super Charger for around the same price. A little less power and needs a new hood (I don't really like), but they give you a 2 year warranty I think

Looks just like it.

inifiniti g35:



nissan 350z and roadster:



if they brand a 2007 skyline as nissan.. what would happen to the 350z? im for sure they will have the same platform... g35, 350z, share the same paltform.

I don't think the GT-R is sharing the same platform, not sure. Either way, it'll be around $70,000, more than 2x the price of a Z or G.

rememeber the nissan skyline gt-r concept in 2000? ya turned out to be the rebranded (in NA) inifinti g35. so im assuming... if the platform changes for the skyline, it will aswell for the 350 and the g35. if anything the gt-r will have over the g and the z an engine upgrade, suspension and tire upgrade. but the chassis will be the same. and thats all.

edit: sorry was 2001 when the concept was revealed at the tokyo auto show.

Beautiful pictures. I'm drooling!

that looks like a piece of brick thats been polished and painted with the color of steel..

lol ya..... sorta... u never know it could of been clay. but that brick is what you see nwo as the g35 and its cousin the 350z.

That was the 2001 GT-R concept car. But they're not going with that look

What a nice ride...guess that you must've been extremely happy owning it

Thats a nice car....would love to own a skyline

ITS A FRICKAN GIRLS CAR OMFG. Ugliest car ever.

??? You obviously know nothing about cars. A miata is a girls car. A new eclipse is a girls car. A G35 is definately not a girls car. Though there is nothing wrong with a girl owning one. Especially a manual. lol

There aren't many cars in this price range that handle and have the power of these.

Well it was fun as hell to drive and play with. I was a very happy while driving it. If they do make a gtr on this platform it will be a awsome car.

... well theres a chance its on its way back so might get to play with it again. Ill grab some videos if it does.

Miatas aren't girl cars either. Yes they look a bit that way, but they are track monsters. GSX is pretty fast also, don't like the new eclipses though.

a girls car? really? i bet u call the 99-04 mustang GT's a mans car though right? then explain why this "girls car" can run the same times, have a killer awd system and give you a much more refined interior at the same time?

Girls car my as you want to see a girls car go look at anyone that has an auto in a v8

It looks like a melded g35 with a cts or sts

Miatas are unless they're around cones. (Or its been souped up) I've seen some single turbo setups that were pretty wicked for that little car.

The new Eclipses are pretty messed up compared to the DSM ones, imo.

I guess mainly because there is no turbo option.

what i don't like in america, they got all ths stupid **** of renaming the same cars to make more out of people, lexus and infinity ..all bullsheeat, just make it Nissan and Toyota okay!!

Well the models aren't exactly the same. Some are very close but you get luxuary features in the more expensive name. And there are platforms on one that aren't on the other. Sure the camry shares a structure with a Lexus but there are differences in the build. They have done this, imo, to create brand recognition.

But hey apparently the 'rest of the world' knows exactly what they are doing.

uhh what are you talking about.... most of the world dont use the luxury spinoffs like northamerica does ie infiniti, acura, lexus.

for example... acura tsx.. (north america) its the accord everywhere else in the world.. and no they are not different. an this nissan skyline 350. its a g35 in NA and its the samething. so i dunno where you coming from. the point of the other poster was that they shoudl elimiate the spinoff names and keep to the parent company.

I don't think that the g35 is worthy of the skyline name...

should have kept the old style...

I know the G35 is not exactly the same as a 350Z. Same platform, engine, transmisison, so on. The differences are the available options and the interior. They are pretty much different cars that are mechanically the same. I don't know about the non-NA ones though. Is there a 2 seater skyline? The 350Z is a two seater.

These spinnoff names are given to the more luxuary featured cars. True some are almost exactly the same but not all. I don't know what the original idea was but I think it is a marketing thing. They have given these cars different names and provided some extra features, cushier interior and so on and used the name recognition to distinguish from their counterpart. Plus imo it is nice in the case of the z/g to have the same great platform with two choices in style.

Also often you will get better service at the dealership of an Acura, Infiniti, lexus than of a Honda, Nissan, Toyota.

no , yo udidnt get what i said. the infiniti G35 is the same as the Nissan Skyline. which shares the same paltform with the 350. we (north america) use infiniti, as well as acura, lexus etc.... whereas the rest of the world doesnt. they stick to 1 name from the company. anohter example is the lexus 300/350 (to us nother americans) which is a toyota 300/350 to the rest of the world. and yes they are the EXACT same. again the whole point of what the other guys meant. us north americans (screw the marketing) and just stick to the parent companies name.

btw, sorry if i sounded like an ass in the ealrier post. heh

<------------------- Nissan 240sx !!!!! you like it ??

Wow, it is ugly.

actually here the Accord is the Accord and the tsx is the tsx and we have the infinitis and the lexus too

OK I gotcha. I had known about this kind of thing from the NSX. Here it's Acura NSX and over seas it's Honda NSX. I misunderstood and thought they were saying our Toyota and Lexus were exactly the same.

So in one case they have a Toyota ES300 instead of Camry? Or do they have both with the 300 being more luxurious?

So that look follows through to all Skylines?

Yeah, the G35 (basic Skyline), is nothing special here.. see them all the time.

The GTR is supposed to be really something though!!