The Next Nissan GT-R

[CodeRedR51]

Yeah this is the last major update until the all new car.

 

[Robin]

From this....

To this....

The new interior is hideous IMO, looks like they raided a Nissan parts bin and crudely glued it all together, nothing looks like it's meant to be in there including those mismatched air vents and the gear knob is in the way of the race switches.

There is no cohesion across the whole interior, the previous one looked like it was all designed for the GTR from scratch and looked classy like some upmarket Lexus interior, this one looks terrible and dated. This is probably because they don't want to spend a ton of money revamping it properly as the all new car will come soon enough.

 

[Tornado]

"Classy like some upmarket Lexus"? The old HVAC system looked like it came out of an airport shuttle van.

 

[CodeRedR51]

The new interior is hideous IMO, looks like they raided a Nissan parts bin and crudely glued it all together...

Nothing in that interior is from another Nissan, I can assure you of that. The steering wheel however I believe may be from an Infiniti...

 

[Organ-Donor]

I still prefer the styling of the CBA ('09-11) and DBA ('12-16). I don't care for the tan interior, the steering wheel, the square center A/C vents look like they're from the 90's (yet the side vents are round?), the MFD (display screen) looks cheap, and stupid placement of the "R" performance switches tucked behind the gear knob. Overall the interior just doesn't flow imo. While the original interior on the GTR was more simple it all flowed together and looked like it was all designed at the same time. This new interior while trying to be more modern and refined still looks more confused, doesn't flow at all and there are some parts that just look very cheap. Also don't like how the paddle's are now attached to the steering wheel instead of the column.

As far as the exterior styling I like the previous years better. I dont like the added silver "V-motion" grille that's shared with Maxima's and Altima's, I know its for brand identity but the GTR is in its own league. Overall I don't really care for the changes, maybe in person it looks better, but still think the interior layout is sloppy.

 

[MCNAGTROC]

 

[mustafur]

can you get the interior in all black?

 

[Ken]

From this....

Interior sbots

I've never had the pleasure of being in a GT-R. From the looks of it, I wasn't missing much. Nor am I for not having the pleasure of being in the new one. Both look utterly drab. Not quite what I was expecting from the excitement of the exterior or the performance of the vehicles. I guess my hopes were that the luster of it would shine all the way through. I was comprehensively wrong.

 

[CodeRedR51]

can you get the interior in all black?

Yes. I'm sure the caramel color(?) is just optional, such as the camel color leather in the Maxima. Black should be standard affair.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

All black is still an option, along with "Ivory".

 

[MCNAGTROC]

http://www.gtrlife.com/forums/topic/180681-walk-around-of-2017-gtr-fresh-from-nyias/#entry2524177

 

[homeforsummer]

I know its for brand identity but the GTR is in its own league.

Nissan's argument is that it shouldn't be. Spoken to their design chief a few times and he wants there to be more cohesion through the range. Which also, incidentally, is why the IDx won't be made, misgivings about the market potential of a smaller, more affordable sports car apart. It just didn't look enough like a modern Nissan.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

I think the new interior is significantly better. Sorry for those who don't like it, but the contemporary trend is moving towards horizontal elements (thank god). The rectangular vents in the center and revised controls there are a big improvement over the very heavy looking center stack on the original car. They should (IMO) join everyone else and pop the screen out of the dash, but the GTR is a big, bulky car so maybe a bulky dash is ok.

 

[The87Dodge]

Did they make the GTR in that metallic orange color before the facelift? It is certainly a nice color for the GTR, though.

 

[JR98]

Did they make the GTR in that metallic orange color before the facelift? It is certainly a nice color for the GTR, though.

AFAIK that colour is only for this facelifted model.

 

[The87Dodge]

AFAIK that colour is only for this facelifted model.

Do you know the name of it?

 

[JR98]

Do you know the name of it?

I think it's called Blaze Metallic.

 

[MCNAGTROC]

I think the new interior is significantly better. Sorry for those who don't like it, but the contemporary trend is moving towards horizontal elements (thank god). The rectangular vents in the center and revised controls there are a big improvement over the very heavy looking center stack on the original car. They should (IMO) join everyone else and pop the screen out of the dash, but the GTR is a big, bulky car so maybe a bulky dash is ok.

fake vents but Mr Tamura told me to cut them out if you dont like that part of the car

 

[Organ-Donor]

fake vents but Mr Tamura told me to cut them out if you dont like that part of the car

I think he's talking about the center A/C vents not the vents on the bumper.

 

[MCNAGTROC]

I think he's talking about the center A/C vents not the vents on the bumper.

oh yea yea ok. so much talk about those damn things I had it on the brain. the interior ones looked pretty good even though they are lifted from the Maxima. the pagani propeller style dash vents im not sold on yet.

 

[MisterWaffles]

From this....

To this....

The new interior is hideous IMO, looks like they raided a Nissan parts bin and crudely glued it all together, nothing looks like it's meant to be in there including those mismatched air vents and the gear knob is in the way of the race switches.

There is no cohesion across the whole interior, the previous one looked like it was all designed for the GTR from scratch and looked classy like some upmarket Lexus interior, this one looks terrible and dated. This is probably because they don't want to spend a ton of money revamping it properly as the all new car will come soon enough.

IMO, comparing these two interiors for me makes the old one look like it came from a 2005 Ford F-150 now, that's plastic heaven compared to the new model.

 

[05XR8]

My impressions of riding in the '12 model, still etched in my memory. I could care less about the interior design. As long as it still corners like a cat on carpet, that's all that matters.

 

[mustafur]

The interior was basically the only thing stopping the Last GT-R from being a proper GT. This might change that.

 

[Frenzyhero]

edit

 

[MCNAGTROC]

http://www.gtrlife.com/forums/topic/181001-nissans-heritage-gtr-display-at-nyias/

 

[CodeRedR51]

 

[MCNAGTROC]

I recorded the entire takumi demosonstration here

http://www.gtrlife.com/forums/topic/180561-gtr-takumi-engine-assembly-demonstration-from-nyias/


really nice guys too

 

[GTboyz]

It looks less bloated now and i love it.

 

[05XR8]

http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf/story2/DF2D7368D8EF2A2FCA257F9A0003A849

NISSAN Australia is working on injecting more buzz and excitement into its brand, something the company’s CEO and managing director Richard Emery admits it has been lacking in recent years.

Notwithstanding the GT-R and 370Z in its range, Mr Emery said there was a disconnect between its high-performance sportscars and the core Nissan brand, which is struggling in terms of passenger car sales and has not had a sub-$50,000 sportscar since the 200SX disappeared more than a decade ago.

This will be addressed to some extent with the forthcoming Nismo performance sub-brand that will push some of its mainstream model lines – not just the GT-R and Z-car – to new heights, while its involvement in Australian V8 racing, although still to be confirmed beyond this season, is seen as a positive move for the Japanese brand – despite the Altima failing to fire on the sales charts.

Nissan is also planning a campaign around GT-R and 370Z, highlighting the company’s technical achievements and bringing the performance icons back into the fold, in a sense, rather than allowing them to sit as standalone nameplates.

“I said when I first got here the brand had become vanilla,” he told GoAuto in an exclusive interview. “We have been working on creating some personality.

“Yes, you can do that through physical cars, but if they are not available in the short term, you have got to take an attitude around the business that we want it to be seen as having a bit of personality and to add some colour.

“Our involvement in motorsport here in Australia is starting to show in our research that there is a bit more of an emotional connection, that Nissans are exciting to drive.

“Our ‘exciting to drive’ score two years ago was nowhere. But we have seen steady lifts on emotional connectors to the Nissan brand over the last couple of years. Motorsport is part of that.”

Nissan re-entered the V8 Supercar arena with Altima in 2013, marking the first time it had competed in Australian touring car racing since 1993, when rule changes outlawed its dominant all-wheel-drive ‘Godzilla’ Skyline GT-Rs.

Mr Emery said the current racing contract finishes up at the conclusion of the 2016 season, ahead of changes to the V8 Supercar regulations that opens the competition up to more body styles and engines, and added that Nissan was “in the process of deciding what the future plans will be”.

When asked whether Nissan will field cars in 2017 and, if so, would they stick with the Altima, Mr Emery said: “The Gen2 (Supercar) rules does give some flexibility. My gut feeling at the moment is that if we were to continue, I am not sure we would move too far away from the package that we have got now.”

Nissan announced late last year that Nismo would finally be launching here in 2016, although Mr Emery now concedes that the performance arm’s relatively small capacity compared with rival performance divisions means it could take some time to roll out.

“We certainly have our intention of launching Nismo in order to add that colour and personality to the brand. The intention is absolutely there and we will do it; it is all about the timing about getting access to the vehicles,” he said.

“Nismo is actually a pretty small part of Nissan in terms of its production capacity and everything else. It is not like an AMG or an M. It is quite a small little business and small volume capacity.

“In terms of which countries and when is all dependent on engineering and production capacity. And that is always ebbing and flowing. We haven’t been able to nail it yet. When we nail it we will obviously be able to confirm what we are doing and when we are doing it and which cars but we are not there yet. But we are going to do it.”

Mr Emery said there was a disconnect with some buyers between the Nissan brand and some of its more popular and iconic models, but added that the company was working to change that.

“The problem with GT-R is it is seen as being detached from Nissan. We need to bring GT-R and (370) Z and the cars that have those emotional connections to the public, and connect them back to the core brand that is Nissan,” he said.

“What I found when I got here was if you ask someone on the street, ‘What do you drive?’ They say, ‘I drive a Patrol’, ‘I drive an X-Trail, ‘I drive a GT-R’. If you ask someone else they say, ‘I drive a Mazda’.

“In the past we have tended to have stronger brand connections with Pulsar or Patrol than the word Nissan. We are trying to turn that around so that people say, ‘I drive a Nissan and it is a GT-R’. Not ‘I drive a GT-R. It happens to be a Nissan’. It sounds subtle but it is a big shift.

“We will be doing more with GT-R and Z, reminding people about our business and what we have achieved. We are 50 years in Australia this year so we will do some stories around that.”

So true here in Australia. I see plenty R32/R33/R34/R35, 300ZX turbos and Silvias from all year models, on the streets as daily drivers. A few 350 and 370Zs. Plenty of Patrols and X-Trails. Even, Pathfinders. The only passenger cars I see from smaller Nissans, are new and old Micras and old Pulsars. The newer big sedan models are so vanilla. I do see a few Jukes here and there but, Mazda have all that covered.

This may not be the forum for it but, Nissan need that iDX or something based on that platform. A hark back to the original 1980's rwd Bluebird/original rwd Maxima. They also need a small rwd sports car. Not in rivalling the MX-5 but, a proper low cost, yet, exciting rwd sports car.

Nissan in motorsport still has a great following here. I saw it from the time I got off the plain at Sydney. All through watching touring cars and even from Nissan car owners I know.

 

[CodeRedR51]

The newer big sedan models are so vanilla.

I assume you guys don't get the Maxima? The Altima can be plenty vanilla in 2.5L trim, but the 3.5L is a little more exciting. And you guys are a step ahead of the US with your turbo Sentra (Pulsar SSS?).