Nissan GTR sales news

[JZ]

Well, sad day indeed for me yesterday. I stopped by my local Nissan dealership to officially take my name off the wait list for the GTR

Before everyone starts, just let me say there were good reasons why I cannot get the new car *at this time*.

Anyways, the sales manager had some interesting info for me:

There will be only 200 GTRs sold in Canada over the next 5 years. Period.

They will be carried in 5 cities only: Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal and Toronto.

Do the math: 200/5yrs=40 cars per year/5 cities=8 GTRs sold per year per city!

Nissan requires all dealers offering the GTR to invest over $50K in tooling to service the cars plus a dedicated 350Z loaner.

If additional editions (ie. V spec) are available later, those cars will be added to the allotted cars above. That means there might be a few extra examples to be sold.

Price is not announced, but expect to pay $89-110K.

Rumours are Infiniti will get a version in 2 years, re-skinned but mechanically identical with more upscale interiors. It will be the new NSX/Lexus Supercar fighter.

Interesting....

[bignate]

Damn just when I thought I was gonna see these things popping up all over the place. Guess my odds of a test drive are pretty slim now.:-?

[RHD180]

Wow disappointing...That cars value is going to hold like a mother F**ker. It won't be under a hundred grand for at least a few years if its going to be that rare.

[Southie]

Its weird that you mention those cities. Because the dealership here is tellin anyone and everyone involved in the automotive society that they are getting 2

[spd-dmn]

http://news.windingroad.com/car-buying/want-a-nissan-gt-r-prepare-to-pay-up-to-60000-over-sticker/

[Terrh]

my local nissan dealer (windsor nissan) offered to take a $10k deposit on one from me...

[funkymonkey]

200? that's the number they make in japan in a month... from scratch. that can't be right...

are they making the LHD versions in the US or are they coming out of JP as well?

[Terrh]

I just called my local dealership, and spoke with the sales manager.

nissan is considering limiting it to 5 dealerships in canada overall, you'd have to take the car to one of those to get it serviced, windsor nissan is trying to get them here but probably won't be (it's the highest volume 350Z and G35 dealership in canada! who woulda thought...).

there will be 1200 in canada for the first year, unsure after that, she said if demand was really high they'd probably bring in more cars, she also said it would be 6000 cars for north america.

IMO, if you want one bad, call some nissan dealership in the US where there's a poor market for expensive japanese cars (i.e. detroit), find out if they're getting them, put down a deposit for the VERY FIRST ONE THEY GET, and get it over here before TC makes it impossible to get them here. And if you can't get it across legally, store it in the states somewhere, and sell it on ebay to get all or more of your money back.

[The Stig]

I'm seeing two very different sets of numbers here. And you both spoke to your respective sales managers? 1200 per year versus 200 over 5 years isn't just a rounding error.

[benjiolis]

500 for canada

I was just at the Nissan dealership at the Calgary auto mall for my Fairlady
and i asked the guy at the parts counter and he said 500 over five years and no you will not be able to import it in from the U.S. because it it's on the inadmissible list. Nissan is trying to stop grey market imports so they will be purposely changing subtle things so the U.S ones don't meet Canadian saftey specs. defiantly not the poor man's super car with only 500 over 5 years.

[Turismo]

someone i know had put a $10000 deposit for one and then was told the dealership couldn't support the maintenance of the car. it almost sounds like owning this car will mean more headaches than anything, well aside from all the driving enjoyment.

[-Jay-]

Brasso Nissan in Calgary have registered as an official GTR dealer, that I know is a fact.

[CanadianGTR]

So all of this info is coming from salesmen and parts counter workers?
I've dealt with parts managers who don't know a damn thing about the cars they have on the showroom floor, let alone something like the GTR.

Nobody has thought to call someone higher up the food-chain?

[Fubawu]

I think it is all hype, Nissan will do what ever it can to flog these cars into the
market. It happens all the time limited runs etc that turn into larger runs etc.
I think if you have $100k you will be able to get one!
John

[Turismo]

I think it is all hype, Nissan will do what ever it can to flog these cars into the
market. It happens all the time limited runs etc that turn into larger runs etc.
I think if you have $100k you will be able to get one!
John

buying one will be the easier part. getting it serviced will be another story. if you don't live near one of the select dealers i think you'll be SOL.