Dear Nissan, your new chosen naming scheme sucks !

[JD74]

The R35 GT-R designation makes NO sense......

This is actually a topic that has really been bothering me, especially as of late, considering everyone's confusion about what to call the new GT-R (R35 ? R36 ? etc....it's different everywhere you look).

I think that Nissan should have stayed, or kept the naming scheme within the 'Family' as they have done with other GT-R's of the recent past (pertaining specifically to R32, R33, R34) and not simply 'picked up' where they 'left off'.

The relationship of the "V" (or "G" for us NA Infiniti buyers) designation to the "GT-R" designation has been all but lost from what I can tell.

Does anyone here agree that this (the new GT-R) should have been given atleast the R36 designation ? or even the R37 designation ?

As I said, most will report it as an R35, which is a complete travesty if you ask me, because it is NOT even close to being in the same family as it's "V35" counterparts.

Not every "R" year had a GT-R (as in R30, there was NO GT-R) and to prove this, there were NOT 31 or R30 GT-R cars/families/models prior to the release of the R32 GT-R in 1989.

Why not just let the public accept the fact that there were NO GT-R's in the x35 and x36 model releases (x=variant between V + G, depending on which side of the 'pond' you are on)

The Skyline has lived on after the discontinuation of the R34 GT-R, although only released as a 2WD model in the "35" and "36" model years.

They have completely jumped ship on the naming scheme.

If this new naming designation were to be true (R35 GT-R follows previous R34 GT-R), as they are making it now....the R32 GT-R SHOULD have been called the R3 GT-R, since there were only 2 real GT-R's before it (beginning-in-1969 2000 GT-R and the beginning-in-1972 2000 GT-R).

The numbering scheme has always been applied to the Skyline Family/Body and NOT the trim specific. The "R" has far less meaning than the actuall number (32, 33, 34).

In a perfect World, here is how it should have been done: (not specific, just enough to give you a rough idea)
R30 - blah, blah, blah - NO GT-R Available
R31 - blah, blah, blah - NO GT-R Available
R32 1989-1992 - GTS, GT-R (etc, etc, etc) (R32 GT-R 1989-1994)
R33 1993-1997 - GTS, GT-R (etc, etc, etc) (R33 GT-R 1995-1999)
R34 1998-2002 - GTS, GT-R (etc, etc, etc) (R34 GT-R 1999-2002)
V35 2001-2005 - All 2WD Models, NO GT-R Available
V36 2006-Current - All 2WD Models, GT-R Available 2009
x37 xxxx-xxxx -

So in short, AT BEST, the new GT-R should have been designated the R36, or even the R37 (if it is to be considered part of the Skyline Lineage), depending on the other cars in it's family.

If a new family of Skylines are to be released in 2009, then it's quite simple. The new GT-R should be the R37.

If in 2009 the V36 Skyline Family is still being produced and current, the new GT-R should be designated an R36.

The new GT-R has nothing in common with the V or G 35 Skyline Cars.

.....NOT an R35.

Comments ?

[mcfly]

kpgc10 doesnt follow the "r" designations being the first gtr
I don't care what they name them, as long as they make cool cars

[J-Ran]

nobody really considered those infinitis to be "skylines" anyways. And maybe Im an idiot but does the fact that it had a 3.5 liter engine have anything to do with this v35 code you are talking about? Reguardless of all this, I think you are making something out of nothing with this argument. Sorry

[Bruizer]

I don't have enough time in my life to care really. I don't mind it being R35 as there is no other R35. To me, it's in the same family as the G35. Meh.

[Daryl @ RightDrive]

The new GT-R is not a Skyline. It's a new model of Nissan called GT-R.

[JD74]

The new GT-R is not a Skyline. It's a new model of Nissan called GT-R.

Then they should call it the X1 and NOT the R35

That would make about as much sense as Chevrolet putting out a new car called the C7 or C8 and telling everyone it wasn't a Corvette.

Call me old fashioned.....I respect Lineage and Family Ties (not the show, just the term/relationship...lol)

[89Baysideblue]

nobody really considered those infinitis to be "skylines" anyways. And maybe Im an idiot but does the fact that it had a 3.5 liter engine have anything to do with this v35 code you are talking about? Reguardless of all this, I think you are making something out of nothing with this argument. Sorry

im with him^^
the G35s and using them as platforms were just stoopid to begin with!

[SmegEad]

Meh. Can't afford one, don't care.

[Turismo]

who cares

[skylineguv]

nobody really considered those infinitis to be "skylines" anyways. And maybe Im an idiot but does the fact that it had a 3.5 liter engine have anything to do with this v35 code you are talking about?

Except the buyers in Japan where they were called Skylines anyway. And no, V35 has nothing to do with the engine size as they came in a variety of engine sizes in Japan, not just the 3.5l.

But I agree, can't say that calling it an R35 really bothers me much at all.