Gt-r Spec V explained in video

[Alelanza]

Surely, it's here: http://www.motorworld.net/forum/show...113#post864113

Again , rumor but....

[pagani]

The vspec will be the tuner favorite new gtr

[Alelanza]

Originally Posted by pagani The vspec will be the tuner favorite new gtr

u think? at that price??

[gobs3z]

Well the brakes are Brembo, not Ferrari (but probably developed with Ferrari), and the mag ride is Delphi not Corvette (but a subsidiary of GM so you probably can give that one to GM)

But it does get kind of annoying that whenever Mag Ride is mentioned on any other car other than Ferrari, they say "it's like the trick dampers you find one Ferrari's". The C5 RS6 even had them before Ferrari, and the Vette before that.

[RC45]

What is so confusing here?

The C6 ZR1 has had FXX brakes since day 1.

The onyl reason GM went "exotic" on the brakes, was to reduce unsprung weight and please the badge-fanatics.

Corvettes had had fantastic street brakes since the beginning of time.

Why all the hate guys?

[ViperASR]

Originally Posted by RC45 What is so confusing here? The C6 ZR1 has had FXX brakes since day 1.

So has the GT-R SpecV

Originally Posted by RC45 Why all the hate guys?

I was gettin ready to ask the same question. I dont have hate towards corvettes, I'm actually in the market for one as a track toy (already done the crotch rocket thing, done the Porsche deal, and am still doing the autocross deal, fealin like it will be time to move on to new and better things). They are sweet cars that are "cheaper" to mod, and you can drive the piss outta them without worrying about them blowing up. And there is no tranny explosion button on the dash... :/

[RC45]

^^ Just want to keep us all honest

[Alelanza]

Thing is, i can't see why someone would go for the spec v instead of a zr1, i just can't. Even the normal gt-r, what does it actually retail for? i'm pretty sure the 70k figure was on paper and they went for about 80k or so no?
So add to that the 20k you'll spend on a new gearbox after a few months usage, you're in zr1 territory already
I can see a wealthy person buying the brand name that a ferrari or similar comes with, but the nissan doesn't have that either. If anything even the corvette name carries more weight than anything nissan.