JeremyR

nissan already offers 3 cars that are more or less the same and share the same purpose.
altima
sentra
maxima

all of them come in 4 door versions. does nissan really need 3 4 door sedans?
different price points is why this works.

you want a nissan sedan, but dont want to drop 35k on a maxima
so instead you buy a altima for 25k
wait, stil out your budget? dont sorry, we have the sentra starting under 15k

now lets try it with sports cars.

you want a nissan sports car, and obviously you aint got 100k for a gt-r.
so then you move to the z, but it looks like a catfish and you dont want to drop 35k on one either. so then we move down to the new fr coupe thats in the 20-25k range.

HMM seems only logical

this car wont hurt z car sales.
it will have alot less power. est. 200-250hp.
new z has 330.

and the new z will have tons more torque by far.
sure the new fr coupe will weigh less, but it wont have the power of the z.


nissan has always had about 2-3 cars in there sports car lineup.

the gt-r really doesnt fit into any nissan catagory, the average nissan buyer wont be buying this. so this car doesnt fit into this picture.

so stop saying its gonna take z sales. it wont.
thats like saying the sentra takes sales from the altima and maxima, it doesnt.

personally i would like to see the sr20vet in this new car. although i think the power output on this motor is a little high for what nissan wants to do with this car.

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