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Tuck&Poke
03-07-2002, 03:40 PM
well i just i was browsing though last months car and driver when something about nissan caught my eye.  an 8 speed skyline.  i dont remember and i cant find the mag right now but i think it was a cvt with 8 preset speeds...prety coo.  just thought id share that.  but also what is this now the gtr has an auto!  whats this world coming to!
wherezmytofu
03-07-2002, 04:51 PM
they do this all the time, usually its just like 4 speed with double overdrive...so u can have 4 thicker gears....i've also heard of a 6speed double overdrive..so it's like the same thing
XylathaneGTR
03-07-2002, 10:36 PM
Thats some weird shit <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>
SCC had a twin engine Tiburon, 1 engine Fuel/Turbo, other was Methanol/Turbo...crazy ass shit, it ran 10sec in 1/4 mile
0-60 in 3.low something seconds.
thich
03-08-2002, 06:59 AM
the skyline you saw wasn't the GTR. specs for the GTR aren't out yet.
it's the Skyline 350GT-8 (or something like that)... it's the new skyline in Japan -- the equivalent to our Infiniti G35 (that's the name rite? lah...) but the infiniti gets like a dumb 5spd auto... <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/hmmm.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':hmmm:'>
boosteds14
03-08-2002, 01:43 PM
did they say anything when it comes to the states?
Tuck&Poke
03-08-2002, 07:52 PM
im pretty sure its for the r35. &nbsp;the g35 is getting a 6 speed a little while after it debuts but in the meantime your stuck with a 5speed auto &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('>
Tuck&Poke
03-08-2002, 07:59 PM
ok found the mag heres a direct quote from car and driver:
"quick downshift to seventh!
nissan will introduce a skylline for its home market that has a cvt transmission with eight preset speeds. &nbsp;our guy drove one on a racetrack, where he not once used a preset higher than sixth and on some turns had to downshift thorugh four. &nbsp;nissan has no plans to offer the paddle-shifted eight speed in hte us market version, the infinity g35, offering instead a five-speed automatic and later a six speed manual."