3 future Infiniti models using the GTR powerplant

edk370 · 06-09-2014, 07:43 PM

I think Nissan and the other 2 big Japanese companies (Honda and Toyota) are very "stingy" with their super-car motors for good reason. Domestics will shoehorn any of their hi-performance, big block, tree stump pulling V8s in any of their cars. This "whoring out" makes their cars "common"...because after 5 years, you can buy a Zr-1 for like, maybe $50,000 or a Z06 for $35,000, a Ford this, Dodge Hemi that, for $18,000 all with 450+ hp. And this is what makes domestic cars kinda rednecky. They chop up the cars, pull the motors out, put them in primered ,rust bucket trucks... But Japanese cars are trying to catch up to the aura of European prestige e.g. Lexus LFA $400,000+ car that you can only lease. But the consumers still see Japanese cars as tier-2.

It's a marketing ploy, but I digress.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Infiniti To Change All Models to Q or QX (WTF!)	Waiz	Other Vehicles	31	12-22-2012 03:56 PM
Future of the Z?	KERMIT	Nissan 370Z General Discussions	37	08-01-2012 04:20 AM
the future look....	tru_Asiatik	Southern California Region	10	05-05-2009 08:33 AM
Infiniti G35 versus Infiniti FX50 (race)	sbsmoov	Other Vehicles	11	12-23-2008 05:34 AM

06-09-2014, 07:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
edk370 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: So Cal Posts: 296 Drives: 09 370Z Rep Power: 14	I think Nissan and the other 2 big Japanese companies (Honda and Toyota) are very "stingy" with their super-car motors for good reason. Domestics will shoehorn any of their hi-performance, big block, tree stump pulling V8s in any of their cars. This "whoring out" makes their cars "common"...because after 5 years, you can buy a Zr-1 for like, maybe $50,000 or a Z06 for $35,000, a Ford this, Dodge Hemi that, for $18,000 all with 450+ hp. And this is what makes domestic cars kinda rednecky. They chop up the cars, pull the motors out, put them in primered ,rust bucket trucks... But Japanese cars are trying to catch up to the aura of European prestige e.g. Lexus LFA $400,000+ car that you can only lease. But the consumers still see Japanese cars as tier-2. It's a marketing ploy, but I digress.