HichaMasta (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

the bmw got badly owned, but still the bmw has style and prestige which isnt the case of a toyota

williaxim (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

because is smg

number1suprafan (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

:)The 04 m3 is a decent machine but ill stick to the supras

foleygac (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

The GT-R won't be used as a race car because it is AWD. Unless it can be modified for RWD I don't think it would be allowed to race under most production class rules. I will agree that the introduction of companies in North American like Lexus, Infiniti, and Acura has taken a market share away from Audi, BMW, and Mercedes. The one thing about each of these companies is they specialize in what they build based on their customer base. Competition is a good thing from that perspective.

camrygrande (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Why the GT-R won't be used as a race car?!? It looks great, handels great & accleerates great, so why not?!?... Maybe Porsche, BMW, etc don't have the interst to compete with Nissan GT-R now but they will forced to do so in the future... BMW, Mercedes-Benz & Audi were not interested in competing with Toyota in the 80s... But since the introduction of Lexus, these companies are forced to compete with Lexus whether they like it or not because Lexus is taking their market share...

foleygac (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Well, I'm not happy per se about the GT-R's problems. But when I heard Nissan's plans for the R35 I pretty much disliked it from the get go. However, I feel that the GT-R is in a separate class to begin with for a few reasons. Unlike a 911 GT3 or BMW M3, the R35 will likely never be used as a race car. I don't think companies like BMW or Porsche have any interest in competing with the GT-R. I don't think their is a customer base for that kind of car for those companies to begin with.

mikegsr94 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I own a 2003 M3 smg, and I have a 1994 acura Integra and us to have a 94 integra gsr aswell. ill tell you what about the M3 it is one amazing vehicle and you could beat it like crazy and it won't give you a problem. It is the same as for all my acuras, the only big difference I have notice is reliability, since I have owned my Acuras I have never had any issues it never left me stranded. My M however as of Oct 31 it left me stranded, now the M is on its way out and a Jap car is on its way in!

camrygrande (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I don't why you are happy... If this problem was not there, then Porsche and the other supercars companies will be forced either to build a car that's better than the GT-R or reduce their cars' prices... So at the end of the day, we, the customers, will be the winners... But because of this problem, these companies won't consider the GT-R as a big threat to them... So, they won't change their prices... Eventually, we are the losers :-(...

foleygac (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I've read about the R35 problem from a multitude of places. I was actually kind of happy to hear of this problem because it confirmed my reasons for disliking the R35 GT-R so much.

camrygrande (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I don't know whether what you said is true or not about GT-R gearbox thing but in general, Japanese cars out perform German, American, French, Italian, Korean, etc in quality & dependability... Anywayz, where did ya read about the GT-R Gearbox warranty issue?! Is it in Nissan website?! Because if it is true, then Nissan are really in trouble...