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The Skyline is Coming, the wrx is here, where is my saab!
Posted by curt (more from curt) on Mon, 18 Jun 2001 21:46:43
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So, Nissan announced that it will bring the skyline to the u.s. in February! Except the release seems to suggest it will only have a 2.5 to 3.0 engine and mentions nothing about turbo or AWD (maybe no gt-r?) and will be designated as a "g35". See: http://quicken.excite.com/investments/news/story/djbn/?story=/news/stories/dj/20010618/BT20010618000684.htm&symbol=NSANY
see also this story which states it will have bigger than j-spec 2.0-2.6 engine and will be marketed as an infiniti (still no AWD mentioned): http://quicken.excite.com/investments/news/story/djbn/?story=/news/stories/dj/20010617/BT20010617000097.htm&symbol=NSANY
Autonews has the story as a new infiniti "based on the skyline" with a 3.5 engine (still no AWD mentioned)
http://www.autonews.com/html/main/index.html
I guess the infiniti g35 brand and name is a accurate, but wonder if it will come in a gt-r iteration (twin turbo AWD). Maybe infiniti, like nissan's push, is to go performance oriented (ala new q45) and thus we'll see a gt-r spec to be its "m" series or "s" series for audi or etc.? Lets hope!
So, when will I be able to buy another saab in good conscience? Got out of saabs about a year ago when I sold off my dying 900spg, am saving to get a new car. But with the wrx out, I can't buy a current saab in good conscience. And with the skyline, the luxury sedan argument is dead. Heard next gen saabs will be awd, but any word on engine? 180 hp ain't cutting it. neither will 200 or anything less than 225. hell the price of the saab will get you a wrx and enough mods to get 270hp. skyline gtr (if gtr is released) should clear 285hp out of the dealer. so, where's my saab?
curt
Posts in this Thread:
- The Skyline is Coming, the wrx is here, where is my saab!, curt, Mon, 18 Jun 2001 21:46:43 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: WRX, bob, Tue, 19 Jun 2001 09:46:24
- Gosh why are there so many common people out there? ;-), Dave Kovacs, Tue, 19 Jun 2001 08:22:29
- HE'LL BE BACK !THEY ALWAYS COME BACK TO THEIR FIRST LOVE! N/M, Quinn S. Kurz NYC, Tue, 19 Jun 2001 00:00:57
- Re: The Skyline is Coming, the wrx is here, where is my saab!, TJ, Mon, 18 Jun 2001 22:46:07
- Re: The Skyline is Coming, the wrx is here, where is my saab!, curt, Mon, 18 Jun 2001 23:30:50
- Re: The Skyline is Coming, the wrx is here, where is my saab!, TJ, Tue, 19 Jun 2001 10:59:10
- WRX, :o(, GM, Tue, 19 Jun 2001 00:48:50
- Acceleration WAY better than a 9-3., pmr, Tue, 19 Jun 2001 07:01:28
- Re: Acceleration WAY better than a 9-3., GM, Tue, 19 Jun 2001 16:31:31
- Re: Acceleration WAY better than a 9-3., bob, Tue, 19 Jun 2001 16:19:52
- You have to remember, the accel times for the WRX..., Richard P., Tue, 19 Jun 2001 08:15:20
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