Morbid Intentions

after a tune = high 10's - low 11's with a 120+ trap + AWD @ 80K isn't a far stretch to say it's very competitively priced

or you can spend 80K and get a 911 carrera 4 and have your AWD... but only run 13's

the AWD accounts for a big gap in the market that other similarly priced RWD cars cannot hold a candle to when it comes to people living in states that get a lot of snow and rain... all depends on the buyer really, but it's a pretty decent dynamite fist bang for your buck IMO

Stone629

One other thing that is being left out is that its not just an $80k car that can run 10s (with a tune or whatever), but its a 10 second 80k car that you can comfortably DD and live with.

1.5LofFury

come to Sioux Falls. 2 of them that auto-x race out here. a gray one and a black one.

there's soon to be a 3rd one running next year too.

99GTvert

Other cars do exist for about the same price range. If it must be AWD, Audi makes some high end cars near that price range that aren't slouches. They won't run in the 10's with just a tune, but I doubt the majority of those buyers care how fast it runs in the quarter mile.

The GT-R looks like a solid car, but at that price range, a lot of buyers are willing to pay for something just because it has the brand name attached to it. A Porsche & an Audi seem more 'prestigious' than a Nissan. I don't agree with that mentality (pay a ****load in thousands $$$ for something with less stuff than the other just to have the name), but it does exist.

Mishri

are those GTR's actually selling for 80k now? Last thing I saw people were still paying 120k+ for them.

99GTvert

Dealer markup is a bitch...any of those on sale used for less than 80k?

I looked on cars.com....there are several on there for under 80k used. Some as low as in the 60k range.

http://www.cars.com/for-sale/searchr...=2102&zc=04912

Mishri

Yeah.. I think if i wasn't paying much attention and drove by it i'd think its a 370z.. I can see why a lot of people would prefer a more exotic appearance in that price range. that's the reason they buy expensive cars, so people notice them.

Mustang_NTriangle

nice run. From a dig or slower speed it would have been ugly. Always cool to run rare and fast cars.

Morbid Intentions

at the same time, nowadays 120K isn't really getting your exotic dollars worth anymore... a base lambo will go for 160K MSRP a base V8 Aston will cost around 150K after markup, a 911 turbo will be around 160K

even if you pay 100K for a GTR it's still an amazing deal for what you get considering everything else in the price range

look at mercedes as a comparison... for a 2+2 coupe with some power (CL63 AMG) you are looking @ a MSRP of around 80K... yet you will will only run mid 12's... with RWD to boot

for a brutally fast version of this car (CL65AMG) you are paying an MSRP of 200K+ so you can keep up with a chipped GTR... again, with a RWD drive train

as far as cars in it's class, the GTR is again... an amazing deal, IDC if you add a 50K markup, it's still a deal considering what it has to offer and taking all other cars in it's class under consideration

Mishri

Yep.. what do you suppose the closest competition is? the corvette ZR1? maybe a Z06 considering a few mods makes it pretty darn fast.. but the GTR has the AWD in it.. so.. pretty cool. Seeing that people are selling them for under 80k, a lot of them are 70k with not too many miles has me thinking i need to sell my house and live in a GTR