M3 challenger is here! Guess which car...

yoyeewee · 06-17-2008, 02:19 AM

The challenger to the M3 has arrived! Boy, these are intimidating pictures. A whole fleet of Godzillas, uhm I mean GTRs, unloaded at the pier.

Found these pics on autospies.com.

Even though the GTR outpowers the M3, Car and Driver did rank the M3 1st place in their comparison test against the GTR and 911TT. YES!

Socale92 · 06-17-2008, 02:21 AM

ho hum.

swamp2 · 06-17-2008, 03:58 AM

Good post, wrong section.

snoopy · 06-17-2008, 05:13 AM

beautiful

kushtrimp · 06-17-2008, 06:45 AM

scary

Zirenz2006 · 06-17-2008, 06:58 AM

I may be alone here but I think it's ugly.

Gearhead999s · 06-17-2008, 07:02 AM

Thats not a challenger!Its just an atrocious monstrosity that would be a terriable everyday car!

Mack211 · 06-17-2008, 07:14 AM

repost...
GT-R is in my opinion a completely different market than the M3. I would never want a GT-R outside of a track.

V8convert · 06-17-2008, 07:17 AM

The RS5 is not here yet. That will be the true M3 rival along with the C63.

ericld · 06-17-2008, 07:32 AM

no soul... PLENTY OF INTERIOR PLASTIC, though.

RandyB · 06-17-2008, 08:17 AM

Go, go godzirra!!

BK · 06-17-2008, 08:32 AM

Won't be long until we see this on the road, driven by the Fast and the Furious crowd.

ihyln · 06-17-2008, 08:45 AM

It's unfortunate that Nissan is creating scarcity by artificially limiting production. I'd buy one in addition to the M3.

Rick · 06-17-2008, 08:49 AM

Wow, that steering wheel says it all..

valeram · 06-17-2008, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ihyln

It's unfortunate that Nissan is creating scarcity by artificially limiting production. I'd buy one in addition to the M3.

The dealer(s) are asking for 20K over MSRP. I told them that for that price, I have better options that buying a Nissan.

ihyln · 06-17-2008, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by valeram

The dealer(s) are asking for 20K over MSRP. I told them that for that price, I have better options that buying a Nissan.

That's horseshit. I hardly see M3s on the road even though BMW sells more of them and we can have it for MSRP or lower. I think Nissan's strategy is to artificially control the supply to make it seem like an exotic. It's not, it's just a really fucking good Nissan. Make more so the rest of us will buy them.

RealSanaii · 06-17-2008, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by valeram

The dealer(s) are asking for 20K over MSRP. I told them that for that price, I have better options that buying a Nissan.

I was wondering how much they would charge for the V-spec version.

Keto · 06-17-2008, 10:08 AM

It is fugly. Would be a blast to drive in a spirited fashion, but it sounds like a bad daily driver.

!Xoible · 06-17-2008, 10:18 AM

M3 challenger? lol more like M3 smoker

wow i wish i had one of those DCT's right now

RandyB · 06-17-2008, 10:22 AM

I just don't think I would enjoy the overall experience nearly as much as an M3. Aesthetics play a big part of the ownership experience, and other than the rear and roofline, I'm not a fan of the GT-R. I'm not worried about having the fastest thing on four wheels anyways, and when you don't use launch control on the GT-R (which they don't recommend using too frequently), the numbers become much more human.

ersin · 06-17-2008, 10:36 AM

They all look the same color -- mediocre gray. Why no red? I saw a video (or pic, can't remember) on the internet of a red one. That looked hot!

ersin · 06-17-2008, 10:38 AM

BTW, I like where they put the start/stop button.

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RandyB Lieutenant Colonel 20 Rep 1,504 Posts Drives: '03 330i, '09 M3 Coupe Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Texas iTrader: (0)	I just don't think I would enjoy the overall experience nearly as much as an M3. Aesthetics play a big part of the ownership experience, and other than the rear and roofline, I'm not a fan of the GT-R. I'm not worried about having the fastest thing on four wheels anyways, and when you don't use launch control on the GT-R (which they don't recommend using too frequently), the numbers become much more human.
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ersin Brigadier General 126 Rep 4,145 Posts Drives: 17 YMB F80 M3 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Maryland iTrader: (1)	They all look the same color -- mediocre gray. Why no red? I saw a video (or pic, can't remember) on the internet of a red one. That looked hot! __________________ 2017 F80 YMB.
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