Expect to pay over $90,000 for the Nissan GT-R

Posted: May 16, 2008

Prices for the Nissan GT-R start at $69,850 for the base model and $71,900 for the premium model; but good luck trying to find one at that price. A top Nissan executive is saying that he expects a 10 to 30 percent markup by dealers when the car goes on sale later this June.

So if you want to get behind the steering of Godzilla, expect to pay at least over $90,000 or $21,000 over the MSRP. And no, that does not include shipping fees.

60 percent of 2008’s shipments have already sold out. Nissan is allocating only 1,500 units of the GT-R per year.

The new Nissan GT-R is carries a 3.8 liter twin-turbocharged DOHC V6 engine that produces 473 horsepower. According to Nissan 0-62 comes in at 3.5 seconds.

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Source: AutoWeek

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it's just as ridiculous as the price of the new M3

zeb

i love the gtr but i hope noone pays over msrp for one just to show auto companies how irresponsible it is for them to let dealers mark their products up to the point where the people that the car is actually marketed for can't even afford one.. this is so dumb and i hope noone pays over msrp for this car!! not that it isn't worth it, but its stupid to pay 20,000 more then what a car is worth!! if you wreck it, the day after you buy it, its still going to be worth less then 69,000$ so whats the point? i hope someone at nissan is reading this and i hope they realize that allowing dealers to make such a profit off of any car is crazy.. i know what nissan is really doing, they are trying to see how much people are willing to pay for one of their cars and if people will pay 90,000$ then why not "build" a 90,000$ car.. dealer markups are bad for car sales and bad especially bad for nissan, who has alot riding on this new gtr. after the initial oos and aahhs fade away they are going to see they might have a problem getting rid of 90,000$ 69,000$ cars

zermatt

I won't pay over sticker for a car because I don't want to eat the crushing depreciation that these mark price adjustments cause. I also understand the dealers wanting to take advantage of market demand and get a premium for a car like this.

This kind of market adjustment isn’t limited to dealers. There will be private sellers that arranged for a MSRP sale and will try to flip the car for a premium. Are these guys any different than the dealers?

zeb

and this is why cars don't sell as expected in america... sure it will sell at first BUT they did it with the pt cruiser they are doing it with the mustang and i'm 100% sure they will do this with the upcomming challenger.. when will automotive companies realize that allowing dealerships to mark-up their already limited run of a car who's main selling point is its price, hurts them more then anything.. this is so dumb!! have you ever gone to a mitsubishi dealership lately and tried to buy and evo for msrp? i hope that more companies start to pick up on scion's no haggle pricing, then maybe the new gtr could be really considered "bang for your buck" $90,000 isn't cheap by any means for a car that should be retailing for $21,000 less.. this is bullcrap and i hope nissan will do something about it soon..

Mike

That's so dumb.....Hmmm, I guess if I can wait a year and not be one of those emotional buyers, I could probably save $21k and get it a MSRP.

stef

point taken. they may be very different cars but when they are in the same price range you can't deny a comparison. However, if the dealer wasn't trying to take advantage of their customers and the car was closer to its MSRP then yes i agree that this car cannot be compared to the E 63.

Bobmarley

stef, The GT-T is listed at 473hp but its been tested to put out over 500hp, I think it was somewhere around 518hp. And the 63 AMG and GT-R are very differ cars