Japanese Review of the new Nissan Skyline 250GT (Infiniti G25)

[cawimmer430]

I'm kind of liking this car, so I found this review on www.carview.co.jp on the Nissan Skyline. Awesome ride. So much better-looking than the Lexus IS350. 

The google translation is terrible though. I don't get it. 

Original Link: http://www.carview.co.jp/road_impression/2006/nissan_skyline/

Google Translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carview.co.jp%2Froad_impression%2F2006%2Fnissan_skyline%2F&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

[Danish]

Looks nice, although it is missing a pedal

[Catman]

Looks like Yoda is reviewing cars now?  

[nickdrinkwater]

I'm kind of liking this car, so I found this review on www.carview.co.jp on the Nissan Skyline. Awesome ride. So much better-looking than the Lexus IS350. 

The google translation is terrible though. I don't get it. 

Original Link: http://www.carview.co.jp/road_impression/2006/nissan_skyline/

Google Translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carview.co.jp%2Froad_impression%2F2006%2Fnissan_skyline%2F&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

Looks pretty nice.  I think the front works better than the rear - the nose is aggressive but the rear is a bit bland.  The interior looks cool.

I think this will provide some good competition to the Saab 9³, Volvo S60, Cadillac BLS etc when it goes on sale in Europe!

[the Teuton]

If we got a G25 that sold for $5k less or so, I'd start saving up for it. 

[TheIntrepid]

much better-looking than the Lexus IS350. 

Though I agree with you that the G35 is a much better all-around car than the IS350, I don't care much for its styling, whereas I'm smitten by the IS350's curvy sleek lines.

[JYODER240]

The IS350 design is weak IMO. The front is aggressive, the rear is big and bulky and its bland everywhere inbetween. They should stick with one theme for the entire car.

[SVT_Power]

I think this new G styling is even worse

[cawimmer430]

Though I agree with you that the G35 is a much better all-around car than the IS350, I don't care much for its styling, whereas I'm smitten by the IS350's curvy sleek lines.

Dude, lay off the crack.

[SVT_Power]

Dude, lay off the crack.

[giant_mtb]

That's what happens when you just copy-paste into a translation machine and it just spits it out word for word instead of considering grammatical ideas and principles.

[Laconian]

Unfortunately, machines don't understand ideas or cultural context.

[nickdrinkwater]

I'm kind of liking this car

There's a little Jake Miller in all of us, Wimmer 

[r0tor]

its too big for its segment 

[cawimmer430]

There's a little Jake Miller in all of us, Wimmer 

[Eye of the Tiger]

I'm afraid I don't understand this... they are coming out with a 4-door Skyline for what reason? To replace the G35? Sure it has AWD and probably some other fancy techo gizmos, but really, it's the same platform isn't it? Aren't they going to sell the Skyline name in the US, or is that going to be a competely different car altogether?

[565]

I'm afraid I don't understand this... they are coming out with a 4-door Skyline for what reason? To replace the G35? Sure it has AWD and probably some other fancy techo gizmos, but really, it's the same platform isn't it? Aren't they going to sell the Skyline name in the US, or is that going to be a competely different car altogether?

You are a little confused, it's okay cause most American's who are "skyline fans" are pretty confused.

The Skyline can be thought of as Japan's BMW 3 series.  They are a series of sports sedans and coupes with a variety of engines and drivetrains.  The Skyline that American fanboys love to talk about is the Skyline GTR.  This is the equivalent of the BMW M3, and is the highest sport model.  I have no idea why in American they perfer to refer to the GTR as simply Skyline.  It seems in Japan it's always refered to simply as GTR.  It would be like everyone in Japan calling the M3 the 3 series, and assuming every 3 series was an M3.

As with the 3 series analogy, obviously the rest of the Skyline lineup is less sporty/powerful, just as not every 3 series is an M3.

The G35 is actually the Skyline Sedan 350GT.  It's not just based on it or anything like that, it actually is identical in nearly every way.  For the older G35's they didn't even bother to flip the radio controls from right hand drive.

So we have always gotten a Skyline sold in the U.S. since the G35 release.  It's no wonder the G35 did so well here.  Everyone acts as if Infiniti came out of nowhere and hit a home run, but truth is, their Skylines bave been the equivalent of BMW in the Japanese sports sedan/coupe market for decades.

In fact I think the Skyline nameplate is older than the BMW 3 series nameplate.

[MX793]

I'm afraid I don't understand this... they are coming out with a 4-door Skyline for what reason? To replace the G35? Sure it has AWD and probably some other fancy techo gizmos, but really, it's the same platform isn't it? Aren't they going to sell the Skyline name in the US, or is that going to be a competely different car altogether?

The car we know as the G35 is actually the latest generation of Skyline and is called such in Japan.

The GT-R is a special, high performance version of the Skyline much like how the M3 is the high performance version of the BMW 3-series.  The Skyline itself is a fairly ordinary car and has come in a couple of body styles with several different engine and drivetrain options.  The last generation, the R34, was offered as both coupe and sedan and used engines ranging from a 140 hp 2.0L found in the base model to the 2.6L twin turbo found in the top dog GT-R.

[ro51092]

That's a nice car, looks and all.

Too bad the 3-series exists. 

[giant_mtb]

I'm confused by another thing:  If that's a Japanese car, then why does it say "Nissan" and stuff on it instead of the same word but in Japanese symbols or letters or whatever they're called.  Isn't that kind of like if we had a car here made by us but the badging was actually Japanese instead of English? 

[MX793]

Strangely enough, a number of Japanese cars have their names written in English on the exterior of the car instead of using Japanese characters.  I have no idea why.  If you go to Nissan's Japanese website, most of the car names are in English while the rest of the site is in Japanese.

[TheIntrepid]

Strangely enough, a number of Japanese cars have their names written in English on the exterior of the car instead of using Japanese characters.  I have no idea why.  If you go to Nissan's Japanese website, most of the car names are in English while the rest of the site is in Japanese.

I see your point. 

[ro51092]

I'm confused by another thing:  If that's a Japanese car, then why does it say "Nissan" and stuff on it instead of the same word but in Japanese symbols or letters or whatever they're called.  Isn't that kind of like if we had a car here made by us but the badging was actually Japanese instead of English? 

Good point

[pommes-t]

Definitely a nicer car than all Toyotas/Lexus/Vill/Scions together!

[cawimmer430]

Definitely a nicer car than all Toyotas/Lexus/Vill/Scions together!

[Eye of the Tiger]

Ok... so does that mean the new Infinity version sold in the US will have this 4wd and 4 wheel steering junk?
And the new Skyline GTR they're talking about will be entirely different car altogether?

[sportyaccordy]

Ok... so does that mean the new Infinity version sold in the US will have this 4wd and 4 wheel steering junk?
And the new Skyline GTR they're talking about will be entirely different car altogether?

The Infiniti version of the car here (the G35) already doesn't have all that stuff...I don't get what you're asking.

Skyline = G35
GT-R = Not finished, but GT-R when it comes

[MX793]

Ok... so does that mean the new Infinity version sold in the US will have this 4wd and 4 wheel steering junk?
And the new Skyline GTR they're talking about will be entirely different car altogether?

The new G35 is already out.  It's pretty much the same car you see in the pictures above except for different badges, the steering wheel is on the other side and the engine is 3.5L instead of 2.5L.

2nd gen G35




V36 generation Skyline (250GT pictured)




The previous generation G35 was the V35 generation Skyline.  Before that was the R34 generation Skyline.

The G35 (which is known as the Skyline 350GT in Japan) has offered AWD since its second year on the market.  Ever hear of the G35x?  It's an AWD Skyline.  Active 4-wheel steering is optional on the new 2nd generation G35.

The next GT-R will no longer be known as a "Skyline GT-R".  It'll just be called a GT-R.  Nissan is spinning it off as its own model much like how Toyota spun the Supra off from the Celica line in the 80s (the Supra was originally a high-end trim of the Celica called the Celica Supra).