Nissan GT-​​R is Coming to Australia!

Yes, for the first time, the Nis­san GT-​​R will be sold directly into Australia!

As con­firmed on CarAd­vice, Nis­san Australia�s boss Shinya Han­nya has said that all strings will be pulled to get the GT-​​R dow­nun­der before 2009 (We cer­tainly hope so, but we’re look­ing for more like 2008, Mr Han­nya!). No other infor­ma­tion on localised spec­i­fi­ca­tions (if any are in the works) are cur­rently available.

Spec­u­la­tion is rife at a pos­si­ble price, how­ever, given the 48,000 euro price tag in Japan, ship­ping, import and lux­ury car tax, we could see the new GT-​​R on road for under $120K , seri­ously under­cut­ting the 380KW 911 Turbo.

What will this mean for cheap imports of GT-​​R in the future as has been done with all pre­vi­ous gen­er­a­tions? Only time will tell.