Filed under: SUVs, Crossovers/CUVs, Infiniti, Nissan
Fo' shame! Best Car envisions a GT-R-based SUV
While an Infiniti-badged GT-R sedan might seem semi-plausible, this rendering from Best Car is about as probable as a mentally balanced child star. A GT-R SUV? Why not? Well, let's start with the ugly factor. The
Nissan GT-R isn't the prettiest vehicle on the block to begin with; jack it up, add a couple of extra doors and a misshapen hatch and you've got an amalgamation of design cues that's causing a mild burning sensation in our eyes. With 480 hp and all-wheel-drive, stranger things have been produced; the Porsche Cayenne Turbo comes to mind, and if this monstrosity ever comes to production, that's likely the benchmark it'll be aiming for.
[Source: Best Car via Auto-Otaku]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
blake 12:05PM (2/26/2008)
i'm no gtr fan boy, but i must say it's pretty easy on my eyes. This SUV (super ugly vehicle) is another story.
sorry for the lame acronym.
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Farris 12:07PM (2/26/2008)
I think I just threw up a little.
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Glenn 8:22PM (2/27/2008)
At 3800 pounds i though it already was an suv. They should put more pictures of the car next to other vehicles to give a better perspective of the cars true size next time.
Franz 12:57PM (2/26/2008)
I think I just threw up a LOT! I don't think I've ever seen anything uglier.
Sam 2:35PM (2/26/2008)
@Franz
um..can you say Pontiac Aztek?
klitorisaurus 3:32PM (2/26/2008)
This is what happens when you let Photoshop fall into the hands of evil-doers.
Will Design for Food 7:18PM (2/26/2008)
I didn't quite think it was possible to best the X6 in an ugly competition. But these people have.
Ben H. 12:08PM (2/26/2008)
Definitely NOT car pr0n!
How did someone put it? "It fell off the ugly tree hitting every branch on the way down."
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Mercury Mountaineer 06 12:09PM (2/26/2008)
WHOA!!!! is all I can say.
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Seoultrain 12:10PM (2/26/2008)
dear god, WHY?
With the EX on the market now, the FX will have to move up, and hopefully it'll look better than this abomination. Stick the powertrain in that.
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freckles 12:12PM (2/26/2008)
yes, put the fx would be awesome with that powertrain. leave the gt-r the way it is
Reuben 12:16PM (2/26/2008)
Finally something that CAFE will kill and I'm all the happier for it!
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Ligor 12:16PM (2/26/2008)
they had beter not bring this out - I mean, a G38-R with the twin turbo engine cranking 480HP would be a much beter option to evaluate adn then possibly include the EX38-R with a detuned 450HP engine
athough i much rather they crete an AMG/M/V series of the G sedan and coupe, and then carry that to the M then any of these SUV crapppp
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Big Bad Sedan 12:18PM (2/26/2008)
DAMNIT! My breakfast just came up! Good thing I turned away before it landed on my keyboard. NASTY! No! Not the hurling, the damn GT-R based SUV!
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Guenther 2:08PM (2/26/2008)
If I'd been this nauseous BEFORE lunch, I would have passed.
tankd0g 12:23PM (2/26/2008)
The weight would finally make sense.
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Richard 12:32PM (2/26/2008)
Quick!
Someone mix up this body kit for the X6!
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iSpec 12:37PM (2/26/2008)
Very few manufacturers, in this ultra-competitive market, can afford to sacrifice profit so they can reserve a platform for one model. SUV's create profit and they really don't care whether or not we cling to our ideals that the GT-R should be exclusively a performance car.
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Kiiks 7:47PM (2/26/2008)
Sure, as said earlier in the comments, using parts of the platform be it drivetrain or chassis (or both) for the range-topping FX series would make a great deal of sense for Nissan. But making GT-R SUV would only serve to dilute the coupe's image.
We're not going to see this car. Nissan knows better. Knowing them, who knows how many other vehicles will spawn from the same underpinnings, however.
Ben 12:43PM (2/26/2008)
Ew oh god this is hideous...
I want an Aztec rally edition instead.
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