Japanese Automakers vs. European Sports Cars
There are already plans to come up with a Japanese-made sports car that will compete with Maserati, Porsche as well as the Ferrari. Wondering what automaker has such plans? It is the Nissan Motor. Lately, the Nissan Motor has been drafting plans of creating an even more powerful version of its GT-R. Being a sports car, the GT-R will be geared up so as to be good enough to compete with the high-end brands when it comes to sports cars. The GT-R already made an appearance in the movie “2 Fast 2 Furious” and also, the vehicle is one of the supercars that are part of the Sony PlayStation video game tagged as “Gran Turismo.” Many car enthusiasts as well as teenagers down to the kids are already enjoying the GT-R via that game.
The GT-R is geared with a 3.8 liter engine as well as a G-force gauge. The G-force gauge made it carry on the name of “Godzilla,” as it is referred to on fan sites. And these raves are all happening even though the GT-R has not really been released in the world market. In the recently concluded Tokyo Motor Show, car enthusiasts were able to see the GT-R the in person. Although this is the case, the GT-R will hit the market sometime in December. This means that GT-R fans out there must wait two more months to finally have their own GT-R.
Word has it that aside from Nissan, Toyota and Mitsubishi are already making moves to introduce new sports car models in the world market. It appears that these automakers are doing this to be able to put a stop to car buyers favoring European brands. These automakers are trying to steal car buyers like Ryuhei Sukegawa. He is 45 years of age and a physician at that. According to him, “European sports cars have a sophistication, tradition and style that Japanese makers don’t have.” In order to attend to this concern, Japanese automakers are doing what they can to have the sophistication most sports car buyers are looking for. According to the figures that the Japan Automobile Importers Association released, Aston Martin Lagonda, Porsche, Maserati, as well as Ferrari, all had increased their sales in Japan. Japanese are going for their vehicles and Japanese automakers feel the need to change that.
Contrary to the high sales of European automakers in Japan, domestic sales of Japan-made vehicles have fallen by 10 percent over the past decade. With sales declining for the past 26 months, there is reason enough for the Japanese automakers to be alarmed. With the sports car released at the Tokyo Motor Show, Japanese automakers are hoping for some change.
Source: iht.com
