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: And you thought OUR 40hp was expensive! LSxcellent 07-29-2008, 11:36 AM Anyone who thinks the estimated $5K price increase of the GXP is high for a mere 40hp bump should be happy! The Nissan GT-R Spec V 'only' recieves a 40hp bump over the base model, but costs $60,000 more! http://www.leftlanenews.com/nissan-gt-r-v-spec.html#more-7008 Crazy! ~LSx GRRRR8 07-29-2008, 12:17 PM Im glad somebody posted that! I saw that and went " 5k aint ****" Russo 07-29-2008, 12:42 PM not worth it, even if the ceramic brake upgrade was 10k (which is what it costs in most exotic cars) the 40 hp increase can only result in an exhaust change... h3llphyre 07-29-2008, 01:01 PM Its also loosing 200lbs of weight, thanks to some rear seat delete mods and major use of carbon fiber. I'm still not sure its worth THAT much more. Then again, the guy I know who bought a GT-R, paid $15,000 over MSRP for his... richtor 07-29-2008, 03:53 PM how many v are they producing? if gm was only building 500-1000 gxp's for one year only, yes i could see paying 40k and above for one. but this is not the case with the gxp. h3llphyre 07-29-2008, 03:58 PM how many v are they producing? if gm was only building 500-1000 gxp's for one year only, yes i could see paying 40k and above for one. but this is not the case with the gxp. Its almost comparable to the ZR1 compared to the Z06 carsuperfreak 07-31-2008, 01:54 PM Its almost comparable to the ZR1 compared to the Z06 Granted, with that you go from 505 to 638hp....plus carbon fiber and ceramic goodness! | ||