Originally Posted by sonoronos

GTR has one thing that none of those other cars have going for it - it has history. It's the reason why Mustangs sell so well. It just has a bloodline associated with it that ensures legitimacy.

It's the same thing with M3's and Mercedes DTM cars (like the 190E e2.3-16V Cosworth or the CLK-DTM AMG). Why are they so special? Well, it's because they represent a racing history that people can "buy into".

Same deal with the Subaru WRX STI and the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. One buys into the rallying heritage that each car represents (even though homologation rules have made the actually rally cars much, much different than the actual road cars.)

Corvette? Same deal.

I think the Crossfire has something similar. One "buys into" the interesting story of Chrysler and Daimler-Benz merging together to build a beautiful GT car. I might be stretching here a bit, but I honestly like that about the Crossfire.

In any case, I don't think it's possible to write off the Nissan GT-R. It's the latest evolution in a line of cars that stretches back over 50 years. It has always represented the pinnacle of Nissan's sports car line and this car does just that. Whether it's better than this or that, or whether it will sell, I believe, is irrelevant. Just the fact that it exists makes the world of automobiles that little bit better.