Interviews with Chief Engineer Tetsuya Tada

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I say time to retire the 3GR family of motors that replaced the JZ family. And bring in the new family of compact inline 6 turbo power plants to compete the latest from EU, Japan etc.
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I say time to retire the 3GR family of motors that replaced the JZ family. And bring in the new family of compact inline 6 turbo power plants to compete the latest from EU, Japan etc.
Huh, wonder if the engineers working on the I6 will be the ones to craft a new GR series of I6 and bring them back to their lineup?

This is also counting the Lexus variant of a Supra.
 

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Will never happen as they love the V6 as much as the next company.

I love the I6, but even I understand how silly they are from a packaging perspective. That said, if anyone was going to do it, it would be Lexus, but they've already sunk a ton into a few other drivetrain options I'm not free to discuss.
 

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Correct; also have to put a bit more time and effort into safety consideration as well, or so I've been told.
 

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Correct; also have to put a bit more time and effort into safety consideration as well, or so I've been told.
Was just wondering. Guess we'll wait for the V6 to trickle down. This should be fun to watch in the coming years...barring any economical crashes obviously.
 

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I guess I'm the only one who would actually be disappointed with a V6 instead of an I6.

If the A90 was all wheel drive, it would have been a deal breaker.
 

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It's a tough one for me because I like the way I6 are balanced, sound, and how easy they are to work on.

but I also like V6 because they're much easier to get further back into the chassis. the CE of the R33/R34 GTR wanted to put the VQ30DETT (well, an evolution of it) into the R34 GTR in order to cut a ton of weight and get the motor much further back in the engine bay, but the board would not approve the extra money required, so it stayed RB26. interestingly enough, Nismo took that recommendation and did this in JGTC, and that car was incredible and far more competitive than it was with the RB.

Sometimes I wonder how much faster/agile the street car would have been if his vision could have been realized..
 

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It's a tough one for me because I like the way I6 are balanced, sound, and how easy they are to work on.

but I also like V6 because they're much easier to get further back into the chassis. the CE of the R33/R34 GTR wanted to put the VQ30DETT (well, an evolution of it) into the R34 GTR in order to cut a ton of weight and get the motor much further back in the engine bay, but the board would not approve the extra money required, so it stayed RB26. interestingly enough, Nismo took that recommendation and did this in JGTC, and that car was incredible and far more competitive than it was with the RB.

Sometimes I wonder how much faster/agile the street car would have been if his vision could have been realized..
I believe that is why the Infiniti Q Series exists now
 

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May very well be..

I know that the R35 definitely picked up right where Nismo left off, and seeing as how the Q uses the VR30 (VR38 evolution), I'd say it at least has some tie to where we are today.

Small changes can end up changing everything; the Butterfly Effect so to speak.
 

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May very well be..

I know that the R35 definitely picked up right where Nismo left off, and seeing as how the Q uses the VR30 (VR38 evolution), I'd say it at least has some tie to where we are today.

Small changes can end up changing everything; the Butterfly Effect so to speak.
It would explain the R34-ish styling

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