There is also mention of a 2008 in this thread. Unless I am really confused there was no 2008 offered in the US on the R35 GTR.

 

Correct- no 2008's in the US.

 

My guess is 24 months from now you will see 09's in the low 40's. If you look at the lease rates/residuals you can see kind of what to expect. Add to the fact that even limited production you have a ton of cars available. I just bought a 996 TURBO S and was torn between the 2 cars as DD. I figure drive the Turbo for 2 years and then get the GT-R

 

That's the type of quote I like to hear. We'll see if it's true or not though. There does seem to be some resistance from sellers to drop prices but it's going to happen at some point because the inventory is really getting up there with only a slight difference in price.

 

not too along ago i saw a white GT-R with 15k miles going for 57k in cali.. seems as tho the prices are dropping dramatically

 

'09 Premium with 9k miles selling for $60k in Texas, yup it is silver

 

I figured they would be in the high $50s by the end of 09'. I guess I am a few months off.

 

im enjoying my gtr now and for the past 7 months already, not sure about you guys but by the time you finally buy one it will be played out and nothing special.

 

That's prob true in some regards but since I intend to keep this car a long time and really could care less what my neighbors think, I'd rather wait. It still will be special to me.

I'll wait 6 months to a year more for 10-20k more in depreciation.

 

Does anyone believe used prices on the 09 will be in the 40's soon?

 

no, lol

 

I know of an '09 for ~$61k for sale.

(I must admit I'm not too into the secondary market as of now - but high $50's is the best one can hope for)

 

Where do you think the prices will be in say 18-24 months?

 

It depends...

The pricing model for the '12's, I think, will directly affect this.

It looks like (to me) that the new model may cost around $90k. This will keep numbers higher. But if the '12's are priced around current numbers ~$84k, I think the numbers will fall a bit over the next year - because of the new new chassis improvements.

It's hard to tell - because warranties will start expiring in year or so as well (for those that opted out of the 6yr warranty with extended mileage).

Basically - if this trend continues - by next year we should see '09's for about mid $50's. And the year following that, we might see low $50's, high $40's (hopefully).

I might be a bit optimistic with the low numbers, but that's just me. For those who didn't wait and jumped on the early models for $72k, we made out pretty well (because there are no options for the car, these prices didn't vary from dealer to dealer - except for mark-ups, which rarely appear anymore).

 

i hope they go down hard soon, i want to get one for a 4th car in march...tax return season in the performance parts business means time for a new toy