Nissan GTR Assembly Line Detailing

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Not sure if anyone posted this before on here, but I thought it was interesting to see that the new Nissan GTRs are all wetsanded and buffed on the assembly line. Is this typical on exotics or other high-end auto manufacturers? I work for Daimler and have toured several plants and have never seen this before. Most cars/trucks get painted by robots and baked in a booth and that's it.



YouTube - Nissan GT-R Assembly Footage
 
That's certainly a lot of personal attention! Impressive.



And the buff guys actually looked like they knew what they were doing, and were probably more meticulous than many of us, even.
 
Nice video. I think they're spot sanding/buffing imperfections, not the whole car. Every car company does this to a certain extent.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
That's a joke, right? 347?
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Well, it's slightly more than that but it's selling like steaming piles at this point. There's supposed to be some decent changes to it in the next couple months to try and fix that.
 
SpoiledMan said:
Well, it's slightly more than that but it's selling like steaming piles at this point. There's supposed to be some decent changes to it in the next couple months to try and fix that.
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They need to, that car should be built on a RWD platform with an available V8 engine. Everything in that class is based off that same architecture. Not to mention the interior space rivals that of the smaller cheaper TL.



It also has ho-hum styling. Someone who spends $50k plus on a car expects more than the current RL.
 
Well it took a *lot* of convincing for my wife to get it. I thought the car was a dodo from the get go. Well put together but a dodo nonetheless.
 
David Fermani said:
Nice video. I think they're spot sanding/buffing imperfections, not the whole car. Every car company does this to a certain extent.
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I agree with David, not sure how you get they are wetsanding the entire car. :nixweiss
 
David Fermani said:
Nice video. I think they're spot sanding/buffing imperfections, not the whole car. Every car company does this to a certain extent.
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Ford damn sure didn't do that on my car....:down
 
that's seems like an extream amount of compltely wasted time. Car manufactures aren't in the biz to pretty up assembly line cars. It's build them and get them out ASAP. Cool to watch but highly unproductive and wasteful.
 
The new GTR is Nissan's flagship vehicle and costs around $75,000. I see no reason why they would not strive to produce a vehicle of the highest quality; including the paint. Manual paint work definitely is not very efficient, but for the price I think it is good they are making the extra effort.
 
You wouldn't believe how many defects get corrected on the line. Most of the time they just sand them down and compound it and they leave swirls.
 
brwill2005 said:
The new GTR is Nissan's flagship vehicle and costs around $75,000. I see no reason why they would not strive to produce a vehicle of the highest quality; including the paint. Manual paint work definitely is not very efficient, but for the price I think it is good they are making the extra effort.
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I agree completely, this is no run of the mill Nissan Versa..... This is their Halo car and expected to be a $70-75,000 vehicle; That's Porsche territory.



For that kind of coin, they better have the paint perfect from the factory, someone dropping upwards of $70k on a Nissan is going to expect perfection....
 
Definitely Porsche territory in more ways than one. I read its lap times are faster than all but three production cars in the world around a road course. They said for the money, you are getting a world class car.
 
Yup this car is performance wise in the exotic car category. For the price you are getting a hell of a car. Like stated above this is nissans giant. Although alot of people don't know about it, the GT-R has been in Japan for many years. Almost every circuit they ran on the blew the competition out of the water, and the technology they had in the cars were years ahead of its time.



Ill have to check the video out when i get home from work.
 
I don't consider taking steps to improve the finish on a car unproductive or wasteful. More expensive? Added cost? I'm sure. But, if you are buying a premium car, then most buyers would expect a better finish than on your run of the mill commuter. car. If it takes wet sanding and buffing to get that better finish, then go for it.



Oh, I thought the business of car manufacturers was to make money (by manufacturing and selling cars). Maybe if other companies took enough care to build quality into the cars instead of trying to see how fast they could make them, the American car industry would be in better shape.



(stepping off soap box)
 
gmblack3a said:
I agree with David, not sure how you get they are wetsanding the entire car. :nixweiss
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Not sure how you got that I claimed they did the whole car...



This is the second time this week I am having to defend myself from claims I never made. UGH!
 
danponjican said:
Not sure how you got that I claimed they did the whole car...



This is the second time this week I am having to defend myself from claims I never made. UGH!
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Because you didn't say spot-sanded or wet-sanded/polished defects.



new Nissan GTRs are all wetsanded and buffed on the assembly line.
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Now with your statement above I can see what you mean, but can you see where a few folks might think you ment otherwise. If not its no big deal. :ignore
 
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