Nissan today said it has received 2,200 pre-orders for its GT-R. sports car, which goes on sale in Japan in less than three weeks. That’s close to Nissan’s overall sales target of 2,400 units for all of 2008!
Nissan has been taking orders for just under two months. It’s not known how long it will take for all those customers to receive their cars. The first customers will begin taking delivery after December 6th, when the car officially goes on sale.
It remains to be seen how Nissan will cope with stronger-than-expected demand, considering its claimed sales target is just 200 units per month in Japan, and even less in North America.
U.S. availability won’t begin until June 2008, with prices starting at around $70,000. Nissan has set a U.S. sales target of 1,500 GT-Rs annually. Dealers are predicting a $15,000 markup on the GT-R.
