Nissan GTR Assembly Line Detailing

danponjican · 12-04-07, 09:20

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.

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Setec Astronomy · 12-04-07, 09:37

Lexus was doing that on the new LS.

paul34 · 12-04-07, 09:41

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.

SpoiledMan · 12-04-07, 09:43

*All* of the current generation Acura RL's(all 347 that were sold) are wet sanded on the line.

Setec Astronomy · 12-04-07, 10:04

That's a joke, right? 347?

David Fermani · 12-04-07, 10:11

Nice video. I think they're spot sanding/buffing imperfections, not the whole car. Every car company does this to a certain extent.

SpoiledMan · 12-04-07, 10:14

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Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy

That's a joke, right? 347?

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.

slicknickis3 · 12-05-07, 07:45

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Originally Posted by SpoiledMan

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.

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.

SpoiledMan · 12-05-07, 08:09

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.

gmblack3a · 12-05-07, 08:22

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Originally Posted by David Fermani

Nice video. I think they're spot sanding/buffing imperfections, not the whole car. Every car company does this to a certain extent.

I agree with David, not sure how you get they are wetsanding the entire car.

beabout · 12-05-07, 08:23

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Originally Posted by David Fermani

Nice video. I think they're spot sanding/buffing imperfections, not the whole car. Every car company does this to a certain extent.

Ford damn sure didn't do that on my car....

Jakerooni · 12-05-07, 08:26

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.