Source: http://blogs.edmunds.com/straightlin...h-control.html

I guess Nissan was like: enough is enough, we have to get rid of the launch control in order to save our faces from the weak tranny...

It's what I have been saying all along

Give me the new CTS-V anyday......GM might be bankrupt in a year, but at least I won't have to worry about my slushbox imploding

()#$%()#$()$#() OWNERS!!! So we abuse the GT-R and they get rid of it. We can't run car companies. We sue for no damn reason.

yep, well i guess it's better that way.. less people whining

^ haha, that pic is great.

And they can kiss 3.5 seconds 0-60 goodbye

Godzilla is looking more like Barney

It just takes a couple minutes searching on some GTR forums to realize Nissan completely overlooked this feature, considering how every feature is worked to death to see what abuse it can take, nothing compares to when the product gets into the hands of the consumer

Not that Im gonna be buying this car, but if I did I would like to try the Launch Control but not at the risk of destroying my trans, it is a feature that is offered

I wonder how many people/owners know about the 1800 mile trans fluid changes

Abuse? Its a feature they put on the car. Nissan is known for glass trannies and glass rear-ends (post R200 and R230 anyway). The 350z 6-speed can hardly handle as much peak torque as the W58 in the SC3 or NA Supra. Nissan == cost-cutting. I don't know who is more at fault; the idiots who thought Nissan wouldnt do this to them or Nissan themselves.

Finally Nissan did SOMETHING. Since they don't want to deal with the warranty issues, and since LC technically is a feature/functionality of the car, getting rid of it is a good thing to do from their point-of-view. Some owners might be a bit dissapointed since straight-line performance won't be as scorching, just slightly slower.

I vote Nissan themselves. Cost-cutting on important components of a car that's meant to be a technological statement to the competition as well as the world is a BIG mistake.

For the fear of being labled a "GTR Hater" again, I have said it all along that they cut costs in many areas. And as I have said before, I have seen better "quality" cars from nissan around $40K, the ONLY thing it has going for it is it is fast. It was just my thoughts from the begining that it was not what people were making it out to be.

did anyone really need any more proof that (edit: most) americans are retards? i didnt think so...but i guess i was wrong. hey if bmw did it, i dont see why nissan wouldnt. and last i checked, the gtr was designed to be fast. so yes, you called the kettle black, you utter genius.

Thanks, I had my suspicions.

if this is true, then this is ebarrassing for nissan.

car manufacturer ceo's = lulz

Ha Ha I was wondering if they would do that.....oh well.....car still has a lot of potential.