A Gainesville, Florida Nissan dealership received a most unpleasant surprise Monday morning as the dealer's showroom floor became engulfed in smoke, with some flames centered in one very unfortunate area. Now we're guessing here, but we would think that if the dealer could save any one vehicle from the fire, they'd pick the nearly $90,000 silver GT-R. Too bad they apparently didn't have time to make the decision.

The Gainesville Sun reports that the GT-R was engulfed in flames when police and fire arrived at the dealership a little while after it closed, burning up much of the vehicle's exterior. The last person to exit the building was the security guard, who did a quick check of the showroom and locked up. When firefighters arrived on the scene, they had to bust down a door to enter the building, and when they got inside, the GT-R was being served flambé-style.

Firefighters don't know exactly how or why the GT-R burst into flames. Reports suggest that there was a light that dropped to the ground, and that light could have started the fire, or it could have dropped as a result of the fire. We don't have any idea what happened to the GT-R, or whether or not it was even driven that day, but you can head over to Gainesville.com for more details and to see a picture of the carnage.

 

I guess they don't have security cameras?

 

It'll buff out.

 

Meh. It's a GTR.

 

I, for one, would love a GT-R...just not on fire.

 

Time to hit the insurance auction sites and search 2010 -> Nissan -> GT-R

 

Firefighters have confirmed that a light fixture fell and that's what caused the car to burst into flames. Here's the link:

http://www.gainesville.com/article/2...CLES/100529644

A picture of the car can be seen at this link:

http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs...ARTICLES&ArtNo

 

hmm. maybe why i got such a good deal on mine??

 

Pfttttttt. If it can be painted again, maybe I'll go buy it.

 

Usually a shed a single tear when a sports/supercar is shown crashed/destroyed/burned....not so in this case.....but then again it's only a GT-R :wink:

 

ouch..

 

id drive it in that condition.

 

Hell yeah I'd still hit it.

 

 

The dealership is a few minutes away from work, I'll drop by there in the 7 and ask if I can test drive it

 

I bet the light fixture dropping and starting a fire is just a cover up story, I bet the shit transmission started the fire somehow haha

 

 

Meh, its only a Nissan

 

They emailed last night about all the great deals they have on cars. I emailed them back asking if i can get a deal on a slightly burned GTR. The guy emails me back "Absolutely Patrick. That would be a hot car for sure. I will only mark it up $5000 over MSRP for your troubles.



Elijah Miller-Gainesville Nissan"

 

seriously??

 

 

Well done, man! I bet the dealership got a kick out of that!

 

haha I thought it was funny that I had just read the story on here and an hour later I get an email from them (lived in gville during school and looked at a car there way back).

 

I got dibs also paypal ready

 

I went to them and spoke about it, in case you guys didn't notice it happened in MAY! Apparently a light fixure (the ballast) exploded and went through the windshield and torched the inside of the car.

They haven't gotten another one since then. I talked to them about getting another one and all I can say is I might be replacing something or adding a new member to the stable!

 

I would still park that in my drive way with pride.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWX-8...layer_embedded

 

They said they only got 2 runs in and then got kicked off the track because they didn't have a roll cage or parachute.

 

Holy hell. I want.

 

One less ugly car on the road

 

Throw some insane fitting wheels, "Canibeat/hellaflush" stickers on it and it'll be their car of the month.