After 17 years, the R35 Nissan GT-R goes away. Nissan introduced Friday that GT-R manufacturing for the North American market will finish in October, with two particular fashions, Skyline and Takumi Version to rejoice the world-beating efficiency automobile.
We have reached out to Nissan to substantiate if GT-R manufacturing for different markets will proceed past October, and we’ll replace if and after we hear again. However even when the GT-R stays in manufacturing past October, it certainly will not be for very lengthy.
The Skyline Version is constructed on the bottom “Premium” mannequin and comes solely in Bayside Blue over a blue inside. It prices $132,985. The Takumi Version is a barely tweaked model of the 2024 GT-R T-Spec, painted solely in Midnight Purple and sporting carbon-ceramic brakes, gold RAYS cast wheels, and wider entrance fenders. Within the engine bay, there is a gold VIN plate, and crimson writing on the outside badges to honor the takumi, grasp craftsmen, who make the GT-R. It prices $152,985.
Each, as ever, function a 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged V-6 making 565 horsepower, a six-speed dual-clutch transaxle, and all-wheel drive. There is not any phrase on manufacturing numbers for these limited-edition fashions.
When it arrived in 2007, the GT-R shocked the performance-car world, punching to date above its weight. It remade the world in its picture, forcing so many different automakers to work exhausting to beat the killer Nissan. However within the years since, Nissan has struggled, and because the efficiency vehicles have moved on, the GT-R has solely acquired iterative updates and two facelifts over its 17 years.
In a launch, Nissan mentioned that”[w]hile the R35 GT-R leaves an unforgettable legacy, Nissan is now hyperfocused on the long run and the subsequent period of thrilling innovation in efficiency.” Nissan has proven an electrical GT-R idea, the Hyper Power, however it won’t arrive till the tip of the last decade.
