Nissan has revealed what all indications are that it will be the definitive styling year for the nearly 17-year-old R35-generation Nissan GT-R supercar.
The GT-R line of the 2025 style year (MY25) was unveiled in Japan and Nissan has reportedly told dealers in its home market that it will be the last of its kind, as the parts to build the supercar will soon cease production. .
The Japanese automaker has not written to foreign media about the fate of the iconic supercar, which left Australian dealerships at the end of 2021 due to new crash protection rules it was unable to meet.
However, the company has issued a warning: “production is limited and some orders may not be accepted,” and describes the 2025 model on its website as the “highlight” of the GT-R range.
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“As the newest model, the ‘highlight’ of our efforts, begins to roll, we become aware of the buds of a new deepening. We don’t have any options yet to do so,” Nissan says on its Japanese website.
“For those who continue to love us. The soul begins to lead. The deepening of the GT-R will never end. “
Japan’s prestigious Best Car magazine claims that “Nissan officials” have shown that the 2025 styling will be the last GT-R and that “production [should] end in August 2025,” in about 18 months.
He also states that “the evolution of the next GT-R, despite everything, is in full swing. “
It reports that the GT-R will go electric towards the end of the decade, either as a showcase edition of the GT-R-style Hyper Force two-door concept unveiled last year, with solid-state batteries and 1,000 kW, or a four-door rival to the Porsche Taycan.
New to the 2025 GT-R R35 Series is a “Blue Heaven” interior color palette for the Premium Edition, one of 8 models available in Japan.
The Premium T-Spec and Track Editions designed through Nismo take advantage of weight-balanced piston rings, connecting rods and crankshafts, which in the past were exclusive to the Nismo Special Edition, and are promised to deliver “faster revs and faster speed. “turbo coil. “
Both variants also take advantage of the aluminum plates in the look of the engine named after the craftsman “takumi” who built it, and the gold plates in the engine compartment.
The 2025 GT-R has seen price increases of up to 7 percent, or up to $15,500, in Japan, and its price has now fallen from 14,443,000 yen to 30,613,000 yen (AU$147,700 to AU$313,000).
By comparison, the value of the original 2007 GT-R was 7,770,000 yen (A$73,351 at the time) or about 8,781,000 yen (A$89,800) adjusted for inflation.
The R35 GT-R is now in its seventeenth year on sale in Japan, having gone on sale on November 6, 2007, 3 months before the first Tesla was delivered and two weeks before Kevin Rudd beat out John Howard as Prime Minister of Australia.
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