In 2019, in order to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the first generation GT-R (Skyline C10), Nissan and the famous Italian design studio Italdesigh created a commemorative version of the model called GT-R 50. Originally, everyone thought it would be a prototype of the next-generation GT-R R36, but then Italdesigh said that the GT-R 50 is just a limited edition model based on the current GT-R R35, with a global limit of 50 units, each priced at $1.05 million (about 6.99 million yuan).
Since then, the public's call for the new GT-R R36 has been very high, a few days ago, Nissan officially announced the closure of the Japanese market 2022 GT-R order entrance, which means that this generation of GT-R will soon bid farewell to the stage of history. For the 2022 model, gt-R only launched the T-spec and Nissmo versions in its domestic market, and the model was sold in the Japanese domestic market for a short time in Australia, and the overall production capacity is still very low. As for the North American market, the GT-R Premium and GT-R Nismo currently on sale are still 2021 models.
In fact, the Japanese market is not the only market that recently closed the sales of the 2022 GT-R, and in March this year, the GT-R was discontinued in Europe due to noise violations. For the fans' doubts and calls, Nissan's chief operating officer Ashwani Gupta revealed in an interview with foreign media that Nissan will launch a pure electric version of gt-R in the future, although it is not clear when this pure electric sports car will be launched, but Nissan will not let this classic model become history. Gupta said: "At the moment, when we are preparing to electrify our vehicles, we can't find the right technology to define what 'Nissan Z' is and what is 'GT-R'. These two models are no longer just cars for us, but our culture. ”
The official did not disclose the specific time of the new GT-R R36 listing, but according to the previous plan, the addition of the hybrid system is essential, but the possibility of the new car using pure electric drive is still very small. After all, this generation of GT-R R35 has been 15 years since 2007, so the new GT-R R36 version should also have a longer life cycle. Therefore, the previous Gupta mentioned that the release time of the pure electric version of GT-R may not wait until around 2030.
According to the speculation of overseas netizens, the pure electric version of the GT-R is likely to use the new technology developed by Nissan at the Formula E World Championship. Nissan participated in the Formula E World Championship in 2018 as the first Japanese automaker, and since then, the company has signed a cooperation agreement with the French team "e.dams" and officially acquired the "e.dams" team on April 24 this year.
Mr. Gupta said: "This acquisition is very exciting news for Nissan employees, fans and consumers. Nissan has more than 85 years of experience in motorsport, and the desire for victory is what drives the company to accelerate. Through competitions, as well as the technological changes gained in participating in the Formula E Championship, we have a lot of opportunities to develop and deliver better models for consumers. ”
In addition, at the end of 2021, Nissan officially released the official image of the new Super GT Series racing car - the new Nissan Z GT500. The new car will replace the Nissan GT-R GT500 and serve as the brand's official race car for the 2022 Super GT race. This also means that the real "God of War" GT-R GT will stop its 13-year service period at the end of 2021 and retire with five drivers' championship titles.
In summary, since the birth of the first gt-R C10 in 1969, Nissan has never compromised on performance improvement. As the saying goes, "heroes from chaos", the 90s was really an era of classic models emerging, and the depots disregarded the interests and costs, just to create works that made fans crazy. The pursuit of performance, which was almost crazy, eventually allowed the GT-R R35 to run 7 minutes and 21 seconds at the Nürburgring. In the past 53 years, GT-R has walked a road that carries the soul of Japanese cars, a road that makes European and American car manufacturers ashamed. In the current era of rapid development of electrification, we do not know whether GT-R can find its own way of survival. However, as a car fan, I still hope that the undefeated spirit of gt-R "God of War" can be passed on and the faith will last forever.