The R35 Nissan GT-R has been with us for eight years now, but despite a string of evolutionary updates over the years that upped the performance (output has risen from 480 hp at launch to 550 hp this year) and handling capabilities of the Godzilla, Nissan still believes that there’s life left in the ol’ dinosaur, according to Australian portal CarAdvice.
Nissan’s director of design Shiro Nakamura told the press at the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans that while it is unlikely to expect the current GT-R to be any faster, there are still improvements to be gained in terms of styling or handling.
“[Before a new GT-R arrives] we still want to improve [the] current GT-R because it has more potential to be better. I think it’s an improvement. You will see. Even the design wise, we have some minor change coming very soon. You will see very shortly.
“Performance is already very good – 0-100km/h in 2.7 seconds. So it might be impossible to get higher speed wise but maybe more better handling and that kind of thing,” he said.
Meanwhile, Nakamura said that the next GT-R is still “more than two years away,” and while it will take inspiration from the radical front-wheel drive hybrid GT-R LM Nismo Le Mans racer, it will be more of an evolution of the current car, rather than a revolution.
“Nissan GT-R LM Nismo is not a production car but it is inspired by GT-R and also to give us inspiration for future GT-R,” he added. “We want to be more challenging, we want to be more innovative, just not following what other people do. Therefore this is a racing car, but in the spirit of this one, it’s very similar to what we want to do for the production [car].”
Nakamura was also mum about the possibility of an electric or hybrid powertrain for the next generation, saying only that the company was experimenting with them. “To be honest, we have not yet finalised next generation of GT-R,” he said. “But electrification is one of the aspects – so nothing confirmed.”
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The next godzilla would probably push 600 bhp from the v6 mill alone…
the battery will either occupy the floor plan ala tesla.. to have the lowest centre of gravity..or just pack it at the back at the expense of bootspace…
the question is where would the electric motors be…?
at the back only , front and back or the front wheels is exclusively powered by electric motors
elimination of the propshaft from the gearbox at the back to the front would enable the battery being putin the floor and the engine sits lower, hence better styling….
or it might have another gear at the front ala ferrari FF
inclusion of an electric motor is next logical step to reduce its 0-60 time…
wow time flies… didn’t realize this beast is already 8 years old… no doubt the current GTR is truly a masterpiece in automobile engineering.
And ETCM never once to consider bring the GTR here officially. All GTR here are grey imports. Why??
Bcoz official import will cost you 700K for a brand new GTR. Where as grey import only cost 300K below. Nobody gonna buy a 700k GTR bro
this car can chase after a ferrari already.
if you mean speed, they did it long time ago. if you mean image, probably there are still long way to go.
Nissan don’t like Hybrid, but maybe this time? Fuel cell not so fast… Or will they go for EV supercar?
I think they are still lingering between these choices. Either EV or Hybrid. I think Hybrid is quite possible, cause EV is not that popular at this point of time (not even 2 years forward). But I’m sure, they will do something special to the Hybrid. Special enough to WOW the petrol heads. Most probably they are brainstorming now…
Will the next one fly like the one in Nurburgring?