2024 Nissan GT-R restricted editions mark finish of R35 Godzilla after 17 years

  • 2024 would be the remaining 12 months for the R35 Nissan GT-R
  • The R35 Nissan GT-R lived for 16 years
  • Nissan has already confirmed a next-generation GT-R

Nissan on Friday introduced pricing for 2 limited-edition fashions that mark the top of the current-generation GT-R’s nearly two-decade manufacturing run.

The T-spec Takumi and Skyline particular editions have been introduced in March. Nissan has now confirmed that the Takumi version will begin at $152,985, whereas the Skyline version will begin at $132,985 (each costs embody a compulsory $1,895 vacation spot cost). Each arrive at U.S. dealerships this summer time, with lower than 200 automobiles allotted for this market.

These limited-edition fashions are an homage to the long-lived present iteration of the GT-R, recognized by its R35 inside mannequin code, which was revealed in 2007 and went on sale within the U.S. as a 2009 mannequin.

2024 Nissan GT-R T-spec Takumi special edition

2024 Nissan GT-R T-spec Takumi particular version

 

The Takumi Version is a tribute to the craftspeople, generally known as takumi, chargeable for hand assembling the GT-R’s twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V-6. Distinguishing touches embody Midnight Purple paint with a Mori Inexperienced inside, in addition to a gold-colored VIN plate and a pink script on the plaque naming the one who assembled a given automotive’s engine. Like different T-Spec fashions, the Takumi Version additionally options carbon-ceramic brakes, 20-inch Nismo Rays wheels, and wider entrance fenders.

The Skyline Version references the GT-R’s historical past as a efficiency model of the Nissan Skyline earlier than improvement of the devoted R35 mannequin. Not one of the Skyline GT-R fashions have been offered within the U.S. when new, however they’ve developed a cult following right here and a few are actually being imported beneath the 25-year rule. The Skyline Version pays tribute to those vehicles with the R34 GT-R’s signature Bayside Blue paint, with a Sora Blue inside.

2024 Nissan GT-R Skyline special edition

2024 Nissan GT-R Skyline particular version

Each particular editions are primarily based on the GT-R Premium grade. No efficiency modifications have been introduced, so anticipate the identical 565 hp and 467 lb-ft because the Premium mannequin. The revised designs for the entrance and rear fascias and rear wing launched on different GT-R fashions for 2024 additionally carry over.

It is unclear when the GT-R will return. On the 2024 New York auto present, Ponz Pandikuthira, Senior Vice President and Chief Planning Officer for Nissan North America, confirmed a next-generation GT-R, however famous that the nameplate could take time to reinvent. Some type of electrification is probably going, whereas the design could draw inspiration from the Hyper Pressure electrical idea unveiled on the 2023 Tokyo auto present.

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