Nissan has decided what the future will be that, sooner or later, one of its flagships will have to face. The Nissan GT-R will succumb to electrification at its highest level. This has been pointed out by a senior official of the company, ensuring that an electric GT-R will definitely hit the market, one day.
The time has come for nissan get down to work and face the titanic task that will entail the design and development of a new generation of the iconic GT-R. The truth is that the Japanese manufacturer has taken its time to give life to a replacement for the 370Z. However, and with the new Nissan Z already presented in society, it is time to focus on his “big brother”.
In recent years, much expectation has been generated about the future that holds for the Nissan GT-R. The reason? The new generation of this model will see the light in the incipient era of the electric car. Does this mean that it will succumb to electrification? A senior Nisssan official has made some very interesting statements that help to show what will happen to this model in the coming times.
The 100% electric Nissan GT-R will end up being a reality
The company is thinking at least one generation ahead. Ashwani Gupta, Chief Operating Officer of Nissan, has made some enlightening comments to topgear. He anticipated that there will be a radical change at some point. Moreover, at some point the GT-R will have to say goodbye to the internal combustion engine.
“I think it’s too early to say when, but definitely an electric GT-R will come one day», assured Gupta. However, the high position of the brand also revealed that the current technology is not ready to be used in this model. “Currently, when we do all the simulations for the electrification of these cars, we don’t find the right technology to define what is Z and what is GT-R. And in the end, these two are not cars, they are our culture.”
Ashwani Gupta specified that the positioning of the Nissan Z and Nissan GT-R will not change in the electric age, meaning the venerable supercar will always sit at the top of the range.
The future of the Nissan GT-R passes, inevitably, through electrification
Reports about the next generation that have been coming out for a few years indicate that the GT-R will succumb to electrification. The new model, known internally with the code R36, will have to use some type of hybridization in order to continue using the V6 gasoline engine. Therefore, and based on this information, the hypothetical 100% electric GT-R will not see the light until the R37 model. A very long-term project.
Source: Engine1