It feels like we’ve been saying this every year since 2017, but alas, here we go again: there’s a new R35-generation Nissan GT-R for 2024, and it could once again be the final hurrah for the ageing supercar that has now been in production for a whopping 18 years.
Order books for the new 2024 Nissan GT-R is already open in Japan, and it’ll be offered in eight different variants including two Nismo-tuned special edition models, all of them building upon the facelifted model the company revealed last year.
Only the Premium Edition T-Spec and Track Edition variants from the “standard” GT-R range will get any mechanical changes, though, and are all inherited from the aforementioned Nismo Special Edition: “high precision” weight-balanced piston rings, connecting rods, and crankshafts, which Nissan says is responsible for “snappier revs and faster turbo spooling”.
The Premium Edition also gets a new interior colour called Blue Heaven, which admittedly does look very pretty, but that is pretty much the extent of the changes on the “new” 2024 Nissan GT-R.
The 2024 Nissan GT-R is still powered by the same takumi-built VR38DETT 3.8-litres twin-turbocharged V6 engine, still making the same outputs as last year at 570 hp and 637 Nm for the standard GT-R, and 600 hp and 652 Nm for the Nismo-tuned ones. It’s also still got the same six-speed dual-clutch gearbox, same all-wheel drive system, and even the same colour options, including the retro-licious Millennium Jade and Midnight Purple options specifically for the T-Spec.
The actual story here, is that the 2024 model could really, actually (and finally) be the last we’ll see of the R35-generation Nissan GT-R. It all started last week when Japanese publication Mag-X reported that the 2025 model year GT-R (which, to be clear, is the car here that will begin deliveries around June this year) will be the final model year for the venerable supercar.
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In the press release for the new GT-R, Nissan also further fuelled the rumour by including a footnote mentioning that production will be limited and “some orders might not be accepted if demand exceeds supply, which the Japanese publication also mentions in their report.
Nissan, of course, isn’t saying how many cars it will be building for the 2025MY GT-R, but Mag-X alleges that only 1,500 units will be made, of which 300 are the hotter Nismo derivative. The Japanese magazine further claims that Nissan has since informed dealers that the supercar will be discontinued because the company will be unable to source some parts in the future.
All signs are truly pointing to an end for the R35 this time round, but this really shouldn’t be news to anyone who’s been keeping up with the supercar. It has, after all, been in production since December 2007, and the first concept model was actually shown off all the way back at the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show.
So what’s next for the GT-R nameplate? Nissan has already previously confirmed that it is currently developing an EV sports car, and the Hyper Force concept’s GT-R-like design cues certainly isn’t a coincidence… That fully-electric supercar will likely only be unveiled closer to 2030 though, so for the next six years until then, this 2024 Nissan GT-R is likely your best bet – and you’ll even get a gold-coloured VIN Plate to commemorate what might just be the last R35 GT-R ever.
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Source: Nissan, Mag-X via Motor-1
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