

50 of them made through to Nissan's design director Shiro Nakamura. Overall development began in the year 2000, with Nissan designers from Japan, United States and Europe began to create new sketches for the GT-R. At the 2003 Tokyo Motor Show, he announced that the production version will make its debut in the fall of 2007.įor the design perspective, Ghosn wanted four round taillights to be fitted to the new GT-R, just like in its predecessors he claimed it always been the signature of the GT-R. In 2001, Ghosn announced the development of the GT-R when a concept was revealed at the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show. Nissan started development of the GT-R in a mindset of " A Supercar for Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime". In response, designers and engineers estimated they would need four or five years to develop such a high-performance sports car, because it should be made on an innovative platform along with a lot more other technologies. Also, it should outperform or match the benchmark sports car at the time, the Porsche 911 (997) Turbo, specifically at the Nürburgring. He wanted the GT-R to provide an overall high level of performance – no matter how much time and money it would cost. After his appointment, he told the designers and engineers of Nissan to create a new GT-R, as he determined that a new GT-R would be a success for Nissan. In 1999, as a result of the Renault–Nissan Alliance, Carlos Ghosn was appointed as the new CEO of Nissan. Nissan's then CEO Carlos Ghosn purchased the first ever production Nissan GT-R The GT-R also retained its predecessor's nickname, Godzilla, originally given to it by the Australian motoring publication Wheels in 1989 for its R32 generation model.
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Despite the GT-R's heritage, the chassis code for the all-new version is CBA-R35 and for later model years DBA-R35 and 4BA-R35, or R35 for short (where CBA, DBA and 4BA stands for the emissions standard prefix), carrying on the naming trend from previous Skyline GT-R generations. But the HICAS four-wheel-steering system was removed and the former straight-6 RB26DETT engine was replaced with the new VR38DETT engine. Like some later generations of the Skyline GT-R, the GT-R has the ATTESA E-TS all-wheel drive system with a twin-turbocharged 6-cylinder engine. The GT-R is an entirely new model sharing little with the Skyline GT-R, except its signature four round tail lights. This car proved to be iconic for Nissan, achieving much fame and success on the road and in motorsports.

5.1 Official Nürburgring Nordschleife lap times.After setting several benchmark standards for 15 years of its production period, the GT-R was discontinued worldwide, due to newer regulation changes. The GT-R achieved success as a road car as well as in motorsports. Overall body was made out of steel, aluminium and premium materials such as carbon-fiber. The production version of the GT-R was introduced at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show, along with the PM platform, featured the exclusively developed VR38DETT engine and lot more other newer technologies. In 2006, then-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn determined that the GT-R would be a global icon for the Nissan brand, as unlike its predecessors which were only sold in Japan, the GT-R would be sold all around the world. The GT-R abbreviation stands for Gran Turismo–Racing, obtained from the Skyline GT-R. The GT-R is built on the exclusively-developed Nissan PM platform, which is an enhanced evolution of the Nissan FM platform used in the separate Nissan Skyline luxury car and the Nissan Z sports car. Although this car was the sixth-generation model to bear the GT-R name, the model is no longer part of the Nissan Skyline model line up since that name is now reserved for Nissan's luxury-sport vehicles. It is the successor to the Skyline GT-R, a high performance variant of the Nissan Skyline. The Nissan GT-R (Japanese: 日産・GT-R, Nissan GT-R), is a high-performance sports car and grand tourer produced by Nissan, unveiled in 2007.
