Water-cooler talk says the next GT-R won't
be out until 2020; we like the current car enough to be okay with that.
“To be honest the company is not even talking about it,” Emery told Motoring. “We are close to the life cycle in terms of cars now and in the future. In terms of direct conversation around GT-R, it’s not on the horizon. It’s certainly not 2018, and I can’t see it even in 2019. It’s not on the product plan list for that period.”
That would put the cycle of the current GT-R at more than a decade after launching in 2009, though the sports car was heavily revised in 2012. That’s nearly twice as long of a gestation period as more pedestrian cars. But at 545-600 hp and with now-classic and recognizable GT-R sheetmetal, Godzilla's shelf-life is a lot different from that of a Sentra. It still bests cars costing twice at much at the track, but somehow also slips under the radar of non-enthusiast drivers.
Nissan, in collaboration with Polyphony Digital -- the makers of the “Gran Turismo” racing series -- has officially unveiled its Nissan Concept 2020 Vision Gran Turismo. The 2020 Vision ...
We called Nissan for confirmation. Representatives claim it’s the first time they'd heard anything like that, and that most if not all of the GT-R news comes out of Japan, so they were unable to confirm or deny. An unsatisfying answer to be sure, but we’ll be keeping our eye out for more news.
