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Nissan confirms it has 'people working' on a new GT-R

  • Nissan is working on a new GT-R
  • The iconic car was retired this year
  • But now the marque says a new model is on its way

Published on May 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid

Last updated on May 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by Alessandro Renesis

Nissan has said its GT-R will ‘without a doubt’ make a return and that there are already people working on the new supercar.

The GT-R went into production in 2007 and it became a huge hit with gearheads the world over. 

The vehicle, sometimes affectionately known as Godzilla, was one of the fastest production cars in the world and won a clutch of awards when it first came out. 

After a successful run, Nissan halted sales of the GT-R in North America in 2024, before announcing it was fully pulling the plug this year.

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Now, it seems the iconic Nissan GT-R is set for a return with the marque confirming that it already has people working on it. 

And this is definitely great to hear.

GT-R Nissan confirms it has 'people working' on a new GT-R GT-R
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Back in April, the carmaker’s new CEO Ivan Espinosa appeared to drop a rather large hint after saying that making sports cars was part of the marque’s DNA. 

He went on to say the GT-R name ‘will exist into the future.’

Around the same time, high-ranking Nissan execs further confirmed this. 

We don’t know when, but the GT-R will be back, and there are already people working on it.

Nissan confirms it has 'people working' on its new Nissan GT-R
Nissan

There’s something else worth pointing out, though.

Arnaud Charpentier, VP of Marketing, said the company also needs to create something that’s future-proof.

“When, how, honestly, this we don’t know. But today, we don’t just need to make a sports car, but to do one with a powertrain that we foresee [working] in the coming years,” he told Autoexpress.

“If it is electric or electrified, it needs to remain a sports car. [But] if you end up with the same performance as an EV SUV, this is an issue.”

He went on to say that whatever way Nissan goes with the upcoming R36, it must be able to ‘reinvent the notion of a sports car’.

So, no pressure then, guys. 

The carmaker had previously suggested replacing the old GT-R with a new electric supercar, but that vehicle failed to materialize.

Only time will tell if Nissan will opt for an EV powertrain for the upcoming R36, but it’s definitely one to watch. 

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With a background in both local and national press in the UK, Claire moved to New Zealand before joining the editorial team at Supercar Blondie in May 2024. As a Senior Content Writer working on New Zealand Standard Time (NZST), Claire was the first writer on the team to make the site’s output a slick 24/7 operation covering the latest in automotive news.