Nissan’s GT-R is dead to much of the world, having been withdrawn from sale in Europe and Australia, but in Japan the company is getting ready to unleash a 2024 car for markets like the U.S. where the super-coupe is still alive and kicking. The 2024 version of the car that first went on sale in 2007 will be announced at the Tokyo Motor Show at 8 PM EST on January 12 (10 AM on the 13th for those in Japan).
Nissan’s YouTube channel will transmit the
unveiling from Nissan’s main stage at Makuhari Messe where the car will be
presented by Nissan COO Ashwani Gupta and chief vehicle engineer, Takashi
Kawaguchi. That will be followed 3.5 hours later by a less formal, but possibly
more in-depth introduction to the 2024 GT-R, again viewable live on YouTube, but
this time featuring Kawaguchi, chief powertrain engineer Naoki Nakata, and
brand ambassador Hiroshi Tamura.
That much we know, but what’s not so clear
is exactly what the team will be presenting. Although it’s no secret that
Nissan is working on an all-new electrified GT-R, we’re not expecting to see
that until later in the decade. So the 2024 car is almost certainly yet another
mild makeover of the existing car, though we’d be delighted to be proved wrong.
The last really major update for the GT-R
came in 2016 when the car was facelifted for the 2017 model year with new
bumpers, a redesigned interior and more power from the VR38DETT V6 engine.
Nissan skipped the 2022 model year, but reintroduced the car to North America
for 2023. It currently makes 565 hp and 633 Nm, and costs US$ 113,540
in the U.S.
It took Nissan six years between showing
the 2001 GT-R concept and taking the wraps off the production version that’s
still with us today, so we’re not surprised that the company is in no rush to
consign it to the scrap heap even if it now sells a fraction of the units it
once did.
