Italdesign is gearing up to put the Nissan GT-R50
into production. Strictly limited production, mind you, with only fifty to be
made. But this is even more exclusive. Ten times as exclusive, to be specific.
And it can be yours.
It’s called
the Zerouno, and it was the first project from the freshly inaugurated
Automobili Speciali Italdesign after the Volkswagen Group took over the design
studio from the legendary Giorgetto Giugiaro.
It was based on the same underpinnings as the Audi
R8 and Lamborghini Huracan, and packed the same 5.2-liter V10, sending 610 hp and 520 Nm of torque to all four wheels through
a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.
Italdesign unveiled the Zerouno coupe at the Geneva
Motor Show last year, and set about building five examples – each with a
seven-figure price tag that put it in another league from its platform-mates.
More along the lines of the Lamborghini Veneno or Centenario than the Huracan,
in short. The Duerta roadster followed at the same show the next year (this
past March) and saw another five examples made, but they all sold out just as
fast.
That’s the bad news. The good news is that, if you
missed your chance (but have the cash), the very first of those coupes is now
listed for sale by a Belgian broker called Iconiccars, with just 500
km on the odometer. The asking price has not been disclosed, and given how
much Italdesign charged for each originally, we’re afraid to ask. You can bet,
though, that it’ll be more (likely many times more) than the € 900,000 which the
niche manufacturer and its Japanese client will charge for each of the 50
examples of the GT-R50 they plan to build.
