It’s been half a century since Nissan gave us the GT-R and the Japanese company is celebrating the occasion with a special 50th Anniversary edition of the R35. Nissan is reviving some of the most iconic liveries in the GT-R’s long history, starting with the beautiful Bayside Blue, complete with white racing stripes, that was last featured on the R34 model.

The four-coat paint is applied with double-heat treatment to ensure a vivid blue with striking highlights and deep shadows. The wheels feature blue accents as well. Customers of the new 2020 GT-R 50th Anniversary Edition will also be offered a Pearl White with red stripes and Super Silver with white stripes.


Inside we find a special gray color scheme, unique steering wheel and shift knob trim, special embossed seats, Alcantara headliner and sun visors, and more. The dashboard is wrapped in a single piece of hand-selected Nappa leather that’s been stitched with takumi-style precision.

The range of the 2020 Nissan GT-R will be available in three flavors for most markets, alongside the new 50th Anniversary model: Premium, Track Edition and the hardcore NISMO. Some regions will also get Pure, Prestige and Black models.


The handcrafted twin-turbo 3.8-liter V6 engine still produces 565 hp and 633 Nm of torque but Nissan has made a number of upgrades to it. These include a pair of new turbochargers for better throttle response in low revs and a 5 percent improvement in efficiency, as well as optimized exhaust manifolds with improved turbo flange attachment points.

There’s also a new titanium muffler that features burnished blue tips and a retuned adaptive suspension that according to Nissan offers even better cornering stability as well as a smoother ride. A new brake booster increases the initial braking response while the steering is now more linear and precise, requiring minimal corrections at speeds of up to 300 km/h.


Perhaps the second biggest highlight in the 2020 Nissan GT-R’s lineup is the revised Track Edition; the more track-focused variant will share the same engine with the GT-R NISMO in US-spec models, producing 600 hp and 652 Nm of torque and featuring 20 percent faster reaction times during acceleration with full throttle.

Customers of the 2020 Nissan GT-R Track Edition will be offered a carbon-fiber roof and special Brembo carbon ceramic rotors and calipers -16.1 inches (410 mm) front and 15.3 inches (390 mm) rear.