This monster was on sale for nearly two decades
- The Nissan GT-R has officially ceased production
- The automaker has finished accepting orders for the planned production quantity
- Top models of the GT-R made 600 horsepower
That’s all, folks. According to a statement from Japan, the gearheads at Nissan have officially put the mighty GT-R to bed.
A tremendous twin-turbo V6 engine has always lived under the hood of this GT-R, handcrafted by real humans in Japan who always had to shed blood in front of a holy samurai or something each day before starting work. Actually, the task of assembling these power towers was placed in the hands of select Takumi craftsmen, carefully selected for their skill and whose name was appended to each mill they produced. More than one GT-R owner has made the pilgrimage to Yokohama and met the very person who built the engine in their car. Not many gearheads can claim that experience.
Power from these engines was officially rated at 473 horses at introduction, rising to 565 ponies after the revamp two years ago. Special NISMO variants stretched that figure to 600 horsepower. It is highly suspected that some cars made more power than others, owing to the handcrafted aspect of its build, to say nothing of the propensity to understate actual output.
What might the GT-R R36 portend? There’s every chance in the world it will be an outrageous supercar that showcases a raft of technology – including electrification. That doesn’t mean electric per se, but some level of hybridization is all but assured. RIP, Godzilla.
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