Nissan Nonetheless Weighing Its Choices On The R36 GT-R’s Powertrain
Nissan is in no rush to introduce a successor to the present R35 GT-R. A lot so, it makes no secret of the truth that it has but to determine what sort of powertrain it’ll use.
GT-R chief product specialist Hiroshi Tamura was in attendance on the latest Australian launch of the 50th Anniversary Version Nissan GT-R and 370Z fashions this week and revealed to Automotive Gross sales the automobile producer remains to be weighing its choices.
“I’ve it in my thoughts, however not for outdoor. So no one is aware of. I can’t let you know. However I can say, imagining for a next-generation [car] is already in a chat. Speaking concerning the options,” he stated.
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Quizzed about whether or not they’re contemplating a hybrid or all-electric powertrain, Tamura replied that Nissan’s board hasn’t but reached a choice.
“I’ve to attend. I’m simply the GT-R lead conductor for the orchestra. The corporate will present me the members of the orchestra. They should determine who will play the violin and who will play the trumpet,” he stated. “My level is what sort of expertise do we have to set up? Twenty years is the timing of the breakthroughs in expertise. It’s straightforward to grasp about some present enlargement approach, but when we have to break via… it’s a totally different story. It will depend on the corporate route.”
There may be completely little question that Nissan will launch a alternative to the R35, however we are going to doubtless have to attend fairly a while earlier than that occurs. Tamura reiterated earlier assertions from the automobile producer that, whereas the R35 is 12 years previous, it’s not notably lengthy within the tooth within the historical past of the Skyline. In actual fact, the identical primary structure and powertrain was used for the R32, R33, and R34-generation fashions, so Nissan clearly thinks it has time on its aspect earlier than the R35 must be retired.
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