Nissan has teased a restomod prototype of the long-lasting Skyline GT-R R32 sports activities automobile with an all-electric powertrain.
The Japanese carmaker posted a brief, 20-second video on Twitter of a daily, combustion-powered Skyline GT-R R32 beginning up. Nissan additionally created a landing page on its Japanese web site for the Skyline GT-R R32 EV prototype.
“I wish to construct a extra thrilling automobile by including the newest electrification know-how that I’m concerned with to my favourite automobile,” stated an undisclosed engineer when translated from Japanese to English.
This engineer apparently joined Nissan as a result of he admired the GT-R.
At this stage it is unclear what electrical powertrain setup this Skyline GT-R R32 makes use of, nor what the outputs might be.
The enduring combustion-powered mannequin is powered by a 2.6-liter twin-turbo RB26DETT inline-six engine producing a claimed 206kW of energy and 353Nm of torque, though the precise outputs had been a lot larger.
This was mated to a five-speed guide transmission with drive despatched by an all-wheel drive system.
The Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 was launched in 1989 and was in manufacturing till 1994. A complete of 100 examples got here to Australia in 1991 and had been priced at $110,000 every.
This automobile got here to be generally known as ‘Godzilla’ resulting from its overwhelming success within the motorsport realm, particularly in Australia the place it achieved back-to-back Bathurst 1000 wins in 1991 and 1992.
Quick ahead to 2023, Nissan not too long ago revised its Ambition 2030 long-term vision with extra electrified autos deliberate.
The Japanese carmaker now plans to announce 27 new electrified fashions – comprising 19 new electrical autos (EVs) and eight new hybrid fashions – throughout the Nissan and Infiniti manufacturers by fiscal yr 2030.
Certainly one of these new electrified fashions may very well be a brand new GT-R that is powered by a hybrid or all-electric powertrain.
NISMO CEO Takao Katagiri not too long ago informed Autocar the corporate is engaged on a “very thrilling mannequin” that might be offered in Japan, the US, the UK, and Europe.
The brand new automobile will possible be the next-generation GT-Ror on the very least, the GT-R’s non secular successor.
Katagiri-san hinted the automobile might be launched this decade, and stated it is going to be accessible with a “mixture” of hybrid and EV drivetrains.
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