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After 17 years, it appears the end of the road for the Nissan GT-R R35 is finally around the corner, with 2025 editions described as the “culmination” of the breed.
Nissan has unveiled what all signs point to being the last model year for the nearly 17-year-old, R35-generation Nissan GT-R supercar.
The Model Year 2025 (MY25) GT-R range has been unveiled in Japan, which Nissan has reportedly told dealers in its home market will be the last of the breed as parts needed to build the supercar will soon go out of production.
The Japanese car maker has not confirmed in writing to global media the fate of the iconic supercar, which left Australian showrooms at the end of 2021 due to new crash-safety rules it was unable to meet.
However it has given the eerie warning “production is limited and some orders might not be accepted,” and describes the 2025 model on its website as the “culmination” of the GT-R line.
“The moment the latest model, the ‘culmination’ of our efforts, starts to run, we notice the buds of new deepening. We have no choice but to do it,” Nissan says on its Japanese website (translated).
“For those who continue to love us. The soul begins to drive. The deepening of the GT-R will never end.”
Reputable Japanese publication Best Car claims “Nissan officials” have confirmed the 2025 model will be the last GT-R, and that “production [is] scheduled to end in August 2025,” about 18 months from now.
It also claims “development for the next GT-R is finally in full swing.”
Reports suggest the GT-R name is set to go electric towards the end of the decade, either as a showroom version of the GT-R-styled Hyper Force two-door concept unveiled last year – with solid-state batteries and 1000kW – or a four-door rival for the Porsche Taycan.
New for the 2025 R35-series GT-R is a ‘Blue Heaven’ interior colour scheme for the Premium Edition, one of eight model grades available in Japan.
The Premium Edition T-Spec and Track Edition Engineered by Nismo gain weight-balanced piston rings, connecting rods and crankshafts, which were previously exclusive to the Nismo Special Edition – and are promised to deliver “snappier revs and faster turbo spooling.”
These two variants also gain aluminium plates on the side of the engine bearing the name of the ‘takumi’ craftsman who built it, and gold build plates in the engine bay.
The 2025 GT-R has received price rises of up to 7 per cent – or up to $15,500 – in Japan, now priced from 14,443,000 to 30,613,000 yen ($AU147,700 to $AU313,000).
In comparison, the original 2007 GT-R was priced from 7,770,000 yen – $AU73,351 at the time – or about 8,781,000 yen ($AU89,800) adjusted for inflation.
The R35 GT-R is now in its 17th year on sale in Japan, having gone on sale on 6 November 2007 – three months before the first Tesla was delivered, and two weeks before Kevin Rudd would defeat John Howard to become Prime Minister of Australia.
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