It looks like the next-generation Nissan GT-R won’t be arriving any time soon, because there’s still some work to do on the current model.
Speaking to Top Gear, GT-R programme manager Hiroshi Tamura, said that the R35 generation of Nissan’s supercar still has some objectives to hit.
When questioned how much development potential was left in the current GT-R, Tamura said, “Let’s get to the more simple question – when is the next GT-R coming? Not yet, because I want to hit some of the other objectives first.”
He said that the drive for a more ‘premium’ feel in the GT-R only started two years ago, and that the car had two distinct natures: the first part of its name (GT) was the ‘blue zone’, while ‘R’ was the ‘red zone’ for performance.
Tamura reckons his predecessor – the GT-R’s father Mizuno – “chased the red zone, and now’s he’s left, I have to protect the original concept of both the GT and R zone”. He referenced the ‘M-Spec’ R34 Skyline from 2001 as a good example of this ‘blue zone’.
“I want to make the GT-R more premiere… not just fancy, but real premium, Quality,” he told Top Gear. “Handling quality, ride and comfort quality, NVH quality, some high quality in the body construction… we still have big opportunities here.”
Tamura said that the ‘Egoist’ edition of the GT-R was a good example of this opportunity. “Maybe we put a wolf in sheep’s skin. Nismo construction bonding with a regular GT-R face. This level of diversity is what I’m talking about.”
Source: Top Gear
