It’s all coming to an end for the Nissan GT-R. A notice posted to the automaker’s consumer website in Japan says the company has closed the order books for the iconic supercar. The GT-R has been disappearing from various markets since 2021, and production for the North American model ended last October.
The note, translated into English, says, “Nissan GT-R has received orders from many customers and has closed the acceptance of orders for the quantity scheduled for production.” It’s unclear how many cars have yet to be built, or when production will cease, but the remaining stock is officially sold out, signaling the end of a supercar that Nissan would have kept around if regulations had allowed.
New European noise regulations forced Nissan to pull the GT-R from the market in July 2021. Stricter side-impact standards in Australia killed the supercar on that continent in November 2021—not surprising, considering the car's age.
The GT-R first arrived in 2007 and became Japan’s Corvette—a car capable of punching far above its weight, becoming a thorn in the side of supercars for its nearly 20-year existence. It’s only received iterative updates and two significant facelifts over that time, while relying on Nissan’s 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged V-6 engine.
The R35 first went on sale with 471 horsepower, while the final GT-R Nismo produced 600 hp. While the design might not have changed much over its life, Nissan focused on what truly mattered, and it’ll now have time to focus on a potential successor. The company’s design director hinted at the next GT-R launching sometime before 2030, but there’s no immediate successor planned.
That should give those other supercars a slight reprieve before the next one arrives. Because Godzilla never truly dies.
Source: Nissan via Top Gear
