Nissan’s GT-R is dead to much of the world, having been withdrawn from sale in Europe and Australia, but in Japan the company is getting ready to unleash a 2024 car for markets like the U.S. where the super-coupe is still alive and kicking.
The 2024 version of the car that first went on sale in 2007 will be announced at the Tokyo Auto Salon at 8 PM EST on January 12 (10 AM on the 13th for those in Japan).
Nissan’s YouTube channel will transmit the unveiling from Nissan’s main stage at Makuhari Messe where the car will be presented by Nissan COO Ashwani Gupta and chief vehicle engineer, Takashi Kawaguchi. That will be followed 3.5 hours later by a less formal, but possibly more in-depth introduction to the 2024 GT-R, again viewable live on YouTube, but this time featuring Kawaguchi, chief powertrain engineer Naoki Nakata, and brand ambassador Hiroshi Tamura.
That much we know, but what’s not so clear is exactly what the team will be presenting. Although it’s no secret that Nissan is working on an all-new electrified GT-R, we’re not expecting to see that until later in the decade. So the 2024 car is almost certainly yet another mild makeover of the existing car, though we’d be delighted to be proved wrong.
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The last really major update for the GT-R came in 2016 when the car was facelifted for the 2017 model year with new bumpers, a redesigned interior and more power from the VR38DETT V6 engine. Nissan skipped the 2022 model year, but reintroduced the car to North America for 2023. It currently makes 565 hp (573 PS) and 467 lb-ft (633 Nm), and costs $113,540 in the U.S.
It took Nissan six years between showing the 2001 GT-R concept and taking the wraps off the production version that’s still with us today, so we’re not surprised that the company is in no rush to consign it to the scrap heap even if it now sells a fraction of the units it once did. The question is, how do you replace it? If you’re a night owl and want to watch the 2024 GT-R presentations live you’ll find the YouTube links below.