Confirmed: R36 to replace Nissan GT-R by 2013

Nissan has officially confirmed its commitment to its GT-R program by announcing that they are to replace the current R35 model. The new R36 model will hopefully be on our streets by 2013 so will hopefully appear in the next Gran Turismo game, you never know, we could have a PS4 by then.

PistonHeads visited Nissan’s Nurburgring Technical Centre last week and had a great chat with the GT-R programme team. While there, they praised the team for their recent achievements on the GT-R project. During the conversation, it became clear that Nissan’s replacement model for the current R35 was still in place.

Nissan knows that its benchmark is the 911 GT2; this means that their current GT-R model has a lifespan of 5-6 years at most. It has been confirmed that the R36 will not be a complete new model, just an evolution of the current model.