2025 Nissan GT-R Comes Out From Behind the Digital Curtain, Looks Ready for R36 Lifestyle

10 months, 2 weeks ago - 7 January 2024, autoevolution

Quite a lot of 'zombie' cars were sold across the US market last year, including one heroic Alfa Romeo 4C, two Dodge Vipers, and five Acura NSX hybrids! However, despite its age, the 2024 Nissan GT-R wasn't among them.

In fact, we saw a noticeable uptick in 'forgotten' supercar sales. For example, Audi doubled R8 deliveries during the supercar's final model year, and even the little TT got 41% better sales than in 2022 – most likely because people believe these two now-defunct models might become true collectibles sometime in the near future.

Concurrently, R35 Nissan GT-R sales – although this generation has been in production since December 2007 (!) – have hurtled towards the skies by no less than 584 percent, despite the 2024 model year range starting at almost $121k for the GT-R Premium, $141k for GT-R T-Spec, and no less than $221k for the GT-R Nismo.

Of course, the massive uptick is a bit less impressive when talking about the actual sold units – the 2024 GT-R jumped from just 57 units in 2022 to 390 cars last year. Take that into consideration, as Nissan sold almost 898k vehicles in the United States in 2023. Most likely, the intriguing change of pace has to do with the latest refresh of the GT-R, while Nissan also brought back the T-Spec trim, which comes with the base powertrain and Nismo widebody looks.

We also suspect the new homage colors – Millenium Jade and Midnight Purple – also boost interest, especially if this will be the final R35 Nissan GT-R model year like the rumor mill suspects. Thus, owning a 2024 GT-R might make it the perfect zero-mile time capsule for when the model turns into a defunct collectible. However, that doesn't mean Nissan will retire the nameplate.

Instead, the imaginative realm of digital car content creators believes that the Japanese automaker will finally change the generation after around 17 years on the market. For example, the good folks behind the Real Automotive channel on YouTube have the latest scoops coordinated with their unofficial CGI depictions of the 2025 GT-R – and their proposal is not too far from a potential reality.

That is because their resident pixel master, although keen to use AI assistance, hasn't strayed too far from the current GT-R design. Unlike other unofficial design projects, this hypothetical GT-R seems prepared for the R36 lifestyle with subtle enhancements based on the latest R35 evolution. As such, there's no throwback to Skyline GT-R times and also no sudden revolution in terms of styling.

On the other hand, every bit of the exterior is thoroughly enhanced, and no one could mistake this unofficial concept for an R35. Whether that's for the better or worse remains to be seen – just remember to take these colorful renderings with a pinch of salt, as nothing is official from Nissan about the future of the R35 GT-R series.