Motor Australia – September 2019

FEBRUARY 1 2015.Earlierthatyear,Nissanreturnedto
MountPanorama,Nismoenteringa solitaryGT-RGT3
againsta raftofEuropeanrivals,yetoncemoreit’s
theGT-RthatconquersBathurstdrivenbyKatsumasa
Chiyo,WolfgangReipandFlorianStrauss,thelatter
twoa productofNissan’sGranTurismoAcademy.

THE BATHURST

12 HOURVICTORY

JUNE2014.Nissanrevealsits‘Concept 2020 VisionGT’at the

GoodwoodFestivalofSpeed,claimingit’s“atruevisionof

whatNissanperformancewilllooklikeinthefuture”butmost

fansassumeit’sa previewofthenextGT-R.Initiallyintended

tobea purelyvirtualexercise,a groupofNissanengineers

madeit a physicalreality.

AUGUST2016.TheR35GT-Rreceivesalmostannualupdates,

butin2016,almosta decadeonfromitslaunchit receives a

substantialupdate,primarilyaimedatimprovingitsinterior

qualityandday-to-daycomfort.It works,turningtheGT-R into

a usableroadcarthat’sstillcapableofamazingperformance.

MAY2014.Asit celebratesits25thbirthday,theR32GT-R

becomeseligibleforimportationintotheUnitedStates,the

subsequentdemandsparkinga surgeinvaluesasUSfansclamour

toobtaincleanexamplesofGodzilla.It’sexpectedsimilarriseswill

occurwhentheR33(2020)andR34(2024)becomeeligible.

RADICAL CONCEPT

GETS FANS GIDDY

FOR AN 'R36'

R35 GETS

NIP & TUCK

NEW RECORD

SET FOR'WORLD'S

FASTEST DRIFT'

R32 BECOMES

ELIGIBLE FOR

AMERICAN

IMPORTATION

APRIL2016.What’stheweirdestrecorda carknownforitsall-

wheeldrivebrilliancecouldset?World’sfastestdrift,yousay?

Yes,butthisdoesn'tstopMasatoKawabataslidinga 1015kW

rear-driveR35at306km/hatanangleof 30 degrees!

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