Nissan is still in the thick of its recovery efforts. Since May 2025, the Japanese carmaker has pulled several levers to minimize costs and optimize production. These included the sale of its Yokohama headquarters and the closure and consolidation of global manufacturing plants.
Moving forward, a recent report from Reuters revealed that the next phase in the Re:Nissan plan will be to downscale the brand’s global lineup, from 56 to 45 models. While we don’t know what 11 vehicles will be cut, Motor1 shared company CEO Ivan Espinosa confirmed that a new GT-R is in the works.
Fanboys and loyalists can rest a little easier knowing that Godzilla is safe; however, Nissan did not offer any information on when this new version would be released. We could see the R36 by 2030, outfitted with hybrid power and a V6, but there is still no concrete word from Nissan.
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Purists can also be assured that the next GT-R will not be a super EV. Nissan’s global head of product strategy, Richard Candler, explained to Motor1 why batteries alone will not work on a GT-R: “I think what we’ve seen so far is that electric sports cars haven’t been hugely popular.”
“I think they’ll come as better battery technology takes its next leap, but the current lithium chemistries are not capable of producing a GT-R-type product. We’re not going to go with batteries in the next generation. No way,” he continued.
Joining the GT-R will likely be the recently refreshed Juke, X-Trail, and the incoming Xterra. The fully electric and hybrid models from China should also survive these cuts, but the brand also has an all-new Skyline on the way. Who knows what a Nissan showroom will look like in a year?
