Sadly, Nissan’s incredible Hyper Force concept isn’t a new GT-R that is ready for production. Not at all. However, it’s a strong declaration of purpose and validation of what we’ve known and hoped would happen for some time: that Nissan’s performance icon will make a comeback, this time as an electric vehicle.
Furthermore, Nissan’s product strategists are considering a return to a three-tier performance car lineup, all electric, with a new GT-R serving as the flagship model, spurred on by the success of the current Z.
Ivan Espinoa, product planning: “There is no doubt that we will offer sports cars in the future.” They are the core of Nissan’s operations. For those who enjoy driving and automobiles, we build thrilling vehicles. This is something we are enthusiastic about, and we won’t stop. This is the fundamental aspect of our work.
Although Nissan continues to offer sports cars in certain regions with the Z, which is essentially an improved and redesigned 370Z, the UK and Europe have been devoid of quick and entertaining Nissan vehicles for a long time.
Due to [emissions] rules, we were forced to discontinue the sports vehicle offering in the UK and Europe today. The Hyper Force, often known as the next GT-R, is our sixth concept and represents a future hyper sportscar that we are thinking about building.
Toyota, a rival, recently stated that it plans to begin mass producing revolutionary solid-state batteries by 2027. Nissan claims that it won’t be far behind and that, in the next five years, a new generation of Nissan sports vehicles may arrive.
“Everything revolves around utilizing only solid-state batteries,” says Espinosa. The key to producing sporting EVs that are compelling is the technology, which promises to sharply increase cell power density.
Yet, regardless of whether the following GT-R comes in at an equivalent price tag to GT-Rs past, it’ll in any case be costly. Which is where Nissan’s three-layered sports vehicle procedure comes in.
‘Generally in our games vehicle line-up we’ve generally had the GT-R as the feature, a vehicle like the Z in the center and a passage level vehicle like the Pulsar,’ makes sense of Espinosa. ‘ Today we’re feeling the loss of this point. Z is doing very well concerning deals and consumer loyalty. Later on my fantasy is to keep these three components – this could be the ideal games vehicle offering, with a reasonable section point for youthful purchasers in their mid-20s who are enthusiastic about vehicles. Since this is the kind of thing some vehicle producers have overlooked – the enthusiasm for vehicles. It relies upon the nation, however we see that youthful clients are less and less drawn to vehicles. Furthermore, I consider one the reasons is we’re not offering something truly energizing. With sports vehicles could we at any point make that flash, you know, and bring the fire back.’
