Nissan has been engaged on an electrical conversion for the GT-R R32 since March 2023. The controversial mission is lastly prepared for prime time. Constructed by a crew of volunteer engineers, the sports automobile is heading to the 2025 Tokyo Auto Salon, the place it will not have an RB26DETT gasoline engine underneath the hood. The dual-turbo 2.6-liter inline-six has been yanked off, making way for an all-electric powertrain.

For now, Nissan is sharing solely this picture. Nonetheless, the R32 GT-R EV appeared late in the final month in Japan throughout the R’s Assembly on the Fuji Speedway. The mission goals to “seize and recreate the allure of the BNR32 by integrating fashionable electrification.” Visually, it is virtually equivalent to the donor automobile; however, we discover the fog lights have been eliminated, whereas the brake calipers at the moment are orange.

Since Nissan stays secretive concerning the technical specs, we are able to solely speculate for now. Assuming it is nonetheless all-wheel drive, the GT-R options two electrical motors—one for every axle. An Ariya Nismo is obtainable with as much as 430 hp and 443 lb-ft (600 Nm), nicely above the 276 hp and 271 lb-ft (368 Nm) delivered by the R32’s unique combustion engine.

In actuality, the six-cylinder mill produced way more energy. Nissan deliberately underrated the engine to adjust to the “gents’s settlement” between Japanese automakers. Consequently, it artificially restricted output to 276 hp. Strapped onto a dyno, an inventory R32 normally revamped 300 hp. Absolutely modified, the RB26DETT can belt out 2,000 HP.

Whereas the R32 GT-R EV will doubtless stay a one-off, Nissan has already strongly urged that the next-generation Godzilla will probably be electrical. The bonkers Hyper Power idea had GT-R DNA written throughout it, plus solid-state batteries and a colossal 1,341 hp. The Japanese automaker has stopped spending cash on new combustion engines, so the R36 will doubtless be an EV.

Since Nissan’s solid-state batteries aren’t coming earlier than 2028, the next-generation supercar is unlikely to reach across the finish of the last decade. In the meantime, the electrical R32 will probably be publicly displayed at TAS between January 10-12. The outgoing R35 may also be there in GT-R Nismo Particular Version taste for the Japanese market.