Next GT-R to spawn a sedan - Motoring
A source close to Nissan says that development of Nissan's GT-R supercar has shifted overseas. Rumours had been doing the rounds over the past few months that Nissan had frozen development of its next-generation GT-R. "R&D for the next GT-R has moved to North America and Europe," he explained. To prove a point our source explained recent developments and suggested we pay closer attention to concept cars. This year's radical new Le Mans machine, the GT-R LM Nismo, was conceived and created in the US, as was the wacky three-wheel electrically-assisted ZEOD RC race car of 2014. Our insider continued, saying that, "obviously some development work is... But the bulk is now being carried out by Nissan Europe and Nissan USA. In June 2013, Nissan's motorsport arm NISMO revealed a new collaboration with Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE), a subsidiary of Williams F1, to develop high performance road going cars. "Our research has shown that there is a move in high performance car manufacturing towards four-door sedans. Source: www.motoring.com.au
