Nissan has announced that it will no longer accept orders for the GT-R, indicating that the production run that has lasted 18 years will come to an end. The iconic sportscar gained the ‘Godzilla’ nickname in 1989 (with the R32 generation) after an Australian magazine was so impressed by its performance.
The current R35 generation was launched in 2007 after 7 years of development, but first deliveries only started in 2009. Unlike earlier models, it was officially offered in many markets outside Japan. Almost 43,000 units were produced up to 2023, with the North American market taking 15,711 units and the Japanese market taking 15,112 units.
Since 2018, total sales dropped below 1,300 units and were only 270 units in 2023, so it must be hard to make a business case to continue, especially with Nissan being in bad financial shape. There has been no indication of a successor and if there is, it is likely to be electrically-powered.