The completed project runs just under 10 feet long and sits just over two feet high. The single occupant, the driver, rests horizontally in a "prone" position with limbs extended in an X-shape.
The 2020 Nissan GT-R 50th Anniversary Edition makes its debut at the 2019 New York International Auto Show. The nameplate celebrates the half-century of the GT-R and will come in three trim levels in most markets: GT-R Premium, GT-R Track Edition and GT-R NISMO. The special edition car will come in three heritage-era, two-tone exterior colour combinations meant to represent the GT-R's liveries from the Japan GP series - of which the original GT-R was born to dominate in. Retired since the GT-R "R34" model, Bayside (Wangan) Blue makes a return, complete with white racing stripes.
Nissan collaborated with Turin, Italy-based Italdesign to create the model, based on the latest Nissan GT-R NISMO, in commemoration of the 50th anniversaries of the GT-R in 2019 and Italdesign in 2018.
We drive the 2017 Nissan GT-R, better known as Godzilla in Dusseldorf, Germany as the Japanese auto giant brings significant updates to the model and is slated to be introduced in the country later this year.
After the official unveiling of the Nissan GT-R at Auto Expo 2016, I finally managed to get my hands behind the wheel of the Japanese carmaker's flagship supercar at the Buddh International Circuit, the GT-R's natural environment.