Extremely-rare Nissan GTR-50 is up on the market in Canada

Often, a super-weird idea automotive or uncommon one-off coach-built mannequin will cross an public sale block or gross sales itemizing. Their off-the-wall designs and futuristic shapes look cool, however ideas aren’t all the time drivable. A couple of years again, Nissan pulled again the curtain on its GT-R50 idea, a coach-built GT-R designed by Italdesign. As an alternative of the one-off idea going up on the market, the automotive you see right here is one in every of 50 models Nissan/Italdesign constructed for the street.

This GTR-50 is obtainable by Legendary Motorcar in Ontario, Canada. It’s quantity 11 of the deliberate 50, although the vendor notes that solely 19 have been constructed. Nissan didn’t shut the order books till July of this yr however hasn’t confirmed the manufacturing totals or the variety of buyer gross sales.

The GTR-50 was a fiftieth birthday celebration for the GT-R nameplate and Italdesign, the store chargeable for penning the idea. Individuals turned so enamored with the automotive that Nissan agreed to construct a restricted run of fifty models. Although it’s instantly recognizable as a GT-R, the GTR-50 is a sleeker coach-built automotive with extra attention-grabbing traces and a cool optionally available rear hydraulic wing.

Nissan modified the automotive’s twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V6 engine with turbochargers from a GT-R GT3 automotive and massaged the internals with beefier pistons, a brand new crankshaft, and extra. These updates boosted output from the usual automotive’s 565 ponies (2021 mannequin) to 710 horsepower. Torque climbed to 585 pound-feet, virtually 100 greater than the usual automotive, and Nissan up to date the six-speed dual-clutch gearbox to deal with the facility.

Legendary Motorcar didn’t publish pricing for the GT-R50, but it surely’s a protected guess that it’ll promote for way over the overwhelming majority of individuals can afford. The 50 vehicles Nissan offered carried a beginning value of round $1.1 million, and this automotive’s odometer nonetheless exhibits supply mileage. Given the latest pleasure (and cash) surrounding different uncommon automotive gross sales, this one may very well be fairly a shocker.