Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign Deliveries Begin
The first Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign models are about to leave the Italdesign plant in Italy to reach their respective owners worldwide. The collaboration with Nissan started back in 2018 to celebrate both Italdesign’s and GT-R’s 50 year-anniversaries. These first cars, out of a limited production of 50 units, were assembled by hand by Italdesign professionals in Turin, Italy, and are tailor-made as clients chose to customize them with special liveries and colors.
First Models
One of these Nissan GT-R50 units is inspired by the famous 1972 GT-R showcar. The Italdesign team worked hard to design dedicated livery and a color to homage it, producing the Verde Kenmeri tint for this only car. In addition, two other owners drew inspiration from the concept car introduced as a world premiere during the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Each car features specially made graphics and the Liquid Kinetic Gray/Energic Sigma Gold colors combination. The last two body colors are inspired by Italdesign’s experience and by one of the greatest Renaissance artist: the renowned Argento Italdesign and the Nero Caravaggio.
Performance
To achieve the high performance, reliability and emission standards required of the Nissan GT-R50, NISMO carried out development with Nissan Technical Center (NTC). Approximately 12% of the engine’s parts were newly developed, including the turbocharger, pistons, connecting rods, crankshaft, fuel injectors, camshafts, and catalyzer.
Furthermore, fully utilizing NISMO’s many years of experience developing performance parts for road cars, a high strength material was employed for the transaxle and its surface treatment processing was modified to ensure sufficient strength to withstand torque of 575 lb-ft of torque.
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