2013 Nissan GT-R Hybrid To Use Electric Powertrain from Infiniti Essence
By Thami Masemola
December 22, 2009 2:00 pm
Filed Under: Artist Renderings, Electric Vehicle, Infiniti, Japanese, Nissan
The latest rumour in circulation is that the Nissan GT-R brand will get a hybrid powertrain in 2012 as a 2013 model year. According to Inside Line, the car would use the current 3.8-litre twin turbo V6 plus the battery powered electric drive powertrain in the 2009 Infiniti Essence Concept.
Because of the extra weight brought on by these "green" technologies, the car would have to shed some serious kilos to be considered a worthy sports car, despite its expected total system output of 441kW (600hp). About 324kW / 440hp (detuned from the GT-R's 485hp) would come from the petrol-guzzler while the balance of 118kW (160hp) would be provided by the two electric motors. Even with a strict diet it should still be heavier than the current 1,724kg (3,800 lbs) GT-R.
A hybrid GT-R is expected to achieve 25 - 30 mpg but still perform miracles on a track and straight line drags. How much could a best-of-both-worlds supercar like this be expected to cost? Nothing concrete of course, since this is still just a rumour, but an amount of around US$100,000 is being thrown about.
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Comments (page 1 of 2)
Edited by user on December 23, 2009 at 11:38 am
If not, it seems this decade will be an embarrassment in the eyes of every previous decade...
Shame, the heavy car getting even heavier and bulkier. But, following suite with so many other cars recently, it will probably be driven by a computer, even more so than the outgoing gt-r, and as soon as the "driver" turns "off" the assists, the car won't perform to a competitive level.
At the end of the day, it's a sad day for Japanese auto enthusiasts. Something I thought only toyota would have the audacity to do, ruining something that amazing.
Edited by user on December 22, 2009 at 11:15 pm
But I'll sayu this the rendering is all that bad sleek and still a bit of GTR to it even if it does resemble a Genisis coupe in some way.
The problem is that much of its bulk is mechanical, such as the trans-axle DCT and advanced AWD system, and stuff that's hard to lighten drastically without the price soaring, although needless to say it needn't rise as high as the 2-seater GT-R V-Spec (R35), with it's carbon fibre body bits and eye-watering £36,000 racing brakes.
I don't think the hike in mileage by 5-10mpg will outweigh the weight gain. Also, that rendering looks far more Infiniti than GT-R. Apart from the oddly-high spoiler, it does look good though, but the R36 is likely to just look like a fresher R35. The last 3 generations didn't change a great deal aesthetically. They just progressed from one to the next.
Edited by user on December 23, 2009 at 11:48 am
Edited by user on December 23, 2009 at 12:52 pm
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