Nissan GT-R To Remain Front-Engined, With Hybrid Power: Report

Nissan’s next all-new ‘Godzilla’ GT-R performer, for the most part, will not break away from its current format, with rumours of a mid-engined design reported again this week to be untrue. 

However, fans have for sometime now expected that the next GT-R will embrace hybrid power, and a new interview with Nissan's Chief Creative Office, Shiro Nakamura, adds credence to those reports. 

“[The] GT-R will always be a front-engined 2+2 seater coupe,” Mr Nakamura told the UK's Top Gear this week.

“It will be a hybrid, but not mid-engined.”

Mr Nakamura said the new powertrain will bring improved performance, but whether the next GT-R can better the current model’s 2.8 second 0-100km/h time or not is unclear.

As for the new GT-R’s styling, Mr Nakamura declared “not one of them is close” when asked if any of the renderings floating around the internet had stumbled upon Godzilla’s new look.