European marques were flexing their muscles with turbocharged Porsches and all-wheel-drive Audis, while Americans were still ...

It's also less practical since the rear seats were removed to make room for the battery. A fter nearly two years of work, Nissan has finished restoring a GT-R R32 and converting it to electric ...

Power comes from a 62-kWh battery lifted from the Leaf Nismo RC02 racer placed where the rear seats used ... Nissan even brought on one of the master drivers who worked on the original R32 GT-R, ...

Nissan uploaded a short video on YouTube and Twitter, showcasing the rear end of an R32 GT-R bringing its turbocharged 6-cylinder engine to life before the words “R32 EV” appear on the screen.

In the Bubble Era, Japan changed, producing cars like the Nissan R32 GT-R V-Spec II N1, ... You can buy an R32 and have a great car, even if you just get a two-liter turbo with rear-wheel drive.

Horses also informed the design of the R32’s anti-lock brakes and HICAS, Nissan’s rear-wheel-steering system used on all three generations of the ’90s GT-R. Or, as it was called in ...

At the head of the team resides long-time Nissan EV powertrain engineer Ryozo Hiraku, a fan of the R32 GT-R series and former owner of an R32 Skyline - "I wondered if 30 years from now — in 2055 ...

Nissan Japan is converting an R32 Skyline GT-R into an electric vehicle. According to the description on Nissan's YouTube channel, ... It still has a massive exhaust pipe at the rear.

Viknesh Vijayenthiran January 13, 2025 Comment Now! Nissan has unveiled an R32 Skyline GT-R converted to run on battery power; The 62-kwh battery was taken from a former Leaf RC race car concept ...

This is the passion project of Mr. Ryozo Hiraku, an engineer at Nissan and a GT-R owner. He and his small team have designed and built this electric Skyline entirely in their spare time and with a ...

The original GT-R was the Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R (KPGC10) which debuted in 1969. Powered by a 2.0-liter DOHC inline-six engine, it produced 160 horsepower, impressive for its time.