Whereas rumors abound that the subsequent technology of Nissan’s GT-R sports activities automobile, the R36, will characteristic some type of electrification, the automaker on Tuesday got here out with the announcement it’s growing an electrical GT-R, albeit a prototype based mostly on the R32 Skyline GT-R of the early Nineteen Nineties.

Nissan stated the venture was born out of the will of an engineer who initially joined the automaker due to a eager for the GT-R, so as to add electrification expertise to the automobile.

“I wish to construct a extra thrilling automobile by including the most recent electrification expertise that I’m concerned with to my favourite automobile,” the engineer stated in a press release.

The venture at the moment goes underneath the title of R32 EV, and Nissan is but to supply any particulars on the way it will go about changing the R32 GT-R to electrical energy.

The R32 was the primary GT-R to characteristic the legendary 2.6-liter turbo-6 often known as the RB26DETT. Because of twin turbochargers and a sturdy iron block, the engine may very well be tuned to reliably ship a lot greater numbers than its 276-hp score. Even that official score is broadly accepted as an understated determine, with Nissan solely quoting it on account of a gentleman’s settlement between Japanese automakers on the time to restrict energy to the 276-hp determine. Whereas the engine is a large a part of the GT-R mythos, electrical motors are greater than able to delivering the kind of pleasure GT-R followers search.

It is doable Nissan might ultimately supply an EV conversion for the R32 GT-R and the automobile’s successors. Nissan’s Nismo division in recent times has been providing alternative components for traditional GT-Rs to assist maintain the automobiles on the highway. The corporate even gives a full restoration service that includes stripping the automobile all the way down to its naked physique shell. An EV conversion equipment may very well be one thing else Nismo gives sooner or later. Different automakers have already explored this path, together with Ford, Mini, and Volkswagen.