[Timpo]

Nissan Concept 2020 Vision GT in the metal at Goodwood 2014

27 Jun, 2014 9:00am Jack Rix

Nissan unveils new Concept 2020 Vision Gran Turismo, a virtual supercar that could point towards all-new GT-R

Nissan has officially revealed the Concept 2020 Vision Gran Turismo, a 2+2 virtual supercar developed exclusively for the PlayStation-only Gran Turismo 6 racing game. The covers came off the real-life version of this virtual car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Available to download from July, the in-game version features an advanced aerodynamic body, and hints at “what a high performance Nissan could look like in the future.”

That’s because, having started as a design study for a team of young designers at Nissan Design Europe’s London base, the project soon caught the wider attention of the Japanese manufacturer.

This led to input from an advanced engineering team at the Nissan Technical Centre in Japan and, if rumours are to be believed, the radical styling theme could be our first pointer towards the next-generation GT-R Supercar, due in 2017.

It’s already clear several hallmarks of the GT-R are present and correct. This includes the large two-door coupe bodystyle, slim wraparound glasshouse and narrow vertical headlights.

The Nissan Concept 2020 Vision Gran Turismo also includes a dramatic front end, with front air intakes that could swallow another car whole and a long bonnet that plunges down towards the low-set grille.

Moving further back, angular wheel arches cut into the sculpted flanks, while at the rear there’s a distinctive spoiler and massive diffuser.

This styling apparently brings race-developed airflow management to a road car environment, just one of numerous such technologies to have passed across.

Engineers in Japan did this with a view to ensure the virtual car performs as realistically as possible and, tellingly, attempted to evoke aspects of the marque’s previous performance models “but present them in a futuristic way.”

If this concept really does provide a glimpse into Nissan’s future design language, we shouldn’t have to wait too long to find out. Various company execs have already confirmed a new GT-R is under development, and sources close to Nissan have revealed it will use hybrid power.

The powertrain is likely to be a development of the existing 3.8-litre twin-turbo V6 with an electrical F1-style KERS boost system, developed in conjunction with Williams F1 as part of a road car engineering collaboration signed last summer.

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[Yodamaster]

I can't be the only one here that thinks it looks like complete shit.

[FS1992EG]

It's not smooth like an Italian car.

Needs more refinement but its a good start.

[StylinRed]

Adrian Newey is rumored to be designing a supercar for Infiniti

Newey could design Infiniti supercar - report | News | Motorsport.com (http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/newey-could-design-infiniti-supercar-report/)

[E-SPEC]

Herra frushy time!

[Timpo]

It's not smooth like an Italian car.

Needs more refinement but its a good start.

Because that's what Nissan is going for. I think it was either chief designer or engineer who said that GT-R is meant to look like a Japanese car, and they wanted to make it look like a robot from anime such as Gandam.

So no, it won't be all curvy like Ferrari.

[hud 91gt]

Once they tone is down from a prototype it might actually look good. Must be better looking then the current GTR at least.

[SolidPenguin]

Looks like a Le Mans prototype car had a baby with the R35 and this is what popped out

[dangonay]

It'll run 6:30 at the 'ring which Nissan will claim was done on a stock car, on a wet track and less than ideal conditions. Which means it could really run 6:15.

[multicartual]

How much, 150k for R36?

[underscore]

Does anyone else think the Nissan logo looks a bit plain and dinky on such a crazy looking car?

[Timpo]

Does anyone else think the Nissan logo looks a bit plain and dinky on such a crazy looking car?

well here are some cars with simple logos

McLaren P1
http://thextremexperience.com/wp-content/uploads/McLaren-P1.jpg

Lexus LFA
https://yy2.staticflickr.com/7262/7701980250_1c1d0a107f_z.jpg

Acura NSX
http://media.mlive.com/detroit/photo/2013/01/12120432-large.jpg

[J89]

I happen to think it looks great and futuristic. After some refinement, and more exposure people will absolutely end up liking it.

[Neva]

it's the batmobile

[kkthind]

I don't think this is going to be the R36 since Nissan is coming out with next Gen GTR in 2016-17. Perhaps this is an R37 concept coming out around 2020 hence the 2020 vision concept

[twitchyzero]

I don't think this is going to be the R36 since Nissan is coming out with next Gen GTR in 2016-17. Perhaps this is an R37 concept coming out around 2020 hence the 2020 vision concept

i don't actually see any need for nissan to come out with R36 in the next few years
performance for the dollar there's really still nothing the competitors have against it
the amount of R&D they put in seemed to have really paid off and could still ride out on the current platform until 2018+ IMO

remember the prototype in 2001? took them 7 years to finally ship them. Shit back then we could've only dreamed of having GT-R and Evos brand new off a local lot....now they're everywhere.

http://joelstrick.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/124354_29702nis.jpg

[multicartual]

performance for the dollar there's really still nothing the competitors have against it
the amount of R&D they put in seemed to have really paid off and could still ride out on the current platform until 2018+ IMO



The GT-R basically "won" the modern automobile. It is the new benchmark for performance in a tame, safe, grandma-could-run a high-10 package

[underscore]

well here are some cars with simple logos

There's nothing wrong with it being plain, but a circle with a line kind of interrupts the style of the car.

[kkthind]

i don't know why but it seems like many car manufacturers have almost the same concept cars including the nissan vision concept.

http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/mercedes-benz-amg-vision-gran-turismo-concept-2013-los-angeles-auto-show_100447273_l.jpg
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/autopia/2014/01/01-kia-stinger-concept.jpg
http://www.wallpaper4me.com/images/wallpapers/mazdaconceptdriving-235399.jpeg
http://www.tomorrowcars2014.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2014-Audi-Sport-Quattro-front-look.png
http://goautomedia.cdn.on.net/gallery/volvo/concept%20coupe/2013_08_29_volvo_concept_coupe_10.jpg

[StylinRed]

the infiniti logo would probably flow with the car better but i think the nissan is fine

[Timpo]

i don't actually see any need for nissan to come out with R36 in the next few years
performance for the dollar there's really still nothing the competitors have against it
the amount of R&D they put in seemed to have really paid off and could still ride out on the current platform until 2018+ IMO
R35 has been out for way too long, almost a decade. :suspicious:
It's definitely time for change.
We should have had R36 in 2010 and R37 in 2014...so if you're talking about 2018, we should be talking about R38.

Here's a previous lifespan:
R35: 2007-2014 (8 years so far)
R34: 1999-2002 (4 years)
R33: 1995-1998 (4 years)
R32: 1989-1994 (5.5 years)
R31: 1985-1989 (4.5 years)
R30: 1981-1985 (4.5 years)

[Hondaracer]

i don't actually see any need for nissan to come out with R36 in the next few years
performance for the dollar there's really still nothing the competitors have against it
the amount of R&D they put in seemed to have really paid off and could still ride out on the current platform until 2018+ IMO

remember the prototype in 2001? took them 7 years to finally ship them. Shit back then we could've only dreamed of having GT-R and Evos brand new off a local lot....now they're everywhere.

http://joelstrick.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/124354_29702nis.jpg

funny thing, from 2001 it really didnt change THAT much lol

[vitaminG]

R35 has been out for way too long, almost a decade. :suspicious:
It's definitely time for change.
We should have had R36 in 2010 and R37 in 2014...so if you're talking about 2018, we should be talking about R38.

Here's a previous lifespan:
R35: 2007-2014 (8 years so far)
R34: 1999-2002 (4 years)
R33: 1995-1998 (4 years)
R32: 1989-1994 (5.5 years)
R31: 1985-1989 (4.5 years)
R30: 1981-1985 (4.5 years)

The Nissan Gtr is no longer tied to the Skyline. Skyline is on letter V now v35, v36 and v37. So your argument makes completely no sense at all

[multicartual]

GT-R is being nice and allowing the competition to catch up


For a street car, AWD is just too practical. I'll always love RWD and think it requires much more driver input and skill, but AWD is so much easier to go faster with!!!

[Timpo]

The Nissan Gtr is no longer tied to the Skyline. Skyline is on letter V now v35, v36 and v37. So your argument makes completely no sense at all

Dude what part you don't understand? Skyline GT-R is sure connected to the Nissan GT-R.
That's why it went R30, R31, R32 all the way up to R35.

Skyline GT-R or Nissan GT-R, they are both GT-Rs.
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu104/RICHTAKASHI2/left_gtr_logo.jpg

[underscore]

It went:
ALSID-1/ALSID-2/BLRA-3
S50/S54/S57
C10
C110
C210
R30
R31
R32
R33
R34
V35/CV35
V36/CV36/J50
HV37/HNV37

GTR was just a trim level, and now they have a car named after that trim level. They called it the "R35" and "GTR" to bank off of the history of the name the same way the GT86 does.

[Timpo]

It went:
ALSID-1/ALSID-2/BLRA-3
S50/S54/S57
C10
C110
C210
R30
R31
R32
R33
R34
V35/CV35
V36/CV36/J50
HV37/HNV37

GTR was just a trim level, and now they have a car named after that trim level. They called it the "R35" and "GTR" to bank off of the history of the name the same way the GT86 does.
As you can see from chassis code, R35 is successor of R34.

Toyota 86, or so called ZN6 is not a Corolla nor Sprinter.

TE27
TE37/TE51/TE55
TE71
AE85/AE86
AE91/AE92
AE100/AE101
AE110/AE111

so basically it went up to AE111 and it ended there.

[Shakotan K]

i don't know why but it seems like many car manufacturers have almost the same concept cars including the nissan vision concept.

http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/mercedes-benz-amg-vision-gran-turismo-concept-2013-los-angeles-auto-show_100447273_l.jpg
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/autopia/2014/01/01-kia-stinger-concept.jpg
http://www.wallpaper4me.com/images/wallpapers/mazdaconceptdriving-235399.jpeg
http://www.tomorrowcars2014.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2014-Audi-Sport-Quattro-front-look.png
http://goautomedia.cdn.on.net/gallery/volvo/concept%20coupe/2013_08_29_volvo_concept_coupe_10.jpg


What I don't understand is why all these manufacturers that used to come out with street-legal high end performance vehicles, now come out with sleek, long, low concept vehicles when they clearly know that it looks no where near street-legal. By street-legal, I mean that they're way too low to the ground to pass regulations.

I know that there's marketing advantages in posting concept vehicles like this but honestly, I feel cheated most of the times since the real vehicle looks no where near the concept car. The only car recently that I can think of is the BMW i8, which looks as close to the concept car when it was revealed.

The concept R36 clearly can't clear a speedbump (compared to previous GTR's), nor can most of the other concept cars posted. :fulloffuck:

[kkthind]

What I don't understand is why all these manufacturers that used to come out with street-legal high end performance vehicles, now come out with sleek, long, low concept vehicles when they clearly know that it looks no where near street-legal. By street-legal, I mean that they're way too low to the ground to pass regulations.

I know that there's marketing advantages in posting concept vehicles like this but honestly, I feel cheated most of the times since the real vehicle looks no where near the concept car. The only car recently that I can think of is the BMW i8, which looks as close to the concept car when it was revealed.

The concept R36 clearly can't clear a speedbump (compared to previous GTR's), nor can most of the other concept cars posted. :fulloffuck:

I only respect two brands which are Acura and Lexus since the nsx and the LFA looks quite futuristic

[underscore]

As you can see from chassis code, R35 is successor of R34.

Toyota 86, or so called ZN6 is not a Corolla nor Sprinter.

TE27
TE37/TE51/TE55
TE71
AE85/AE86
AE91/AE92
AE100/AE101
AE110/AE111

so basically it went up to AE111 and it ended there.

No, the V35/CV35 followed the R34. The R35 didn't come out until the V36 was already out, and they only picked it to bank off the history of the R3x Skylines.

[Timpo]

No, the V35/CV35 followed the R34. The R35 didn't come out until the V36 was already out, and they only picked it to bank off the history of the R3x Skylines.

I don't know about that...nobody ever put V35 after R34. :suspicious:
Clearly, R35 is the successor of R34. Nobody ever put V35 after R34.
Not even Nissan corporation themselves.

Here's an official GT-R website by Nissan, and they're showing GT-R's previous models.
GT-R????|????NISSAN GT-R (http://www.nissan-prince-fukuoka.co.jp/gt-r/history/)

Not only Nissan, but even average joes and other fans would never put V35 after R35.
http://i.imgur.com/mso0c.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/bjUuY.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GIipMzFcQp0/UXs3-3Xb6bI/AAAAAAAADO8/ALx9Uvcnvxk/s640/generations.jpg

[underscore]

I don't know about that...nobody ever put V35 after R34. :suspicious:
Clearly, R35 is the successor of R34. Nobody ever put V35 after R34.
Not even Nissan corporation themselves.

Here's an official GT-R website by Nissan, and they're showing GT-R's previous models.
GT-R????|????NISSAN GT-R (http://www.nissan-prince-fukuoka.co.jp/gt-r/history/)

Not only Nissan, but even average joes and other fans would never put V35 after R35.

For fuck sakes, Nissan corporate built the V35 Skyline after the R34 Skyline. There is no GTR trim level for the V35, which might be why you're confused. The Nissan GTR is a new car named after the top trim level of prior Nissans, that is all.

[Timpo]

For fuck sakes, Nissan corporate built the V35 Skyline after the R34 Skyline. There is no GTR trim level for the V35, which might be why you're confused. The Nissan GTR is a new car named after the top trim level of prior Nissans, that is all.

yeah ok

http://images.rapgenius.com/e7764a8362daff58da165aead6d4a233.640x480x1.jpg

[underscore]

:facepalm: