After the Australian market, the European market is also preparing to say goodbye definitively Nissan GT-R. No chance of survival for the Japanese sports car, which after 13 years from its debut on the Old Continent market is forced to say goodbye: a painful decision for Nissan, but forced to withdraw the model from sales after the introduction of the new strict EU regulations which will come into effect by the end of the year in terms of noise. The withdrawal from the Australian market, on the other hand, had been decided due to the upcoming stricter regulations on side impact accidents.
“Thirteen years after its introduction in Europe as an affordable high-performance car icon, we can confirm that the European production of GT-R it will end in March 2022 due to the new noise legislation established by the EU and the UK on 1 July 2021 ″Nissan writes in a note released by Autocar. As mentioned by the same source, the new regulations aim at reducing road noise in order to mitigate the stress induced by sound for pedestrians and people who live near the roads: we are talking about severe laws whose links they will be tightened further in 2026when the legal limit for engine noise is reduced to just 68 dB, a decision that could have serious repercussions for manufacturers of sports cars and high-performance exhaust systems.
The exit of the GT-R creates a important blank in Nissan’s offer in Europe, that linked to high-performance cars. This is because even the new Z, equipped with a non-hybrid V6 and which would therefore have a negative impact on the emissions of the Japanese brand’s fleet, will not be offered in the Old Continent. Probably in the near future the company will decide to return to take steps in this European market segment, but given the regulatory and market trend, everything suggests that it will do so. in the name of electrification.
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