Nissan and Italdesign to unveil ultra-limited GT-R prototype YOKOHAMA, Japan/TURIN, Italy (June 29, 2018) – Nissan and Italdesign have created a new prototype vehicle – the Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign – in their first-ever collaboration. Based on a production 2018 Nissan GT-R NISMO model, the unique car commemorates the 50 th anniversaries of both the GT-R and Italdesign and will make its debut in Europe next month. “How often do you get to ask, ‘What if we created a GT-R without limits,’ and then actually get to build it?” said Alfonso Albaisa, Nissan’s senior vice president for global design. “This is a rare window in time when two big moments intersect: 50 years of Italdesign shaping the automotive world and 50 years of Nissan generating excitement through our iconic GT-R. So to celebrate this convergence, Nissan and Italdesign created this custom GT-R to mark 50 years of engineering leadership.” Italdesign developed, engineered and built the car. The distinctive,