Nissan GT-R is the pure sport car which was developed by Nissan ruled by French chair man.
To European people, sport car means to be Porsche or something….so, even though GT-R had been a variation of Skyline for many years, but they got rid of the relationship with Skyline and was completely re-made as an independent model.
Well….lets look at the design of Japanese Super car…..
I will have to say it is ugly pig…!
- Extremely unnatural slope of the roof line.
- Flat door panels make it look dull and fat.
- Short and fat ass spoils its sporty feeling.
It is large 2 door coupe….one of the most exciting design for designers…but is that the best Nissan designer could do?
This is what I did by using Adobe Photoshop.
- Lifted up the roof line and modified the line of C-Pillar which is the key point of car design. It will improve rear head space as well.
- Added press line at the top of door panel to give extra accent.
- Modified rear end of the door. It will look more sophisticated and also improve accessibility to rear seats.
- Modified bottom end line of side glass.
- For the final adjustment, rear trunk is slightly extended…but we can skip this part as well.
Japanese people has never been good at designing “Sporty” some reason….Whenever they do, they make something childish.
Apart from 240Z, RX7 or MX5….they are not that impressive…..
Each line is too sharp and too straignt. I wonder if it is because they are drawing by computer. People used to spend hours to decide just 1 line but not anymore….
Tell the truth, to own this vehicle, it will cost more than Porsche…in that case, what is the point of owning this ugly creature?
Maybe they are faster than Porsche….but where are you going to try it?
Of course, performance is important….but beautiful styling is as important as its performance and that is what Nissan missed this time.
When a Japanese motor journalist complained about its design, Nissan said the reason was the…”cost”…..well….they are misunderstanding something very important.
At least I know Nissan has a good designers. They really should have used this rough sketch to GT-R instead of slow selling Infiniti M.
Westcoast Auto Design Studio 