Overview
- Richard Candler, who oversees Nissan’s global product strategy, said Thursday the company is revisiting a full sports-car lineup and will shrink its range from 56 to 45 models to free money for passion projects.
- Nissan Americas chairman Christian Meunier confirmed Wednesday that the new Japan-market Skyline will be sold in the U.S. as the Infiniti Q50 arriving in 2027 with high horsepower and a manual-transmission option.
- Nissan published official teasers this week for the next Skyline, showing GT-R-style round taillights, Skyline badging, and a driver-focused pitch the company calls a “heartbeat” model for Japan.
- CEO Ivan Espinosa said Tuesday that sports cars are central to Nissan and that more are coming, while stressing any affordable model he wants to build—such as a hoped-for Silvia—remains unconfirmed and would not be a rebadged economy car.
- Espinosa said GT-R development is underway, and Meunier teased a revived Xterra with factory-ready aftermarket support and a target to show it at the SEMA trade show to court off-road and tuning communities.