Sons of Godzilla

Nissan has revealed the GT-R Nismo will soon be joined by two other hardcore models, as the company moves to build an “authentic” performance car brand Down Under. Leading the charge will be the ageing 370Z Nismo expected to arrive in late 2017. “I didn’t want the GT-R Nismo to be an isolated product,” said Nissan Australia boss Richard Emery. “Certainly I’d like the second model to arrive within the first 12 months... it’s probably the 370Z that makes the most sense.” A third Nismo model, tipped to be the Juke SUV, is mooted within the next two to three years. “Having three Nismo models would be great,” said Emery. “We’re looking at what’s available, so there’s GT-R, there’s 370Z, there’s Juke, they make a Patrol Nismo for the Middle East but the chance of us getting that is remote. But Nismo needs to be authentic. It needs to be real performance, not stripes and alloys.”