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Nissan's latest GT-R supercar is at least a year away from hitting the New Zealand market.
Nissan boss Peter Merrie said that the company would wait until the car completed ADR (Australian Design Rules) compliance before it would go on sale here.
He also said that pricing details would not be available for some time.
The last GT-R sold here was the Skyline R34 version, which sold for around $120,000.
Over the years the GT-R has a built a legendary reputation in the car world, earned partly through its staggering performances at Bathurst against the big Aussie V8s.
With a twin turbo straight six engine in that Skyline R32 model, motorsport fans were stunned by the power that the force-fed Nissan produced and by its incredible four-wheel-drive handling.
It is not unusual for highly modified versions of the Skyline to make in excess of 1000 horsepower.
The new GT-R has dropped the Skyline name, and moved away from the straight-six powerplant.
It features a brand new 3.8-litre twin turbo V6 that makes a serious 353kW at 6400rpm and 588Nm of torque.
A secondary air management system works to cut power during low-rev driving around town, which saves on fuel and helped the car to meet Japan's U-LEV (Ultra-low emission vehicle) standard.
The car uses a new GR-6 type paddle-shifted dual clutch transmission with a Borg Warner six plate dual clutch - with the trans, transfer case and diff at the back to get the weight distribution as balanced as possible.
Suspension is Bilstein's active DampTronic system, and brakes are fully floating, drilled Brembo rotors with six-pot monoblok calipers at the front and four pots at the rear.
Run flat tyres developed for the GT-R will maintain structural integrity for 80 kilometres at 80 km/h.
