2024 Nissan GT-R Adds Skyline and Takumi Special Editions

Last week, we told you about an update package that Nissan was cooking up for the Japanese-market GT-R, the brand’s sports car that, while long in the tooth, still brings thrills by the boatload. We surmised that some of these updates would make their way to the North American GT-R, in some form or another.

Sure enough, that snazzy baby blue interior is coming to our shores, as are a few of the other flourishes. Here in the States the changes will arrive to close out the 2024 model year of the car, rather than kick off the 2025 model year.

First is the GT-R T-Spec Takumi Edition, a special edition variant of the T-Spec, which returned as part of the 2024 model year. Diehard fans of the GT-R love the T-Spec because it was the access point to two of Nissan’s most famous paint colors: Millenium Jade and Midnight Purple. It was also your ticket to get the Mori Green interior trim if that’s your vibe.

The Takumi Edition aims to amp up collectibility with special engine badging to recognize which master craftspeople handbuilt your car’s 3.8-liter, twin-turbo V-6. That gold VIN badge from the Japanese-market version will also appear on these Takumi Edition cars.

As with the standard T-Spec model, the Takumi Edition also enjoys a host of mechanical enhancements, including carbon-ceramic brakes from the GT-R NISMO, gold-painted 20-inch RAYS wheels, NISMO-tuned stability control (Nissan calls it “Vehicle Dynamic Control”), and wider front fenders.

The other special variant is the GT-R Skyline Edition—a play on the nameplate that JDM fans hold in high regard, not to mention the one used on previous generation GT-Rs. (Remember, before it was its own model, GT-R was the high-performance variant of the Nissan Skyline in most portions of the world.)

The Skyline Edition is based on the lower-rung GT-R Premium and brings special Bayside Blue paint and that dreamy blue interior. Bayside Blue was a popular color on the R34-generation GT-R but wasn’t carried over to the present R35 generation, save for a one-year-only run of 50th Anniversary edition GT-Rs in 2019 and, now, this special edition.

The 2024 version also gets the aforementioned soft blue interior we first saw on the Japanese-market model last week. “Blue Heaven” is its name in Japan, but here in the States, Nissan calls it “Sora Blue.” Either way, we’re seriously digging it.

Nissan will announce pricing details for both the GT-R T-Spec Takumi Edition and the Skyline Edition at a later date. Both models should arrive (in very limited numbers, though we don’t yet know how limited) at U.S. dealers this summer.

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