Nissan’s Head of Advanced Product Strategy Richard Candler has given Nissan GT-R fans something to think about as he ruminates on the probabilty of the sports car going off on its own without a driver on the wheel.
That possibility is suggested for the GT-R being put on Nürburgring asphalt and letting it fly around making laps by itself.
Whether or not the car would be equipped with autonomous driving technology to handle actual road traffic was not touched upon. Candler was more interested in it simulating laps done before but without a driver.
But the possibility of Nissan building in autonomous technology can still be grasped as the automaker has made clear its intention to bring in ten autonomous vehicles by 2020. Coupled by the indication some time ago that some performance models in its roster could go autonomous, we don’t see why the GT-R wouldn’t be involved.
Hence it could be more than just winding the spring and letting the sports car loose on its own for Nürburgring, but we’ll see as Nissan could change its mind. At any rate the 2017 Nissan Leaf that is due later this year will be the first of the carmaker’s lineup strutting with autonomous driving tech.
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