There is alot to unpack there. First with the GTR hybrid news it's a bit of the telephone game. Nissan hasn't said anything about a hybrid. The original source of all this information is a small blurb in a Japanese magazine called Best Car. They simply mentioned japan has a new noise restriction coming next year and the GTR would need this mild hybrid to comply. A bunch of outlets ran with that and added to it. The noise restriction is odd because the GTR in stock form is fairly quiet and the 2017+ added a butterfly valve to shut off one side on cold starts. But yeah the rumor is it will only facilitate the gas engine and not actually drive the wheels
As for if this applies to the Z my opinion is not for the foreseeable future of the Z35. The new Z is sort of being positioned as a purist car. I think the only possibility for the Z35 is something late in the life cycle with some sort of NISMO RS like I mentioned what they were experimenting with on the Q60 project black.
Now with that said nissan has committed to all their major models going electric by early 2030s and the fact that the new Z won't be sold in europe because of emissions... This all points to the Z having to transition one day if the name will live on. But for this immediate future of the new Z? Nah I don't see it
As for if this applies to the Z my opinion is not for the foreseeable future of the Z35. The new Z is sort of being positioned as a purist car. I think the only possibility for the Z35 is something late in the life cycle with some sort of NISMO RS like I mentioned what they were experimenting with on the Q60 project black.
Now with that said nissan has committed to all their major models going electric by early 2030s and the fact that the new Z won't be sold in europe because of emissions... This all points to the Z having to transition one day if the name will live on. But for this immediate future of the new Z? Nah I don't see it