New Nissan Skyline confirmed! Iconic car headed for production amidst massive financial woes, job cuts and factory closures, but will this be the fire-breathing R36 GT-R we're wanting or an electric SUV?

Overnight Nissan announced its radical Re:Nissan “recovery plan” that hopes to see the company return to profitability by fiscal year 2026, and as part of this it confirmed a range of new models for both the Nissan and Infiniti brands.

One of the proposed new models in this plan is a new Skyline.

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The Skyline nameplate is historic to Nissan and dates all the way back to 1957 when it was called the Prince Skyline.

The Nissan Skyline was even produced in Australia in seventh-generation guise from 1986 to 1990.

Although Nissan has confirmed a new Skyline is in the works, don’t get your hopes too far up, because this likely isn’t the new R36 GT-R.

Japanese outlet, Best Car, known for its industry sources, believes the Skyline will instead be an SUV and will sit above the brand’s current Ariya electric car, and will be a similar size to seven-seat SUVs such as the Toyota Kluger.

The rebooted Skyline could borrow tech from the recently announced Ariya Nismo.

That car uses two electric motors to make 320kW and 600Nm and provides all-wheel drive grip.

Best car's digital render gives a glimpse of what it could look like.

The Nissan Skyline currently exists as a four-door sedan, most recently picking up a sportier limited-production Nismo version in Japan.

This 13th-generation Nissan Skyline was even sold in Australia as the Infiniti Q50 from 2014 to 2019.

Nissan teased the R36 GT-R in 2023 with the radical Hyper Force concept. It was an all-electric supercar with 1000kW of power and a solid-state battery pack.

Given Nissan has now paused all new car development beyond 2026, it remains unclear whether the R36 GT-R will actually happen.

Previous reports speculated the R36 GT-R would launch in 2028.