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Driving the $1.5M Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign concept

The $1.5 million coupe might go into production in 2019.

Steven Ewing
Steven Ewing spent his childhood reading car magazines, making his career as an automotive journalist an absolute dream job. After getting his foot in the door at Automobile while he was still a teenager, Ewing found homes on the mastheads at Winding Road magazine, Autoblog and Motor1.com before joining the CNET team in 2018. He has also served on the World Car Awards jury. Ewing grew up ingrained in the car culture of Detroit -- the Motor City -- before eventually moving to Los Angeles. In his free time, Ewing loves to cook, binge trash TV and play the drums.
Steven Ewing
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This is the Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign concept, and it's the only one in the world.

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If this car enters production, it'll cost about $1.5 million.

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Those are LED running lights. The concept car doesn't have functional headlights.

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The small hatch glass means rearward visibility is... less than ideal.

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The GT-R50 is a collaboration between Nissan and Italian styling house Italdesign.

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I drove it to a cars and coffee meet in Woodland Hills. People loved it!

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The GT-R50 gets 21-inch wheels and huge Brembo brakes.

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The steering wheel is shod in carbon fiber.

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A digital gauge cluster looks decidedly 8-bit in its design.

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Keep scrolling for more photos of the Italdesign GT-R50 concept.

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