From one icon to another: 2025 Nissan Z introduces legendary GT-R paint choice to celebrate two of Nissan’s most celebrated performance cars

The Nissan Z range will introduce new colour choices for the 2025 Model Year, including the legendary Bayside Blue heritage colour it now shares with the legendary R34 GT-R.

One of Nissan’s most iconic colours, Bayside Blue is an evolution of the Champion Blue that debuted on the 1995 R33 GT-R LM – a road-going homage to Nissan’s Le Mans-winning race cars.

Such was its popularity, Kei Yoshitomi, Design Manager of Colour Design Group, Advance Design Department, knew “an evolved, vivid blue was demanded”, and so Bayside Blue debuted with the launch of the R34 GT-R.

Named for Tokyo’s Bayshore Highway – a road of deep significance in the city’s underground car culture – Bayside Blue was an instant hit, and is arguably the colour most associated with the R34 GT-R. Unofficially retired, Bayside Blue was reintroduced in 2019 for the GT-R 50th Anniversary Edition.

Bayside Blue is just one of three new colour choices available on the 2025 Nissan Z range, joining Ivory Pearl with Super Black Roof and Plasma Red with Super Black Roof on the colour palette. In keeping with its heritage, Bayside Blue is a single-colour choice without a two-tone option and will only be offered on Z Coupe. Ivory Pearl and Plasma Red are offered across both Z and Z NISMO.

The additions bring the total colour choices across both models to eight, joining Black Diamond Metallic, Gun Metallic, Rosewood Metallic and Brilliant Silver with Super Black Roof across the Z, while NISMO is offered in Black Diamond Metallic, Brilliant Silver with Super Black Roof and the NISMO-exclusive Slate Grey with Super Black Roof.

“The new Z is an icon reborn, and it is only fitting that it now shares Bayside Blue with another Nissan legend, the R34 GT-R,” says, Warwick Daly, Deputy Director Product & Retail Campaigns, Nissan Australia.

“Our performance heritage is a part of our DNA, and it’s so exciting to have this iconic colour live on as part of a new suite of hues available on the 2025 Nissan Z.”

3.0-litre twin-turbo petrol V6 (298kW and 475Nm)

6sp manual transmission with rev control or 9sp automatic with paddle shifters

Rear-wheel drive

Mechanical limited slip differential

Launch control

Drive mode selector (auto only)

19-inch alloy wheels

12.3-inch TFT display with multiple modes

8.0-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto~^>

Heated front seats with leather-accented seat trim<

Active Noise Cancellation and Active Sound Enhancement

Front and rear parking sensors

Rear camera

Intelligent Cruise Control

Predictive Forward Collision Warning

Forward Emergency Braking with pedestrian detection

Blind Spot Warning & Rear Cross Traffic Alert

Lane Departure Warning

Driver Attention Alert

Nissan Z NISMO

$94,605 (MSRP incl Premium Paint)*

Adds or replaces:

Power increased to 309kW (+11kW) and 520Nm (+45Nm)

NISMO-tuned 9 speed automatic with paddle shifters

New NISMO styling – exterior and interior

Gloss black RAYSTM 19-inch wheels (0.5″ wider Fr & Rr & lighter)

Enhanced Engine cooling

Bigger front brake rotors (+25mm)

NISMO aerodynamic enhancements

NISMO chassis, tyre and wheel enhancements

NISMO Sport+ Driving Mode

NISMO-tuned Launch Control

NISMO-tuned Active Sound Control

NISMO branded RECARO™ seats

Heated and powered front seats not available on Z NISMO

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