The GT-R Lives On: Nissan Offering Bayside Blue Paint for the 2025 Z

by Chris Teague

Published: March 7th, 2025

the gt r lives on nissan offering bayside blue paint for the 2025 z

Nissan recently announced the 2025 Z, which will be its only sports car after GT-R production ends later this year. While the GT-R’s departure is disappointing, its memory will live on in part with the new Z, as it’s getting one of Godzilla’s most iconic colors for 2025.

The Z will be available in Bayside Blue, easily one of the most recognizable colors from the R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R, a predecessor to today’s GT-R. Midnight Purple is the only other GT-R color to have such a cult following. Elsewhere in the Z catalog, the two-tone color options were updated for the model year with new combinations, including red with a black roof and white with a black roof.

Nissan held firm on pricing for 2025, keeping the car’s $44,110 base price after a $1,140 destination charge. The Z Performance model adds $10,000 to that price, and the range-topping Nismo model costs $66,890 to start. None of the Z variants can be considered affordable, but the good news is that Nissan doesn’t require many added-cost options and packages to get desirable tech and features.

While the Nismo Z is far quicker than the standard model, it’s significantly more expensive and is limited to an automatic transmission. The regular car’s V6 engine offers 400 horsepower and 350 pound-feet of torque. It’s available with either a six-speed manual or nine-speed automatic transmission, making it more enthusiast-friendly and still plenty quick.

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Chris Teague

Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.

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KwikShiftPro4X on Mar 07, 2025

I used to love this brighter metallic blue until every manufacturer started to use it. It would be nice to see an exclusive colour to a brand.

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- SCE to AUX on Mar 07, 2025
  
  Agreed. My lowly 19 Ioniq EV is what they called "Electric Blue", and it looks similar.
  
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- KwikShiftPro4X on Mar 09, 2025
  
  My first attraction to this type of blue is Subaru's rally WRX with the gold rims. Its an iconic look and distinctly Subaru.
  
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SilverCoupe on Mar 07, 2025

It looks quite nice in this color, though at first glance it reminded me of the blue and white Viper coupes (not at all a bad thing).

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