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Still Called GT-X
Ahead of the launch of the four-door seventh generation (R31), when the full-size two-door model was completed, it wore GT-R badges in the center of the grille and on the tail. Weighing the car's real ability against the weight of the GT-R name, Ito removed the badges from the R31 two-door coupe and renamed it GTS. From that moment he had decided to revive the GT-R with the next car, the R32. He had a development concept for the GT-R by the start of the following year, but in the first half of that year the company fell into its first loss since its founding, and he found it hard to raise. He first presented the development plan to the executives in July of that year, when the R32 was approved for production, but it was still called GT-X. When it was later shown to dealers gathered from across the country, the materials still said GT-X, with output stated as 270 PS or more. The real car secretly displayed there reportedly wore the GT-R emblem. It was the GT-R's return after 16 years, since the Kenmeri GT-R.
