Hiroshi Tamura, Father of the Modern GT-R will grace the GT-R Festival on October 4-6

Fans and owners of the Nissan GT-R in Malaysia are invited to participate in the GT-R Festival taking place at Crowne Plaza Penang Straits City on October 4-6.

The 3-day, 2-night event is aimed at becoming the largest gathering of GT-R models to be immortalized in the Malaysia Book of Records.

Furthermore, the GT-R Festival also offers the opportunity for GT-R owners to personally meet Hiroshi Tamura, better known as the “Father of The Modern Nissan GT-R”.

The 62-year-old individual joined Nissan in 1984, working there for three years before moving to Autech, a subsidiary responsible for building GT-R vehicles.

He rejoined Nissan in 1993 in the product planning department, where he had the opportunity to develop the Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 model.

In 2006, Hiroshi Tamura was appointed as Chief Product Specialist, and since then he has been better known as the Modern GT-R Father.

For the GT-R Festival, there are two categories open to all GT-R owners as follows:

1. Elite

Valued at RM1,999, this category will be open to 250 participants, including a 3-day 2-night stay, dinner event, convoy, session with Hiroshi Tamura, photo session, exclusive GT-R Festival t-shirt, and 2 tickets to the Tokyo Auto Salon Kuala Lumpur.

2. Ultimate Elite

Priced at RM3,499, this category will be limited to only 20 participants, where each participant will receive the same benefits as the Elite category.

Additionally, participants in this category will also receive an exclusive GT-R Festival jacket, two VIP tickets to the Tokyo Auto Salon Kuala Lumpur 2024, and an exclusive dinner session with Hiroshi Tamura at Crown Plaza Penang Straits City.

Further information can be found through the website https://www.tokyoautosalonkl.com/gtrfest.