My speculation based on absolutely nothing is that Nissan is withholding this color from the US market because they intend to launch the different front end as a special edition here instead of kit pieces sold separately. And that they want to use this color for that car. Similar to the yellow...
When I lived in Colorado, I bought one car from Salt Lake City, another from Washington DC, and one from Detroit. Drove them all back. One trip is a 14 year old memory, one a 7 year old memory and the last one a 4 year old memory. Will never forget any of them. Great times. Twice with my wife...
Maybe the new trim code you found is correct and they are waiting to launch that and the color in the US on a different day than the Nismo. Keep the two hypes separate.
thanks this helped. I used google lense to search the image and found it on the rakuten Japan site. Not sure how legit that site is, but I used Buyee before to request access to other Japanese sites and they buy from that site on your behalf and ship to you. Takes awhile but it was super smooth...
I missed this part of the discussion, but I was so excited about the orange situation that I reread the last couple of pages.
Going along with this thinking, what I hope is that indeed they offer a “one off proto” spec trim. I could see the persimmon interior being part of that spec which is...