Blog Archive
01-29-17
The Nissan 370Z Is a Classic-Car Bargain Masquerading as a Current Production Model
Nissan today announced its association with country music superstar Blake Shelton and the 13-stop Blake Shelton "Doing It To Country Songs" Tour. The partnership extends to 14 additional festival dates where Shelton is to appear.
01-27-17
Bittersweet Day for Nissan GT Academy Crew at Dubai 24 Hour
DUBAI, UAE – Nissan's all-GT Academy alumni line-up for the Dubai 24 Hour endured a bittersweet day in the United Arab Emirates after finishing eighth in class in the opening endurance race of the year.
01-06-17
GET THE NISMO CALENDAR NOW & see who ESM names for 2017 IMSA season!
Nissan's prototype engine customer team for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship has revealed its driver lineup for the 2017 championship.
01-05-17
30 Years on: Nissan’s Iconic 1987 Paris-Dakar Rally Car Rides Again
After exactly 30 years away from the public eye, Nissan has brought one of its most iconic motorsport machines back to life. The stunning 1987 Nissan Patrol Fanta Limon Paris-Dakar rally car has been fully restored to its former glory and made an emotional return to its spiritual home in the sand dunes of the Saharan desert.
12-09-16
This Sunday Race Fans Get the Chance to Watch the NISMO Festival LIVE!
Race fans around the world will get the chance to watch next Sunday's NISMO Festival at Fuji Speedway streamed live on NISMO TV on YouTube for the first time.
12-02-16
Nissan News: Final Nissan Race Car of the Super GT 2017 Season is Revealed
Nissan has revealed the third and final race car for the 2017 season of the popular Japanese touring car series Super GT. We give you the Nissan GT-R Nismo GT500!
11-11-16
Super GT Championship Finale Saturday AND Sunday!
MOTEGI, Japan – The 2016 Super GT Championship will be decided this weekend with Nissan aiming to defend its championship wins in both the GT500 and GT300 classes.
10-13-16
Nissan Concept 2020 Vision Gran Turismo!
THE RED BATMOBILE? Nope just Nissan’s latest concept car! Batman would be jealous! Nissan's 2020 Vision Gran Turismo concept looks fresh as ever! If there was ever a car that previewed the next-generation of Godzilla, this is it.
09-26-16
Strong Performances for NISMO Athletes in Sonoma and Austin
Nissan News:Strong performances for NISMO athletes in Sonoma and AustinIt was a busy weekend in the U.S. with the Pirelli World Challenge series tackling Sonoma Raceway in California and the FIA World Endurance Championship heading to Austin's Circuit of The Americas in Texas.
09-16-16
When Opposites Attract – Nissan Combines its Largest and Smallest
This weekend, Nissan will present its TITAN Hauler XD project truck at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for the last Micra Cup race in Ontario of the season, bringing together the extremes of the Nissan Canada line-up – the TITAN XD full-size pickup truck and the Micra subcompact. The TITAN Hauler XD project truck builds on the production TITAN XD's already exceptional towing and hauling capabilities by almost doubling the payload rating with a Nissan Micra Cup race car secured in the truck bed. The Nissan TITAN Hauler XD project truck effectively puts Canada's most affordable racing series on a pedestal as the second season enters its final month in the 2016 calendar.
09-12-16
2017 Nissan GTR will make its US debut in LONG BEACH at the 12th annual Japanese Classic Car Show
Nissan will be in California this month for the 12th annual Japanese Classic Car Show. The automaker plans to display the car that first put them in the racing winning circle, the No. 46 Datsun 510 by Brock Racing Enterprises, and its latest winner, the No. 05 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3. But the main attraction of JCCS will be the debut of the street-legal 2017 GT-R Nismo.
08-19-16
Friday Fun Fact! Why does nissan use the #23 in racing?
Nissan often uses the number 23 for racing events because the number "2" is pronounced "ni" in Japanese and the number "3" is pronounced "san"; i.e. "ni-san."
04-25-16
Nissan wins Okayama SUPER GT with championship-winning duo
OKAYAMA, Japan – They have won back-to-back Super GT championships, and now Tsugio Matsuda and Ronnie Quintarelli have triumphed in the opening round of the 2016 championship at the Okayama International Circuit.
04-17-16
Nissan Global Director of Excitement Usain Bolt goes behind the scenes at the NYIAS
NEW YORK – Nissan's Global Director of Excitement Usain Bolt was on hand for the opening ceremonies for the New York International Auto Show, which featured the world debut of the 2017 Nissan GT-R. In this special video, Bolt takes you on a tour. Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt, known as "the world's fastest man," has been promoting Nissan's brand awareness in association with the Nissan Global Brand Campaign, which kicked off in April 2012 and has been running in markets around the world ever since.
03-26-16
Nissan ready to kick off Blancpain Championship defense at Circuit Paul Ricard in France
LE CASTELLET, France – Nissan, NISMO and GT Academy Team RJN will take their first steps towards defending their Blancpain Endurance Series championship this week at Circuit Paul Ricard in the South of France.
12-05-15
#RacingDriversWanted: 56 gamers are in Abu Dhabi for 2015 NISMO PlayStation GT Academy European Race Camp
ABU DHABI, UAE – The NISMO PlayStation® GT Academy European Race Camp is underway at the Yas Marina Formula One circuit in Abu Dhabi. The intensive, week-long racing driver boot camp sees 56 Gran Turismo® gamers from 11 European countries gather in the United Arab Emirates' capital city. They will compete for the chance to embark on Nissan's all-encompassing Driver Development Program and the chance to become a real racing driver, with Formula One technical genius Adrian Newey OBE on hand as head judge.
