Nissan News

Lucas Ordonez has become a pivotal member of the Nissan Motorsports team. He was the original winner of the Nissan GT Academy contest, which brought together video game racers to see who could rise to the challenge and transition their skills in real cars on real tracks. Ordonez has gone on to...

Nissan is the third automaker this week to reveal its new racing car for the 2014 season of Super GT. The car’s official title is the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 and it recently underwent its initial shakedown alongside rivals from Lexus and Honda at the Suzuka Circuit. To develop its new...

Nissan’s aging Rogue crossover, on sale since 2007, is about to be replaced by a brand new model, pictured here testing in prototype form. The new model will still be called a Rogue, though overseas it will be known as the X-Trail. As the spy shots confirm, the new Rogue, which we’re...

In the secretive world of race car development, it’s rare that a constructor will allow just about anyone to test one of its cars. Heck, constructors even withhold engine specs to maintain whatever edge they think they have over the competition. But in a rare opportunity, Nissan will allow...

The latest iteration of the Nissan GT-R can already hit 60 mph from rest in a blistering 2.7 seconds but that number is expected to drop with the arrival of a more potent GT-R NISMO model currently in the works. Set for a reveal at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show in November, the GT-R NISMO is tipped to...

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We often hear about the horsepower wars that are still taking place amongst a variety of automotive manufacturers. Only slightly lesser-known are the GT-R wars. This is a battle of a handful of aftermarket tuning companies that seek to push Godzilla to more and more amazing feats of speed. The...

As if winning a chance to drive real race cars from a video game weren't cool enough, original GT Academy winner and NISMO racer Lucas Ordonez now gets to race in Japan's Super GT series thanks to a new driver exchange program. The new program, formally named the NISMO Global Driver Exchange, will...

Nissan has unveiled a new special edition GT-R sports car that will be limited to just 100 units for worldwide consumption. The new special edition is the 2014 Nissan GT-R Midnight Opal, which derives its name from the unique Midnight Opal color scheme applied to its exterior. The paint is applied...

Two of the biggest names in motorsport, Williams and NISMO, have announced today a collaboration aimed at developing high-performance road cars. Williams’ technology offshoot, Williams Advanced Engineering, will join the engineering development team from NISMO to help develop new...

Prior to the past weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, whose top prize once again went to Audi, Nissan revealed a revolutionary race car it plans to enter next year in Le Mans’ special ‘Garage 56’ entry for technically advanced, innovative vehicles. Here are exclusive photos of...

This odd-looking, four-wheeled contraption is Nissan’s electrified race car that will compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2014 in the event’s ‘Garage 56’ entry for technically advanced, innovative vehicles. Nissan confirmed in February it will be making an official return...

Nissan confirmed in February it would be making an official return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2014 with a new race car entered through the event’s ‘Garage 56’ entry for environmentally friendly cars. At the time, Nissan said its race car would be “pioneering” and...

Renault Nissan is the latest automaker to adopt a strategy of widespread platform and parts sharing across models, announcing today it will soon implement a modular platform architecture in 14 of its models from both the Renault and Nissan brands. Called the Common Modular Family (CMF), Renault...

We already know Nissan is working on a NISMO-enhanced GT-R for launch in 2014, and we also know that it’s set to be the fastest road car ever launched by the Japanese automaker. But now we know roughly how much power the car will deliver. Speaking with Top Gear, Nissan officials revealed that...

The Nissan GT-R is a tool crafted by both wizards and engineers. Perhaps we should call them wingeneers? (Yes, I made that up on the spot--trademark pending) The car is capable of defying physics on a race track or winding road, and then can be driven comfortably on a road trip that stretches for...

Nissan’s GT Academy is about to enter its sixth year, with 2013’s round of competition to be the biggest yet in the event’s history. But have you ever wondered who is actually the fastest of the current crop of GT Academy winners? Here’s your chance to find out. The top...

Just in case its street-legal Tumbler Batmobile wasn’t enough, Saudi Arabia’s Team Galag has brought along a custom supercar based on a Nissan GT-R platform for the Gumball 3000 rally taking place this week in Europe. The car is called the Team Galag TG1 and it made its debut on...

Nissan’s popular GT Academy will be back for its fifth year in 2013 and organizers promise to make this round of competition the biggest yet. The GT Academy essentially pits gamers playing Sony’s Gran Turismo in a knockout competition, with the final winner in each of the tournaments...

Online automotive channel Drive has a new season of its popular Chris Harris On Cars segment and the first episode starts off with a bang. The episode sees three of the world’s best sports cars pitted against one another, though the choice of cars is a bit odd. They include an Audi R8 V10...