Sentences with phrase «nismo cars»

Base models are powered by a 332 - horsepower 3.7 - liter V6 engine, while high - performance NISMO cars have a 350 - hp version of that engine.

With styling also a key element of NISMO cars, expect to see an even flashier exterior design if a Maxima NISMO does go into production.

This will help increase sales of NISMO cars, which are now about 15,000 units a year.

NISMO cars provide exciting driving experiences with motorsports - inspired aerodynamics and styling, enhanced handling characteristics and unmatched agility.

To that end, the company announced a new unit called the NISMO Cars Business Unit.

LED fog lights are added as well as red and gray trim, which will be a staple of the Nismo cars.

NISMO cars provide an exciting driving experience with motorsports - inspired aerodynamics and styling, enhanced handling characteristics and unmatched agility.

This includes showing NISMO road cars at Nissan dealerships and showrooms and holding events and activities for NISMO car owners.

Not exact matches

Still, you've got ta love a bit of a bonkers race car and the GT - R LM NISMO is exactly that.

Despite not even taking part in any competitive sessions this season, the GT - R LM NISMO is still the most talked about race car in the World Endurance Championship this year thanks to the company's radical approach to the rules.

Spec is everything and the lap time is only relevant if we can actually buy the car in record time spec, at least right away - not like some Seats or Nismos... So far is an impressive time, but if it was achieved with tyres you can't buy for the car (or won't for everyday use), without material that's needed for everyday and even prolonged track - day use (Air Con for ex.)

Nismo badge could suit that car.

As ever, the victor will also travel to races around the world as part of the Blancpain series, undergo on - the - job race training and be awarded a company car - such as the Nissan 370Z Nismo used by Jann Mardenborough.

Cranfield was in constant dialogue with Nismo's engineering team in Japan throughout, and it was the first time that engineers outside Nismo's core team had been allowed to work on one of its road cars.

Meanwhile, race - car designer Ben Bowlby, the man behind the DeltaWing and Nissan ZEOD R / C, confirmed that the next road - going GT - R will feature a version of the same twin - turbo, 3.0 - liter V - 6 with hybrid power that propels the Nissan GT - R LM NISMO race car, which appeared in June's 24 Hours of Le Mans in France.

Nismo are heralded as Tuner gods in Japan and some other places for their work on past Skylines and Z cars.

I don't track my cars but in terms of driving from A to B and having a bit of fun on the B roads, the Nismo RS is fun and fast.

Nismo, Nissan's motorsport division, was charged with developing the car, not least because the R32 GT - R would replace the soon - to - be-retired R31 GTS - R racer on the track.

Nismo's solution was to increase the engine capacity to 2568cc, bumping the car into the 4500cc class where its rivals would be subject to a heavier minimum weight.

I was looking for a sports car and found it in a Nissan 370Z Nismo.

The 2013 Tokyo motor show yields plenty of new performance cars, including a turbo Civic Type - R, the Nismo GT - R and a cool new Lexus sports car

For your average GT - R owner, the drive - in workshop is the heart of Omori Factory, for it's here that Nismo will bestow greatness on your car, be it an R32, R33 or R34 GT - R, the current R35 GT - R or even a 370Z.

Nothing wrong with making more affordable performance cars but don't say it's a Nismo one if you popped some plastic on it and mildly breathed on the engine because it is just not.

The Juke Nismo launches Nissan's performance road car arm in Europe.

The $ 52,000 Nismo N Attack Package B Kit is intended for customers who will be street - driving their cars, and retains the four - seat capabilities of the standard GT - R Nismo.

The 2017 Nismo is a great «balanced» car.

For us, Nismo is every bit as professional and skilled as AMG or BMW's M division, and a car engineered by a genuine race shop is deeply appealing.

The Juke Nismo is a tricky car to pigeonhole.

Dario's back, too Letters In our new feature, Talking Point, we ask whether the new GT - R Nismo is worth the extra money over the standard car.

You get a bit more content with the NISMO version of the GT - R; for $ 151,585, its 600 - hp turbo engine and much more aggressive tuning push it even more toward being primarily a track car.

However, it goes without saying that the Nismo is just over 50 per cent more expensive than the standard GT - R — a car that the majority will find fast and entertaining enough.

Nissan bosses have confirmed that they are planning to use the Nismo motorsports division to become an in - house tuning arm, with plans advanced to introduce Nismo versions of many of the company's road cars.

The GT - R Nismo is still the fourth - fastest production car to lap the Nordschleife, and you can argue that it is the fastest car in genuine volume production to ever make the circuit.

Andy Palmer, Nissan's product planning supremo, told us that the decision to use Nismo for the road car division was down to the «need to tell the story behind the product... Nismo is about truth points behind the excitement.»

According to Nissan, the 2015 Nissan GT - R Nismo holds the volume production car lap record at Germany's Nürburgring racetrack, with a lap time of 7:08.679.

Although we've known about the car for weeks, Nissan finally released photos of a one - off Nismo 370Z crafted to celebrate and honor legendary designer / racer Pete Brock.

Obviously the Nissan GT - R Nismo is powerful, but another recurring theme of Krumm's narration is the car's improved stability, which is partly a result of the enhanced downforce from the aerodynamic modifications.

We drive it Nismo GT - R The standard car is fast and focused — does an extra 50bhp and a harder chassis improve it?

Buy a Nissan GT - R for similar money to a Nismo 370Z The real improvement over the standard car is in the body control.

Dark Matte Grey paint will also be available as a new paint option unique to the GT - R Nismo, which Nissan says will heighten the car's imposing and muscular presence.

On a mechanical level, race - car designer Ben Bowlby has confirmed that the next Nissan GT - R will use some version of the hybrid - powered 3.0 - liter, twin - turbocharged V - 6 engine used in the GT - R LM NISMO race car that flopped at Le Mans this year.

Please get some Z car parts cooking while you're at it, Nismo.

A few days prior to the test drive, I'd been asked to supply a racing CV (Nismo has never let a journalist drive one of its historic racing cars before), so I gave them the whole nine yards.

At a little short of # 38k the Nismo Z is a big chunk more money than the car on which it's based, but the fact a standard Z represents great value compared with a GT86 distorts the picture slightly.

Or get the Nismo for mid forties and have a great looking fast fun car that not every other person owns which is cool in itself.

Of course, Nissan is yet to run its front - driven GT - R LM Nismo LMP1 car in a race, so we can only guess how it'll fare at Le Mans.

The Nismo GT - R might cost significantly more than the standard car at # 125,000, though in its defense you do get a lot more than the 542bhp of standard R35 GT - Rs.

At the cars» debut in Tokyo, Nissan suggested the «natural and tasteful» Freestyle could use 1.2 to 1.5 - litre turbocharged power units - the concept was also equipped with a continuously - variable transmission - while the aggressively - styled Nismo used the direct - injected, 1.6 - litre turbocharged power unit from the Juke Nismo.

Type «Nismo GT - R LM» into a search engine prior to 2014 and you'd have found details not on the groundbreaking front - wheel drive Le Mans car designed by Ben Bowlby, but the most aggressive R33 Skyline GT - R ever produced for the road.

The aim was purely homologation - related — aero tweaks to the Nismo allowed similar modifications to be made for Group A specification cars — the kind that saw Nissan dominate Australian Touring Car racing in the early 1990s.