With only 14 units known to have been completed in period, Nismo’s S-Tune is one of the most rarely seen factory sanctioned iterations of the legendary Nissan R34 Skyline GT-R. Conceived as…
Read MoreAfter their disappointing run at Le Mans in 1997, TWR and Nissan pledged to return in 1998 with an uprated R390: more speed and improved reliability was the order of the day. The R390 programme…
Read MoreIf any of Nissan’s off-the-shelf R34-based Skyline GT-Rs fail to get a customer’s juices going, they can always turn to Nismo who continue to build an array of specially tuned creations from their…
Read MoreWith its immensely tuneable twin turbocharged inline six cylinder engine and a four-wheel drive chassis riddled with state-of-art technology, Nissan’s R32 Skyline GT-R blew the competition into the…
Read MoreHaving been founded in 1984 following the merger of Nissan’s Oppama and Omori competition departments, Nissan Motorsport International (Nismo) went on to achieve great things in various…
Read MoreLike the R32 GT-R, the new-for-1995 R33 variant was available in a choice of different specifications. Least expensive of these was the base model R33 GT-R which nevertheless offered scintillating…
Read MoreTwo key factors led to the transformation of sports car racing in the early 1990s. As the 1980s drew to a close, the cost to compete in the World Sportscar Championship began to rise inexorably. New…
Read MoreAlthough Nissan had one of the fastest GT1 cars at the 1997 Le Mans 24 Hours, they were let down by poor reliability. It transpired that, to accommodate the mandatory 125-litres of luggage space…
Read MoreAfter the 1997 debacle at Le Mans where two of the three R390s had to be sacrificed to ensure there would be enough parts for the lead car to finish, Nissan and their motor sport partner, TWR, returned…
Read MoreAfter a disappointing display at the 1997 Le Mans 24 Hours, Nissan returned for 1998 with the much improved R390 Long Tail. The factory team ran three brand new cars while Nova Engineering…
Read MoreChassis R4 was the most fancied of Nissan’s R390 trio taken to the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1997. Allocated to ex-F1 driver, Martin Brundle, and Arrows test driver, Jorg Muller, it promisingly set fastest…
Read MoreFor the 1997 Le Mans 24 Hours, Nissan entered a team of three R390s. The cars were designed, built and run by Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR). Chassis R2 was allocated to ex-F1 driver, Erik Comas, and…
Read MoreChassis R1 was one of three Nissan R390 team cars that contested Le Mans Pre-Qualifying and the 24 Hour race in 1997. Uniquely, it also did the same events in 1998, when it was loaned to the Nova…
Read MoreIn 1996, Nissan unveiled a limited production GT-R equipped with a comprehensive list of performance upgrades. Developed by Nissan Motorsport (Nismo), the 400R was created for those…
Read MoreThe FIA Group A motor sport regulations that Nissan designed the R32 Skyline GT-R for also permitted manufacturers to build batches of Evolution models. Evolution variants enabled firms to…
Read MoreWhen Nissan introduced the R32 Skyline in 1989, they also decided to revive the Gran Turismo Racer (GT-R). It had been 16 years since a Skyline GT-R was last offered; the unsuccessful second…
Read MoreAt the end of the 1992 season, Nissan withdrew from sports car racing. A Group C programme that began in 1985 had produced a series of spectacular vehicles and culminated with Nissan winning…
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