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Nissan Motorsports International (ニッサン・モータースポーツ・インターナショナル株式会社, Nissan Mōtā Supōtsu Intānashonaru), abbreviated as Nismo, is a division of Nissan Motorsports & Customizing focused in motorsport and performance-oriented car models for
History
The Nismo story began in 1964 when a local company called Prince Motor Company realized that they could boost their sales by going into the competitive motorsport business. Nismo's first competitive motor sport debut was on 1 May 1964 − in their first race they ended up coming just short however it was bitter sweet as the Skyline took all positions from 2nd to 6th.[1]
In 1984,
In 1988 the first dedicated race car by Nissan debuted, and saw incredible performance in circuit races. This vehicle was the iconic
In 1988, Nismo built its first car, the Saurus for motorsport use for its one-make series. The following year they developed the Skyline GT-R for racing as well as building the 500 evolution editions for road use.[2] The R34, the R32's generational grandchild was the first car to be produced with a V-Spec.[1]
In December 2021, Nissan said it would merge Nismo and sister company Autech (a tuning and conversion operation) into a new company called Nissan Motorsports & Customizing Co., Ltd.. The merge was completed on April 1, 2022.[3][4]
Products
Products include the GT-R, 370Z, Sentra, Frontier, and the Juke Nismo. Soon to be added to the range is the hatchback Nissan Pulsar Nismo and the electric Nissan Leaf[5]
Tuning kits
Nismo designs and manufactures a range of aftermarket performance parts for Nissan cars including
Most
In Japan, the V35 Skyline and Z33 Fairlady have both received several levels of Nismo tuning packages (E-Type, S-Tune, R-Tune, and S1 packages), with a full track spec Fairlady Z debuted at the 2005 Nismo Festival of Speed held at (formerly) Fuji International Raceway.
In February 2007, Nismo announced the launch of the Nismo 380RS. The Nismo 380RS is a factory modified version of the
Production cars
The first Nismo-branded car was the 1987 Skyline R31 GTS-R Group A evolution special limited to 823 examples. This was followed by the 1990 Skyline GT-R Nismo of which only 560 were produced. Both cars featured weight-saving, aerodynamic, performance and reliability improvements necessary for the rigours of Group A competition.
The next Nismo release was the Skyline GT-R R34 'Z-Tune'. Intended to celebrate the 2005 20th anniversary of Nismo, the 2003 cancellation of R34 production meant that Nismo was only able to create 20 cars, all based on second-hand V.spec units purchased back from customers with less than 30,000 km on the odometer. The Z Tune sold for ¥17,745,000 (US$146,600, as of December 7, 2005) in Japan. However, the parts-conversion version, where the customer's Skyline GT-R's become the base car, sells for ¥13,125,000 (US$108,500, as of December 7, 2005). Due to rarity the GT-R Z-tune can exceed US$500,000 in the car market[citation needed]. The engine is an RB28DETT Z2 (a normal GT-R engine with a stroked displacement of 2.8 liters & Nismo parts designed specifically for the Z2). The car weighs 1,600 kg (3,527 lb).
Nismo was also responsible for the R33 Skyline 400R and S14 Silvia 270R models. Both featured comprehensive modifications to the drivetrain, suspension, brakes, chassis, and aero work. Very limited numbers of both models were sold in 1997, and both command high resale prices even today. These models stressed Nismo's link to street car tuning, and were developed (as was the Z-Tune GT-R) at their Chiba City tuning garage. Nismo street tuned vehicles have been sold at Nissan dealerships for years, and come with full warranties. Nismo also produced 21 versions of the Pulsar GTi-R, essentially these cars contained all of the NISMO Group N parts available at the time in a fully built car.
List of Nismo-branded consumer vehicles
Base Model | Nismo Model | Production Years |
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350Z | Nismo 350Z[6] | 2004–2008 |
370Z | Nismo 370Z[6] | 2009–2020 |
GT-R | GT-R Nismo[6] | 2014–present |
Juke | Juke Nismo[6] | 2013–2017 |
Micra | March Nismo | 2013–present |
Note | Note Nismo | 2014–present |
Patrol | Patrol Nismo | 2010–present (Middle East only) |
Sentra | Sentra Nismo | 2017–2019 |
Silvia | Nismo 270R | 1994 |
Skyline GT-R | Skyline GT-R Nismo[6] | 1989–1994 |
Skyline | Skyline Nismo | 2023–present |
Ariya | Ariya Nismo | 2024– |
Japanese Grand Prix
In the 1960s, Nissan competed in the Japanese Grand Prix sports car race.
IMSA GT Championship
Nissan joined the IMSA GT Championship in 1979, where it competed in the GT classes with the 240SX, 280ZX and 300ZX. From 1985 to 1993, they entered the main GTP class with the GTP ZX-Turbo and NPT-90. Geoff Brabham won four GTP drivers championships with Nissan from 1988 to 1991, and the manufacturer won the 1992 24 Hours of Daytona and the 1989, 1990 and 1991 12 Hours of Sebring.
World Sports Prototype Championship
In the 1980s and 1990s, Nissan raced at the
Touring Car Racing
In the 1980s, the manufacturer entered the
Supercars Championship
From 2013 onwards Nissan competed in the Supercars Championship with Kelly Racing fielding four Nissan Altimas. The factory backing concluded at the end of 2018, although the Altimas continued to be privately entered in 2019.[7]
International GT Racing
In 2009, Nissan entered the
They also have a pool of drivers, known as the
Prototype racing
Nissan's first LMP1 Hybrid which was unsuccessful and caused Nissan and Nismo to withdraw Le Mans entirely.
From 2011 to 2016, Nissan was involved in the
Nissan announced in June 2014, that Nismo will enter the LMP1 category to fight for the FIA World Endurance Championship against Audi, Toyota and Porsche.[8] Following a disappointing performance in the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans, the program's remaining schedule in 2015 was pushed back, with the team intending a regular rebut in the 2016 season;[9] however on 22 December 2015, Nissan announced that it was shuttering the program altogether.[10]
Formula E
In the inaugural season of Formula E, DAMS (as e.dams) partnered with sister company Renault to form Team e.dams Renault, where they became the first Formula E Team's Champion. At the end of the 2017-18 season, Renault decided to focus on Formula One with Nissan taking over Renault's place in the partnership with e.dams to form Nissan e.dams for the 2018-19 season.[11] In April 2022, Nissan announced the acquisition of the e.dams race team and entered the 2022-23 season as Nissan Formula E Team.[12]
Current teams
Super GT
GT500
- Nismo
- Nismo NDDP
- Team Impul
- Kondo Racing
GT300
- HELM Motorsports
- Kondo Racing
- NILZZ Racing
- Tomei Sports
FIA Formula E
Current factory drivers
- Katsumasa Chiyo
- Tsugio Matsuda
- Ronnie Quintarelli
- Ryuichiro Tomita
- Masataka Yanagida
- Mitsunori Takaboshi
- Kohei Hirate
- Keishi Ishikawa
- Bertrand Baguette
- Daiki Sasaki
Racing results
Formula E
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Chassis | Powertrain | Tyres | No. | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Points | T.C. |
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Nissan e.dams | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–19
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Spark SRT05e | Nissan IM01 | M | ADR | MRK | SCL | MEX | HKG | SYX | RME | PAR | MCO | BER | BRN
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NYC | 190 | 4th | ||||||
22 | Oliver Rowland | 7 | 15 | Ret | 20† | Ret | 2 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 8 | Ret | 14 | 6 | |||||||||
23 | Sébastien Buemi | 6 | 8 | Ret | 21† | Ret | 8 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
2019–20
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Spark SRT05e | Nissan IM02 | M | DIR
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SCL | MEX | MRK | BER | BER | BER | 167 | 2nd | |||||||||||
22 | Oliver Rowland | 4 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | Ret | |||||||||||
23 | Sébastien Buemi | Ret | 12 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2G | 11 | 3 | 10 | 3G | |||||||||||
2020–21
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Spark SRT05e | Nissan IM02 Nissan IM03 |
M | DIR | RME | VLC | MCO | PUE | NYC | LDN | BER | BER | 97 | 10th | |||||||||
22 | Oliver Rowland | 6 | 7 | 12G | 16 | DSQ | 4 | 6 | DSQ | 3 | 7 | 19 | DSQ | 18 | 13 | 2 | |||||||
23 | Sébastien Buemi | 13 | Ret | 5 | 10 | Ret | 11 | 11 | DSQ | 14 | 6G | 15 | DSQ | 13 | 11 | 14 | |||||||
2021–22
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Spark SRT05e | Nissan IM03 | M | DIR | MEX | RME | MCO | BER | JAK
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MRK | NYC
|
LON
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SEO
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36 | 9th | ||||||||
22 | Maximilian Günther | 12 | 14 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 14 | Ret | 12 | DSQ | 8 | 15 | 11 | Ret | ||||||
23 | Sébastien Buemi | 17 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 6 | Ret | 9 | ||||||
Nissan Formula E Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–23 | Formula E Gen3 | Nissan e-4ORCE 04 | H | MEX | DIR | HYD | CPT | SPL | BER | MCO | JAK | PRT | RME | LDN | 95 | 7th | |||||||
17 | Norman Nato | Ret | 12 | 14 | 7 | 8 | Ret | 13 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4 | ||||||
23 | Sacha Fenestraz | 15 | 17 | 8 | 12 | NC | Ret | 12 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 16 | Ret | 15 | ||||||
2023–24
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Formula E Gen3 | Nissan e-4ORCE 04 | H | MEX | DIR | SAP | TOK | MIS | MCO | BER
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SHA
|
POR
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LDN
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41* | 6th* | ||||||||
22 | Oliver Rowland | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
23 | Sacha Fenestraz | 12 | Ret | 6 | 11 | 11 |
- Notes
- G – Driver was fastest in group qualifying stage and was given one championship point.
- † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
- * – Season still in progress.
World Endurance Championship
(Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Drivers | No. | Rounds | Pts. | Pos. | |||||||
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SIL |
SPA |
LMS |
NÜR |
COA |
FUJ |
SHA |
BHR | |||||||
2015
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Nissan Motorsports | LMP1 | Tsugio Matsuda Lucas Ordóñez Mark Shulzhitskiy |
21 | Ret | 0 | NC | |||||||
Harry Tincknell Alex Buncombe Michael Krumm |
22 | NC | ||||||||||||
Max Chilton Jann Mardenborough Olivier Pla |
23 | Ret |
See also
References
- ^ a b c "NISMO Heritage: A History of Maverick Engineering in Motorsports and Attainable Performance" (Press release). US: Newsroom. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ a b c Konami. Enthusia Professional Racing (Sony PlayStation 2). Konami. Level/area: Library→Maker Profiles.
- ^ "Nissan to establish new vehicle customization and motorsports company" (Press release). Nissan. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "NISMOとオーテックが統合!!日産が特装・モータースポーツの新会社を設立" [Nismo and Autech to be integrated! Nissan to establish new specially-equipped and motorsports vehicle company]. Moby (in Japanese). 17 December 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "2018 Nissan Leaf first drive review". 6 September 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Multiple Nismo versions were produced, each with different names.
- ^ Official: Nissan to Quit Supercars Auto Action 15 May 2018
- ^ Motown, India (29 June 2014). "Interview with Darren Cox Director Global Motorsport Nissan". Motown India. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ Dagys, John (1 October 2015). "Nissan LMP1 delayed until 2016; new team principal announced". Fox Sports. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ Pruett, Marshall (22 December 2015). "Nissan Fired Its Le Mans Team Over E-Mail". Road & Track. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ "Nissan to replace Renault in Formula E". Reuters. 25 October 2017.
- ^ "Nissan acquires e.dams race team" (Press release). Japan: Nissan. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
External links
- [1] Middlehurst Motorsport & Nismo Official Press Release
- Nismo official web site (in Japanese), Japanese official web site for Nismo products.
- Nissan Motorsports, coverage and information on Nissan motorsports events. (in English and Japanese)
- Nismo USA official website
- Nismo official website