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January 1995 signalled the arrival of the eagerly awaited next generation Skyline, the R33 GT-R. It didn't disappoint. Although Japanese law prevented the peak power from its twin-turbo 2.6-litre straight-six from exceeding the 280PS of its predecessor, the R33 GT-R improved upon everything else that had made the R32 so well loved and respected.
The Skyline continued to astound on the world's racetracks, scooping up trophies wherever it went. By this stage Group A had been replaced wîth the GT series and the N1 Endurance series, and in the latter the GT-R soon racked up another legendary 50 wins. In Australia the race car earned the nickname Godzilla, so crushing was its superiority. It was inevitable that motorsport''s governing bodies would soon find ways to legislate the formidable GT-R out of contention.
Another moment of history was captured by the R33 GT-R when it took the production car lap record at Germany's daunting and demanding Nürburgring in October. A near-showroom spec R33 blasted around the 13-miles and 172 corners of the Nordschleif circuit in 7 minutes 59 seconds. Anyone who has ever been to the circuit will more fully understand the scale of that achievement.
The R33 GT-R spawned both a large and unofficial tuning , and an official one in the form of Nissan's own NISMO (NISSAN Motorsport) division. Despite the artificial 280PS ceiling for production cars imposed by the Japanese authorities, Nissan's engineers had designed the GT-R's engine to cope wîth significantly more power than that for motorsport use. NISMOs ultimate R33 GT-R was the 400R, so named because that was the amount of horsepower it produced, and race-trim Skylines proved reliable wîth 608PS.Source - Nissan
The Skyline continued to astound on the world's racetracks, scooping up trophies wherever it went. By this stage Group A had been replaced wîth the GT series and the N1 Endurance series, and in the latter the GT-R soon racked up another legendary 50 wins. In Australia the race car earned the nickname Godzilla, so crushing was its superiority. It was inevitable that motorsport''s governing bodies would soon find ways to legislate the formidable GT-R out of contention.
Another moment of history was captured by the R33 GT-R when it took the production car lap record at Germany's daunting and demanding Nürburgring in October. A near-showroom spec R33 blasted around the 13-miles and 172 corners of the Nordschleif circuit in 7 minutes 59 seconds. Anyone who has ever been to the circuit will more fully understand the scale of that achievement.
The R33 GT-R spawned both a large and unofficial tuning , and an official one in the form of Nissan's own NISMO (NISSAN Motorsport) division. Despite the artificial 280PS ceiling for production cars imposed by the Japanese authorities, Nissan's engineers had designed the GT-R's engine to cope wîth significantly more power than that for motorsport use. NISMOs ultimate R33 GT-R was the 400R, so named because that was the amount of horsepower it produced, and race-trim Skylines proved reliable wîth 608PS.Source - Nissan| NISSAN AND PLAYSTATION ANNOUNCE BIGGEST EVER GT ACADEMY PROGRAM | |
 | LONDON and PARIS - Nissan and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe have revealed that the innovative GT Academy competition will return for a fifth season. GT Academy 2013 will be the biggest yet, with more countries than ever before participating and the online gaming element of the competition set to be run in July on a demo of the hotly-anticipated Gran Turismo®6 game exclusively on PlayStation®3. Since its inception in 2008, the highly acclaimed virtual-to-reality competition has att...[Read more...] |
| NISSAN 370Z NISMO SET TO STAR IN THE 2013 GUMBALL 3000 RALLY IN EUROPE | |
 | • Next NISMO road car makes dynamic debut • Team from L'Ecurie and INTERSECTION Magazine to drive car • Seven-day, 3,000 mile event route goes through 13 countries across Europe • New Nissan 370Z NISMO features 350-hp engine and bespoke NISMO chassis • Over one million fans expected to spectate along the route ROLLE, Switzerland – It's the kind of road trip that performance car enthusiasts dream of -- a week-long, 3,000-mile (5,000km) driving adventure through 13 countries in one ...[Read more...] |
| NISSAN REVEALS LE MANS 24 HOURS NISMO DRIVER LINE-UP | |
 | • Real world of NISMO Connects with the Virtual World of GT Academy LE MANS, France - NISMO Ambassador and Super GT racer Michael Krumm will join GT Academy winners and NISMO Athletes Lucas Ordonez and Jann Mardenborough at the Le Mans 24 Hours next month. The three drivers will unite to race a Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan in the LMP2 class. This class has an entry of 22 cars, 15 of which are powered by the NISMO-tuned Nissan VK45DE V8 engine. LMP2 is expected to be the hardes...[Read more...] |
| Which Team Will Bring the Nissan GT-R its Second Win of the Season? | |
 | The sixth round of the 2012 SUPER GT series will be held on September 8 and 9 at Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture. SUPER GT generally sticks to only one race per year at tracks in Japan and elsewhere, but in recent years has made an exception in order to hold two races annually at Fuji, the mecca of GT racing. Fuji Speedway is known as a high-speed track, but it is in the circuit's third sector, with its numerous mid- and low-speed corners, that it becomes necessary to reduce drag and ma...[Read more...] |
| GT Academy Program on a High at Nürburgring | |
 | As the number of European entries into the Nissan PlayStation GT Academy 2012 competition soared to well over 500,000 this weekend, two previous Academy graduates were demonstrating why the gamer-to-racer competition continues to grow in scale and reputation. Both Lucas Ordoñez, the first ever winner of the innovative competition back in 2008, and Briton Jann Mardenborough, 2011 winner, were in action behind the wheel of two very real Nissan GT-Rs at Germany's famous Nürburgring over the wee...[Read more...] |
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