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Nissan Annual Report 2003
40
Motorsport provides a level of excitement
beyond the thrills of speed and driving
finesse. Racing is a world where advanced
automobile technology is put to the test, a
very public venue where an automaker can
express its passion and its skills. Nissan
has long been a tough—and winning—
competitor in a wide range of motorsports,
both on-road and off.
All-Japan GT Championship
Much of Nissan’s racing efforts involve
vehicles which are in fact based on its
production models. The All-Japan Grand
Touring Car Championship (JGTC), Japan’s
most popular racing series, is an excellent
indication of this. Nissan’s team of highly
modified Z33 Fairlady Zs take on other
makers in a racing series involving very tight
technical specifications, which ensures
exciting, highly competitive races.
Nissan Rally Raid Team
Nissan first participated in the grueling
Dakar Rally, a 19-day, 5,000-kilometer a
race from France to Senegal across some
of Africa’s toughest terrain, in 1981. For
the 2004 Rally, Nissan participated with
Nissan Pickup trucks and Nissan Patrols.
Building on its first-ever appearance in the
Dakar Rally 2003, the team once again
had a strong showing, with the Patrol the
winner of the Production division, and four
stage wins and seventh place overall
for the Pickup.
Nissan March Cup
Racing is not just for professional drivers,
thanks to Nissan and the popular March.
The Nissan March Cup one-make race may
be an entry-level race that anyone can
enter, but the cars are true racing vehicles.
Based on a production March, they feature
such race-standard equipment as
performance suspension, racing exhaust
and clutch systems, data-logging device,
bucket seat, roll cage and tow hook.
Series Racing
In another level of one-make racing, Nissan
sponsors the World Series by Nissan, a
race series in Europe and China featuring
cars with chassis dimensions identical to
that used by F1 racers, powered by a 450-
horsepower V6 Nissan VQ engine. A V8
Infiniti Q45 engine is the powerplant for
cars competing in the Infiniti Pro Series of
Indy car races in the US.
Dakar Rally
Nissan JGTC racers
MOTORSPORT IS AN EXCITING SHOWCASE FOR THE NISSAN BRAND—AND
NISSAN SHOWS ITS CHALLENGING SPIRIT THROUGH INVOLVEMENT AT ALL
LEVELS, FROM INTERNATIONAL RALLY RAID TO GRASSROOTS
MOTORSPORT ACTIVITIES WHERE CUSTOMERS AND FANS CAN ENJOY
THE EXCITEMENT OF AUTOMOBILE RACING.
Putting Technology on the Line
MOTORSPORTS