Nissan and Playstation® announce biggest ever GT Academy programme

- Online competition phase to be run on exclusive Gran Turismo®6 demo
- Become the next ‘Nismo Athlete’ to race for Nissan

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.

Nissan, Johnny Herbert and social media communities create Nismo #jukeride

- Nissan’s Juke innovation continues with collaborative project, Nismo #Jukeride
- Juke will become the ultimate technological tool for tracking, analysing and enhancing driving performance
- Motorsport legend Johnny Herbert to mentor the build with support from a team of apprentices
- The finished car will be equipped with the Skycam helicopter and the latest digital age technology to provide an innovative and unique way to record and analyse motorsports
- Nismo fans across Europe can contribute ideas via social media, using the Twitter hashtag #Jukeride
- The name of the car will be crowd sourced by the audience during the building phase

Toughest test yet for GT Academy graduates

Nissan’s GT Academy graduates are taught from Day One to believe that anything is possible if you want it enough. The current roster of graduates, now fully-fledged Nismo Athletes, must have big dreams as the 2013 racing season holds a plethora of challenges for the virtual-to-real racers.

Nissan launches new era for Nismo as global performance road car and motorsport brand

- Redeveloped Global Headquarters in Yokohama heralds new era for Nismo
- Nismo to create a range of affordable performance Nissan models from small cars to flagship sports cars
- Juke Nismo is the first, followed by new 370Z Nismo
- New GT-R Nismo confirmed, the ultimate Nissan performance road car
- Nissan’s global motorsport program to be managed by Nismo

Nissan poised for retrun to Le Mans in 2014

- Nissan is targeting a return to the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2014 with a pioneering Nissan race car showcasing electric technology
- Project will be led by Nismo, Nissan’s global motorsport and performance arm
- Le Mans project follows the pioneering Nissan DeltaWing experimental racer which took the motorsport world by storm at the 2012 Le Mans event

Nissan will return to the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2014 with an innovative project that promises to continue the pioneering spirit of last year’s award-winning Nissan DeltaWing experimental entry.

Strong Dubai debut for GT Academy graduates

Road to Dubai ends in silverware for the new European and Russian GT Academy winners

The Nissan PlayStation® GT Academy again demonstrated the strength and depth of its driver discovery and development programme this weekend when the four newest graduates took their prize drive at the Dubai 24 Hours.

Nissan Deltawing wins Autosport’s pioneering and innovation award

The 2012 Autosport Awards, the motorsport industry’s ‘Oscars’ held last night at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Park Lane, provided a night of delight for Nissan when the Nissan DeltaWing received the award for Pioneering and Innovation.

Nissan Deltawing repaired, ready for Saturday’s race

In less than 24 hours after suffering an accident at the Road Atlanta track in Braselton, Georgia, the Nissan DeltaWing is back on track and ready to race in this Saturday’s Petit Le Mans event – the final round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series.

Nissan Deltawing assaulted in Road Atlanta testing

The Nissan DeltaWing’s assault on the 15th annual Petit Le Mans event suffered a set-back in testing today when Gunnar Jeannette was struck by a GTC Porsche and forced into a violent roll.

Nissan Deltawing rides again in American Le Mans Series finale

- Le Mans 24 Hour fans’ favourite to take on second ever race at Petit Le Mans
- Demand for ground-breaking racing car’s return high after heart-breaking exit from Le Mans in June
- Lucas Ordonez, graduate of Nissan’s unique GT Academy, to race at Petit Le Mans alongside American Le Mans Series PC class champion Gunnar Jeannette
- DeltaWing could race as part of American Le Mans Series from 2013
- Tyre manufacturer Michelin returns as team partner