V8 supercars - Nissan joins in 2013
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I'm with you, surely they'll go with a GTR ? It's iconic in Australia, the Altima is pig ugly.
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Looks as though it will be based on the Altima which fits being a 4 Door Sedan.
http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/03/04/nissan-panels-head-to-kelly-racing/
The donk has also been sorted
http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf/story2/C7CC18F1A963B138CA2579B800256E1A
http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/03/04/nissan-panels-head-to-kelly-racing/
The donk has also been sorted
http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf/story2/C7CC18F1A963B138CA2579B800256E1A
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Chrysler Australia has revealed a tantalising glimpse into the behind-the-scenes battle to get more car makers to join the previously two-make series from next year, including revealing the price of admission to Australian motor sport's most exclusive club.
The US brand's Australian chief executive, Clyde Campbell, revealed to Drive that talks with an unnamed V8 Supercars team about entering a Chryster-branded vehicle in the all-new competition starting next year had involved a funding injection of "about $12 million".
Nissan, the only new car maker so far to confirm its entry on the V8 Supercars grid next year, has refused to elaborate how much it paid to Kelly Brothers Racing to develop a race car wearing the Japanese brand's badge, other than to say it was a "substantial investment".
According to V8 Supercars boss Tony Cochrane, from next year the starting grid has room for up to five makes to compete alongside traditional rivals Ford and Holden. So far only Nissan has committed to the series.
Its backers claim the series is currently worth about $135 million a year, however adding more brands to the competition is expected to generate more interest as it attracts fans of other makes that have not featured since the mid-1990s.
According to Chrysler's Campbell, the car maker has not yet seen a compelling business case that will attract it into motor sport in Australia.
He says Chrysler's performance tuning arm, Mopar, had not been part of the discussions.
The US brand's Australian chief executive, Clyde Campbell, revealed to Drive that talks with an unnamed V8 Supercars team about entering a Chryster-branded vehicle in the all-new competition starting next year had involved a funding injection of "about $12 million".
Nissan, the only new car maker so far to confirm its entry on the V8 Supercars grid next year, has refused to elaborate how much it paid to Kelly Brothers Racing to develop a race car wearing the Japanese brand's badge, other than to say it was a "substantial investment".
According to V8 Supercars boss Tony Cochrane, from next year the starting grid has room for up to five makes to compete alongside traditional rivals Ford and Holden. So far only Nissan has committed to the series.
Its backers claim the series is currently worth about $135 million a year, however adding more brands to the competition is expected to generate more interest as it attracts fans of other makes that have not featured since the mid-1990s.
According to Chrysler's Campbell, the car maker has not yet seen a compelling business case that will attract it into motor sport in Australia.
He says Chrysler's performance tuning arm, Mopar, had not been part of the discussions.
Nissan Australia has confirmed the upcoming mid-sized Nissan Altima will race against Ford and Holden in the V8 Supercars championship from 2013.
The all-new fifth-generation Altima, which will be unveiled tomorrow at the New York auto show, will go on sale in Australia in the second half of 2013, approximately six months after it lines up on the grid for the first time in Adelaide in March.
The Altima race cars will be rear-wheel-drive and powered by a V8 engine to meet the conditions of V8 Supercars’ new ‘Car of the Future’ regulations, despite the production model being front-wheel-drive-only and it being technically impossible to fit a V8 engine under the road car’s bonnet.
The engine will be a re-sleeved version of Nissan’s quad-cam aluminium 5.6-litre VK56DE V8, which will be reconfigured to a 5.0-litre capacity to match its Ford and Holden rivals.
A version of the engine will be available in the upcoming Nissan Patrol when it goes on sale locally around the end of 2012.
The existing Kelly Racing team will be rebranded Nissan Motorsport Australia at the completion of the 2012 season. It will run a four-car team in 2013, headlined by famous racing brothers Rick and Todd Kelly (pictured below with a Nissan GT-R).
Nissan Australia general manager of sales and fleet Ian Moreillon says his brand will not simply be making up the numbers on the V8 Supercars grid in 2013.
“We’re not going to go out there and say we expect to be in the number one position from day one or day two or whatever, but we do expect to be competitive and we do expect to be on the podium next year on more than one occasion,” Moreillon said.
He confirmed the V8 Supercar program would cost Nissan “several million [dollars] per year”, and said Nissan was committed to the sport on a multi-year deal, which should see it compete in the series deep into this decade at the very least.
Moreillon believes the decision to launch the race car first and then add the road car to showrooms is unprecedented for any vehicle or manufacturer around the world, but insists V8 Supercars will play a crucial role in introducing the Altima name to Australia and enriching Nissan’s passenger car pedigree.
“We will be utilising V8 Supercar racing as a mechanism for fast-start for Altima in Australia – to establish the nameplate, establish the car, the recognition, the overall awareness of the vehicle, which is critical from a marketing perspective.
“We’re not doing this only for Nissan Altima sales… We are doing it for total brand strength and the linkage between the V8 Supercar racing and the Nissan brand.
“The benefits that we will achieve to overall brand opinion as [a result] of this major activity is where the benefit will lie.”
Kelly Racing (and impending Nissan Motorsport Australia) chairman John Crennan believes the new team will attract a following of more than 200,000 people by the end of next year, translating into support for the Nissan brand and consequent sales of Nissan-branded products.
“I don’t believe any more in ‘Win on Sunday, sell on Monday’, but I do have a very strong belief about brand disposition and building a family of people who support your brand as a consequence of a particular property,” Crennan said.
“Within five or 10 years… I think automatically and very quickly there will be a fast engagement with those people, and you will find that with t-shirts and hats and caps, etc., which later become motorcars in one way, shape or form.”
Moreillon said independent research had shown Nissan was the number one brand people wanted to see return to Australian touring car racing and showed Altima was an appropriate car to do that with.
“V8 Supercars appeals to the broad spectrum of the marketplace and the research absolutely shows that,” he said. “Yes… people who drive Mazda6s and [Honda] Accord Euros watch V8 Supercars absolutely and they will engage into that.”
Rick Kelly said the reaction from the fans so far has been overwhelmingly positive.
“It seems to me that the whole fan base must have thought that the category was just a little bit stagnant, it had been like that for a long time, nothing new, nothing exciting, and they really feel re-energised [with the introduction of Nissan],” he said.
The 29-year-old two-time Bathurst winner said it was unlikely the team would have a car ready for August’s practice session, but insisted there was “no chance” the car would not be ready and fully competitive for the start of the 2013 championship.
The team is currently developing the car’s aerodynamics package and will unveil the finished race car before the end of this year.
The all-new fifth-generation Altima, which will be unveiled tomorrow at the New York auto show, will go on sale in Australia in the second half of 2013, approximately six months after it lines up on the grid for the first time in Adelaide in March.
The Altima race cars will be rear-wheel-drive and powered by a V8 engine to meet the conditions of V8 Supercars’ new ‘Car of the Future’ regulations, despite the production model being front-wheel-drive-only and it being technically impossible to fit a V8 engine under the road car’s bonnet.
The engine will be a re-sleeved version of Nissan’s quad-cam aluminium 5.6-litre VK56DE V8, which will be reconfigured to a 5.0-litre capacity to match its Ford and Holden rivals.
A version of the engine will be available in the upcoming Nissan Patrol when it goes on sale locally around the end of 2012.
The existing Kelly Racing team will be rebranded Nissan Motorsport Australia at the completion of the 2012 season. It will run a four-car team in 2013, headlined by famous racing brothers Rick and Todd Kelly (pictured below with a Nissan GT-R).
Nissan Australia general manager of sales and fleet Ian Moreillon says his brand will not simply be making up the numbers on the V8 Supercars grid in 2013.
“We’re not going to go out there and say we expect to be in the number one position from day one or day two or whatever, but we do expect to be competitive and we do expect to be on the podium next year on more than one occasion,” Moreillon said.
He confirmed the V8 Supercar program would cost Nissan “several million [dollars] per year”, and said Nissan was committed to the sport on a multi-year deal, which should see it compete in the series deep into this decade at the very least.
Moreillon believes the decision to launch the race car first and then add the road car to showrooms is unprecedented for any vehicle or manufacturer around the world, but insists V8 Supercars will play a crucial role in introducing the Altima name to Australia and enriching Nissan’s passenger car pedigree.
“We will be utilising V8 Supercar racing as a mechanism for fast-start for Altima in Australia – to establish the nameplate, establish the car, the recognition, the overall awareness of the vehicle, which is critical from a marketing perspective.
“We’re not doing this only for Nissan Altima sales… We are doing it for total brand strength and the linkage between the V8 Supercar racing and the Nissan brand.
“The benefits that we will achieve to overall brand opinion as [a result] of this major activity is where the benefit will lie.”
Kelly Racing (and impending Nissan Motorsport Australia) chairman John Crennan believes the new team will attract a following of more than 200,000 people by the end of next year, translating into support for the Nissan brand and consequent sales of Nissan-branded products.
“I don’t believe any more in ‘Win on Sunday, sell on Monday’, but I do have a very strong belief about brand disposition and building a family of people who support your brand as a consequence of a particular property,” Crennan said.
“Within five or 10 years… I think automatically and very quickly there will be a fast engagement with those people, and you will find that with t-shirts and hats and caps, etc., which later become motorcars in one way, shape or form.”
Moreillon said independent research had shown Nissan was the number one brand people wanted to see return to Australian touring car racing and showed Altima was an appropriate car to do that with.
“V8 Supercars appeals to the broad spectrum of the marketplace and the research absolutely shows that,” he said. “Yes… people who drive Mazda6s and [Honda] Accord Euros watch V8 Supercars absolutely and they will engage into that.”
Rick Kelly said the reaction from the fans so far has been overwhelmingly positive.
“It seems to me that the whole fan base must have thought that the category was just a little bit stagnant, it had been like that for a long time, nothing new, nothing exciting, and they really feel re-energised [with the introduction of Nissan],” he said.
The 29-year-old two-time Bathurst winner said it was unlikely the team would have a car ready for August’s practice session, but insisted there was “no chance” the car would not be ready and fully competitive for the start of the 2013 championship.
The team is currently developing the car’s aerodynamics package and will unveil the finished race car before the end of this year.
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like i said previously, it wont be the gtr. From what I've been told, the car has to be 4 door which the GTR as we know is 2 door. That automatically rules it out. 2ndly, it has to be a model that's actually sold in Aus. I cant see Nissan making a brand new GTR that's a v8 and 4 door just for a car race.
It will most likely be the Altima. I thought it might have been the Maxima (if it comes in v8), but the altima is actually replacing it in the asia pacific area.
http://v8xmagazine.com.au/index.php/9-news/280-nissan-to-reveal-v8-supercar-model-this-week
Nissan has confirmed the Altima will be in the V8s for next years championship and the Altima that will be racing in the V8s will be built in the states
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Funny both Nissan and Mercedes bombed out in the first round of the season.
On another note: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought in the rules it states when a car enters pitlane and is up on the jacks, that the rear wheels are not allowed to spin/turn whatever???? But yesterday race 2, Van gisbergen's pitstop his rear wheels spun, I thought that's a penalty??
On another note: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought in the rules it states when a car enters pitlane and is up on the jacks, that the rear wheels are not allowed to spin/turn whatever???? But yesterday race 2, Van gisbergen's pitstop his rear wheels spun, I thought that's a penalty??
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Yes excited but you won't be seeing the RB26DET in Nissans though that's a shame, coz we all know what will happen if they unleash the Godzilla engine.
S15 are great cars with straight bolt on's you can get anywhere up to 250kw@rw. I've owned one back in the day, also rwd very fun to drive.
S15 are great cars with straight bolt on's you can get anywhere up to 250kw@rw. I've owned one back in the day, also rwd very fun to drive.
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I had an s15 too. I saw what you did to yours, lucky to be alive !
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