Watch this onboard footage of a Nissan Skyline GT-R Nismo R32 Group-N race car that raced the 1990 24 hours...
Ben Collins takes a thrilling ride in the iconic 1990 Nissan R90CK that was driven by Mark Blundell in the...
With 1128 horsepower, the Nissan R90CK is the most powerful car at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In this video, we get to see it in action on Spa Francorchamps and Circuit de la Sarthe!...
Watch this Nissan R91CP car driven by Katsu Kubota in the Group C Racing series at Mugello Circuit in Italy....
Nissan started making Group C cars in 1983. At first a Nissan engine would be mounted in a foreign-made chassis...
Launched in February 1969, this was the first Skyline to wear the GT-R badge. This special model was heavily modified to keep Nissan competative in the Japanese JAF Champoinship. The first examples were only offered in a sedan form, until 1971, when a short wheel base coupe was offered. The...
In October 1969, a sleek new two-door sports car was presented at the Pierre Hotel, New York in front of...
Automobile manufacturers consistently look to various sources of inspiration when designing their cars. A current trend or future direction in...
Car manufacturers have traditionally favored mid-engine or rear-engine layouts when designing performance vehicles. The logic is that such engine positioning helps the car with weight distribution, balance and overall handling. With a front-engined layout, however, the weight is typically oriented towards the front, making handling a tricky affair. That has...
Even though the Japanese motoring industry explored sports cars decades later than European and American manufacturers, its rapid growth soon...
What a weekend! Winter Jam finally made its return to Sonoma Raceway in 2021 after a yearlong pandemic absence. With...
Photography by Kristina Cilia (@kristinacilia_autos) and Debi Retterer (@debirettererphotography). Automotive enthusiasts will have their preference on what catches their attention the most, whether it’s a supercar reveal, a vintage car show, a bona fide race event, even down to the lovable Concours d’ Lemons. Our team at Sports Car Digest...
At the Fuji International Speedway, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Nissan Motorsports International Co., Ltd. recently announced the newly designed...
Nissan recently revealed the new Nissan Ariya Single Seater Concept. The all-electric Nissan Ariya is a high-performance exploration, development, and...
This weekend, the final two races of the 2020/21 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship season will be held and Nissan e.dams will be heading back to Berlin for the event. The team is bolstered by their strong performance at the grueling Tempelhof airport circuit where they claimed second in...
In 1964, Nissan Motor Company introduced a two-door sports coupe named the Silivia 1600 Sports Coupe. One year later, at...
The original Datsun 240Z made its debut in the fall of 1969 and immediately set the sports car world on...
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca officials are noting a huge rise in entries for Datsun and Nissan entries (above, Bob Heathcote photo courtesy of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca) since the announcement of Nissan as the event’s featured marque this year. August’s 45th edition of the Reunion marks the first time the event...
A collection of 10 cars raced by Paul Newman will highlight the more than 350 classic and collector cars to...
The Peter Auto season of historic car races kicks off April 6-8 on the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit in Montmélo, with more than 200 racing cars — including some exceptional machines — expected at the Spanish track. The event has been called Espíritu de Montjuïc as an homage to the park of...
1 • Glenn Seton drives a Nissan Skyline to victory in the Australian Touring Car race at Calder Park in...
To honor the 50th anniversary of a corporate involvement in motorsports that continues to this day, Nissan has been named...
The 41st edition of Historic Sportscar Racing’s Classic Motorsports Mitty returns to Road Atlanta, April 26-29, with a celebration of all things Nissan as it honors the Japanese manufacturer. For decades Nissan has enjoyed a large presence in all forms of North American motorsports, from the ubiquitous Datsun 510 to...
Recently the collector car world has shifted. Although interest remains for established sectors, a new generation of enthusiasts has arrived...
The 23rd annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for March 11, 2018, at the Golf Club of Amelia Island on...
The 41st edition of Historic Sportscar Racing’s Classic Motorsports Mitty will return to Road Atlanta next spring, April 26-29, 2018, with the celebration focused on Nissan. With the event including a full slate of HSR Sprint and Enduro races, hundreds of vintage racecars will be making their way to Road Atlanta,...
September 2017 • John Knepp, who with Don Devendorf founded the Datsun/Nissan performance specialty company Electramotive Engineering, has died at...
John Knepp, who with Don Devendorf founded the Datsun/Nissan performance specialty company Electramotive Engineering, has died at the age of...
The automotive prophets predicted the coming end times…wish I bought the destroyer of the classic car world when I had the chance As always, our Raffi Minasian is a never-ending fount of automotive insights. As you’ll read in this issue, this month he takes a look at the Datsun 240Z,...
