Nissan Motor Corporation and NISMO today unveiled a newly designed Nissan Z GT500 race car at Fuji International Speedway. The new GT500 racer will participate in the Super GT Series starting in 2022, succeeding the mighty Nissan GT-R R35.
The new GT500 car, based on the newest seventh-generation Fairlady Z (Z34 Mk.II), will aim to continue the Z car’s incredible racing legacy: From the 240Z (S30)’s competitive heyday in the 1970s between Japan and the United States, to the dominant Nissan 300ZX that competed in IMSA and Le Mans in the 1990s, up to the Fairlady Z33 (350Z) that won the 2004 JGTC GT500 Championship in its debut season, as well as three GT300 titles in JGTC/Super GT between 2003 and 2010.
It will be the first time that the “Z” has competed in GT500 since 2007, the last year of service for the previous Z33 model.
“The Nissan Z GT500 symbolizes Nissan’s spirit of taking on challenges and bringing excitement to life,” said Nissan COO Ashwani Gupta. “Through our racing efforts we continue to innovate our cars and we race to win with the same daring we have displayed so many times over the years.”
NISMO President and CEO, Takao Katagiri, commented: “We are entering the 2022 Super GT series with our all-new Nissan Z GT500 car and our huge passion for motorsports. We hope that our fans will continue to passionately support the Nissan and NISMO motorsport teams.”
Further details on the new Nissan Z GT500 will be revealed at a later date, as will the teams and drivers for the 2022 season.
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