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Well I am looking forward to this season. Hopefully Porsche will be a little stronger but very keen to see what Nissan-Nismo have in store.

Also planning on going back to Le Mans this year. Just have to see how finances go as I may end up going to Japanese round instead later in the year

The first disappointment of 2015 are the spy pics of the Nissan GTR LM. Farking UGLY! :(

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Front engined?

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Well I am looking forward to this season. Hopefully Porsche will be a little stronger but very keen to see what Nissan-Nismo have in store.

Also planning on going back to Le Mans this year. Just have to see how finances go as I may end up going to Japanese round instead later in the year

The first disappointment of 2015 are the spy pics of the Nissan GTR LM. Farking UGLY! :(

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Front engined?

wow. talk about being beaten within an inch of it's life with the ugly stick.

  • 2 weeks later...

Not the prettiest thing

And sorry Nissan. Call me old fashioned but I nevber want to see a FWD car EVER WIN LE MANS!

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Sorry Nissan. I hope it crashes and farking BURNS!

A FWD "GTR"? Now I've seen everything.

Here's hoping it's all in the name of development for the R36.

Nissan...I suppose you give your racing operations to the Poms you get awesome looking cars like this

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Leave it up to the Nissan folk in Japan and you get their 2015 abomination

I have been doing some research for another holiday this year to include Le Mans again and after seeing this....um it certainly takes away the excitement I had for Nissan joining.

Oh well, still have the main game and that is the 3 car Porsche team.

I look at the Nissan range of cars now and just sigh. Nothing in their line up appeals to me. Their GTR race program was at least cool, even though they struggle in GT3 form they sounded and were awesome n GT1 guise up against the Maseratis, Ford GT, Lambos, Astons etc etc..

Oh well. At least I still have the 919 and the C7 Vette in GT :)

Apparently the electric side can send power the rear wheels?

Anyway, I reckon it's cool, different, "innovative" (some text here).

yeh, oddly if they chose to they can through about 560 diffs and shafts :)

I have wondered why a team has not done a backwards 919 with front engine and electric motors on rear wheels where you can really vector the torque for traction

yeh, oddly if they chose to they can through about 560 diffs and shafts :)

I have wondered why a team has not done a backwards 919 with front engine and electric motors on rear wheels where you can really vector the torque for traction

I agree, much easier to throw an electric motor or two on the rear axles.

I agree, much easier to throw an electric motor or two on the rear axles.

http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/nissan-gt-r-le-mans-car-2015-02-02

TG are claiming that the GTR LM has a 700hp electric motor in the back to boot giving it 1250hp when both are used.

If the car proves reliable it is definitely in the chance.

There was a time when Brendon Hartley was the golden boy of the Red Bull Young Driver Program. He got dumped when he simply couldn't consistently get the results to win a championship.

So interesting that Red Bull have stated sponsoring him again this year. So that puts two drivers in Porsche Car 20 as wearing Red Bull sponsorship

Nissan...I suppose you give your racing operations to the Poms you get awesome looking cars like this

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Leave it up to the Nissan folk in Japan and you get their 2015 abomination

It's the seppos you need to blame. But I think it's cool to see some actual innovation in concept, packaging, drive configuration and aero instead of the usual cookie cutter "prototype" cars. Its a radical concept and the most interesting thing to come along in prototypes for a generation and all people can say is "it's not pretty" and "fwd is gay" - when it's awd anyway.

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