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Nismo and Williams Advanced Engineering to collaborate on development of high-performance road cars

Nismo, short for “Nissan Motorsports”, and Williams Advanced Engineering, a division of the Williams Group, will collaborate on the development of high-performance road cars.

Using their specialist expertise of aerodynamics, simulation and material science, Williams Advanced Engineering will join the engineering development team from Nismo currently working on developing future Nismo products for launch worldwide from 2014 and beyond.

Nismo is already well-known to motorsports and performance car enthusiasts in Japan and to millions of global gaming enthusiasts. Nismo is now looking to increase its global impact, enhancing Nissan’s reputation for innovation and excitement with a new line-up of sporty Nissan road cars. The GT-R Nismo will be the third Nismo-badged model following the launch of the Juke Nismo and 370Z Nismo this year.

In February this year, Nismo kicked off the start of a new era in its development as a global performance brand with the official opening of a new global headquarters in Yokohama, Japan. Nissan is promising a rapid pace of introduction of even more Nismo models, at least one model every year during the Nissan Power88 period, encompassing the breadth of the Nissan road car range.

In the motorsports world, Nismo competes in GT and sports-car racing, such as Japan’s Super GT Series and the World Endurance Championships (WEC), as well as providing engines to teams that compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the European Le Mans Series (ELMS). In 2012, the Nissan GT-R captured the Super GT championship for the second straight year.

Williams Advanced Engineering is the division of Williams that takes advanced technology and know-how originally developed for Formula One and adapts it for a wide range of commercial applications.

This includes the design and manufacture of high performance vehicles, the development of battery and flywheel energy storage systems, commercial applications of Williams’ motorsport simulation technology, and engineering consulting and systems integration services.

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