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May 24 2013

GT Academy Winners Face Off in Champions Race

Ever wondered who the fastest GT Academy winner is? While Lucas, Jann, Wolfgang, Peter and Steve were at Silverstone for the 15 Years of Gran Turismo celebration, we put it to the test.

May 24 2013

Nissan Motor Company and Race Driver Keiko Ihara Sign Partnership Agreement to Promote Zero Emission Mobility

Nissan Motor Company, Ltd., and Keiko Ihara, currently the only Japanese female driver competing in the World Endurance Championships (WEC) - the highest form of sports-car endurance racing in the world - have signed a partnership agreement to promote zero emission mobility.

May 20 2013

GT-R's Weekend at Nürburgring

The 41st running of the legendary 24-hour race at Nürburgring produced a host of memories for the GT-R GT3 car, piloted by Super GT driver Michael Krumm, Michael and Tobias Schulze, and the creator of the Gran Turismo video game series, Kazunori Yamauchi.

May 19 2013

Rick Kelly Takes Top 10 Clean-Sweep in Austin

Rick Kelly has vaulted himself into 12th place in this year's V8 Supercars Championship after his best event of the 2013 season.

Rick Kelly, #15 Jack Daniel's Nissan Altima

May 17 2013

Nissan Altima Set to Race in this Weekend’s Austin 400 V8 Supercars Race

Two Nissan Motorsport Altima racing cars flank a production 2013 Nissan Altima at Circuit of the Americas race track in Austin, Texas during the first-ever appearance of the Australian V8 Supercar Series in the United States.

May 17 2013

GT Academy 2013 Begins in July, GT6 Set to Launch, and Gran Turismo Celebrates 15 Years

Watch highlights from the 15 Years of Gran Turismo event at Silverstone on May 15, 2013.

Kazunori Yamauchi, President of Polyphony Digital

May 15 2013

Nissan and PlayStation Announce Biggest Ever GT Academy Program

Nissan Americas and Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC revealed that the groundbreaking GT Academy televised competition will return for a third season in North America.

May 15 2013

Nissan Motorsport V8 Supercar Drivers Visit the Birthplace of the Altima in Tennessee

Nissan Motorsport V8 Supercar drivers Todd Kelly, Rick Kelly and Michael Caruso have been given a behind-the-scenes tour of Nissan's North American headquarters, which is the 'birthplace' of the Nissan Altima that the drivers will race at the Austin 400 at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas this weekend.