I’m still struggling to learn my way around WordPress…. little by little. Step by step.

But here in Japan I was recently shocked!

A spy shot!??

* Actually I took the picture myself.

What do you think?

I’m sorry to keep everyone waiting for so long, but I just never seem to be satisfied with the design. This was another good try along the long way to finish line.

Rest assured, I’m putting much more unnecessary attention to detail into this project than any other Japanese maker would, focusing on bringing out a truly unique design that’s only possible with a full bumper.

We’re also looking to keep the front and tow hooks operational so that the car will still pass a vehicle inspection.

And we’re working on the first ever rear wing for the 2010 Prius!!!

…and vertical LED daylights and winkers

…and

…and

well, we’re working on a lot of things. But this will be an ideal kit for drive-ability after it is fitted, so owners can put it on their first car and be stress-free.

And ASI has been doing plenty of measuring and driving, so contrary to the kit’s appearance, the parts are actually more compact in design than Toyota’s official aero options.

It should be on sale in early December, so stay tuned!!!

Automotive Traveler magazine contributor Mark Fletcher shows why it’s always a good idea to keep your camera by your side as you never know when you’ll encounter a camouflaged prototype, in this case the US-spec version of Ford’s upcoming 2011 Fiesta.

While we know that the Ford Fiesta is coming to the North America next year, Ford is going to great lengths to keep front and rear details of the domestic version secret while the cars undergo their final validation tests. So while the 100 Fiestas currently taking part in Ford’s Fiesta Movement program gives us a good idea of its overall silhouette, we’ll still be seeking out the detail differences between the European and US versions. Yesterday, on his return trip from Las Vegas, Mark Fletcher hit pay dirt as he was able to capture some exceptionally clear images of Ford’s upcoming B-segment subcompact. Read more about this discovery at Automotive Traveler.

Spotted these beauties parked right next to where I live in Bangalore. Seems the Chevy guys had taken a halt for dinner. I could have missed it so easily. They looked so innocent, in white, parked next to each other. Thanks to my keen eye… I spotted the new Chevy Cruze, which is due to be release next month in September. It was  a shocker, as this car looks so strikingly similar to a Honda Civic from rear, that most people would miss spotting this. I felt awkward, but ultimately my curiosity got the best of me. “Bhaiya, ye safed gaadi kiska parked hai?” I asked the Paan waallah. He pointed to the restaurant and said “Kuch log andar aaye hain khana khane unki gaadi hai”. I couldn’t believe what I did next, but again, being an auto buff, my feet started moving towards the restro. I asked the restro owner and he told me a crew of 4 guys had come and they are having dinner.

One half told me to just foolishly barge onto their dinner table and to confirm whether this was indeed Chevy Cruze or not. But thank god for my parents had put some decency in me. I went outside and began clicking away. I had just taken 4 pics when the guys finished their dinner and came out and stopped me from taking pics. I asked them candidly if I could just sit inside and feel the interiors, but as expected the guys were either very rude or very tight lipped, they didn’t let me. On pestering them they told me that both of them were Diesel versions. One with a manual gearbox and other with an automatic. The expected price was somewhere around 15-17 lakhs. They said this was positioned to take on Skoda Laura, Honda Civic and Honda Accord. I asked them that was Chevy planning to exit the Optra, but they said no. On asking when was Chevy planning to come out with their small car, they said it would be late next year.

I had one more look at the damsels and continued my way back.

While some websites have reported or speculated recently that MINI’s upcoming 4X4 crossover would be equipped with Clubman-style rear barn doors, the shooters from Automotive Traveler ended the discussion by catching the new cute-ute with its rear hatch opened. Although the guys from MINI apparently went through a lot of effort to give the appearance of side-opening doors—with rear door handle decals and a stripe down the rear window to give the illusion of doors—it was all for naught when one of the engineers had to get something out of the tightly packed cargo compartment in clear view of our shooter.

The MINI 4X4 crossover, as yet unnamed, is expected to make its production-spec appearance at this year’s Frankfurt Auto Show in September with first North American deliveries expected in the second quarter of 2010.

For more details and full-view high-res photos visit Automotive Traveler.

Pour yourself a pint of Bass and whip out that Grey Poupon, ’cause it’s time for an all-British, all-luxury future car round-up! In fact, in honour of these English saloons, we’ll be using the British spelling wherever applicable!

First up: the all-new Jaguar XJ. Now, the current XJ has been around since 2003, more than long enough for a new model; however, considering the ‘03-’09 version looked about as similar to the 1994-2002 version as a jaguar does to a leopard (relevant humor! Yay!), it’s fair to say anyone holding their breath for a new-looking XJ has long since asphyxiated.

However, with Jaguar busting out a full-court-press of stylish, inventive new models capable of clawing (hah hah!) their way to the top of the segment, it’s time for a fresh take on the company’s full-size sedan.  Jaguar will be officially unveiling their new S-class and 7-series fighter on July 9th, but until then, they’ve given us a “preview” image to whet our appetites.

That's not a sunroof; that's for Austin Powers to jump through.

Test mules have also been spotted roaming about. Below, a fairly finished-looking XJ tries to camouflage itself with a BMW-like psychedelic body coating. (I would have just assumed it was an attempt by Jag to try and inspire fond ’60s memories in Jaguar fans, but no, they even stuck on a fake BMW grill.)

According to Britain’s CAR Magazine, the upcoming XJ will be the lightest car in its class, due to extensive use of aluminium. Engine choices Stateside will be limited to a 5.0-litre 380-hp V8 or a 503-hp supercharged version of the same; Europeans also get diesel and V6 choices. A stylish, modern interior (like Bang & Olufsen modern, not IKEA modern) will come with a bunch of cool electronics, such as dual-display monitors (letting driver and passenger see different things on the same screen, which is pretty cool shit), digital instrument panel displays and – I swear, we’re not making this up – “improved electrical reliability.” Wow, this IS a new chapter for Jaguar!

(CAR’s drafted a couple artist’s conceptions of the new car, which can be seen below.)

Next up in our English revue (I think that’s actually French, but whatever. American arrogance rules!) comes another replacement for a model that’s been around since Larry King was riding to school on a woolly mammoth – the Bentley Arnage. First introduced in 1998, the Arnage continued Bentley’s then-tradition of obese luxury cars – but like a fat man with diarrhea, it could sure move fast when it needed to, thanks to its 4.4-litre 350-horsepower twin-turbo BMW V8. (Yes, back in 1998, you needed two turbos to get 350 horses out of a V8.)

But then BMW and Volkswagen started brawling over Rolls-Royce and Bentley, and when the dust settled and VW had snagged the alphabetically (and pretty much every other way) superior brand, BMW retaliated by cutting off their fancy new engines. So VW stuffed Bentley’s old six-and-three-quarter-litre V8 into the cars. And when we say old, we mean old; the engine traces its basic structure to a General Motors V8 from the 1950s, and was first used to power a Bentley in 1959.

Since then, the Arnage has trucked along mostly unchanged; a power boost here, some added legroom there, a new transmission for fun. In 2005, Bentley introduced its first all-new car developed under Volkswagen, the Continental GT; despite sharing a platform with the $90,000 VW Phaeton, it proved a massive success, becoming the ride of choice among royalty and rappers alike. Its spin-offs, the Continental Sedan and GTC convertible, only served to further overshadow the slower, pricier, and uglier Arnage.

But after over a decade on the market, the Arnage is finally riding off into the sunset (apparently it’s going to Dublin), paving the way for what Bentley is describing as the “all-new Grand Bentley.” The image below is the only hint Bentley’s giving of what the new car will look like, but given the (admittedly veiled) image, we can probably expect evolutionary styling – think a sleeker-looking Arnage.

Powertrain details haven’t been made available, but expect either a 600+ horsepower version of the Continental’s twin-turbo W12 or a souped-up version of the old 6.75-litre V8 again making 600 or more horses. (At this rate, the 6.75 V8 is on track to become the automotive engine version of the B-52 bomber.) Pricing will probably be somewhere between $250,000 and $300,000, with options to include anything you can goddamn think of, because it’s a Bentley. They made station wagon versions of the Arnage.

The new model may or may not actually called the “Grand Bentley” when it goes on sale either next year or the year after that (isn’t it wonderful when nobody knows anything?); let’s hope it’s called something else, because I’m not ready to deal with trying to figure out whether the full name would be the “Bentley Grand Bentley” or just the “Grand Bentley.”

Finally, let’s take a look at the all-new Aston Martin Rapide, caught for the first time without camouflage this week in the UK by a sharp-eyed CAR Magazine reader named Simon Gregg (and man, are his Google hits spiking). While the car is supposed to be officially revealed this fall at the Frankfurt Auto Show, one was driving around in the nude on public roads for some reason.

Then again, I don’t think any of us really have a problem with such a beauty going around in the buff, do we? (At least, that’s what I keep telling Jessica Biel when I see her. Which is rarely.) When it comes to styling, Aston’s been knocking it out of the park like Barry Bonds on the ball-shrinking juice lately, and the Rapide manages to pull off four doors without looking awkward or staid. (Okay, the car’s tail looks a little…elevated in the picture below, but maybe it’s just excited. Or aroused.)

Look, Stephen - she's presenting!

The Rapide should go on sale early next year, equipped with the 470-horsepower 6.0-litre (okay, that’s getting old) V12 found in the DB9. Hopefully, an “S” model with the DBS’s 510-horsepower V12 (and Daniel Craig looks) will be along soon after. Expect to pay around $175,000 for your Rapide – more than the competing Porsche Panamera Turbo, but hopefully less than the Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG.

During my daily web browse yesterday I came across some spy shots for the new BMW 1 series.  Take away the crazy stickers and it doesn’t look too dissimilar to the previous model.

Perhaps it is slightly more streamlined and not as angular as the current model, but it still has that unique BMW 1 series look. Apparently this new version won’t be out until 2011/2012 so there’s still a few years before the new BMW hits a dealership near you.

It’s been a while since we featured any spy shots here on CCO, so we thought we’d take the opportunity to throw a couple interesting ones your way.

First up, the 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour. Now, that name is still just a rumor at this point, but that will probably be what it’s called when it rolls into showrooms this fall. (At least it’s better than BMW’s name for their similar 5-series-based car, the Gran Turismo. Sorry, BMW – we love ya, but calling a wagon a gran turismo doesn’t make it a gran turismo. I can call myself Tom Brady all I want, but that won’t get me Gisele Bundchen.)

Between this car, BMW’s Gran Turismo, and a few other examples, it seems as though the Next Big Thing in car design is to blend the hatchback/wagon bodystyles – much in the way the blending of coupe and sedan has proven popular since the Mercedes-Benz CLS appeared a few years ago.

Rumors have bounced around regarding the…miniwagon’s platform and powertrain, but figure it’ll be pretty much based on the Accord beneath the skin – after all, the Accord’s platform serves as the basis for the Pilot SUV, so it’s proven quite flexible. As on the Pilot, all-wheel-drive will probably be an option. In terms of engines, we’d expect Honda’s corporate 3.5-liter V6, making somewhere around 275 horsepower; there have been rumors of a 200-hp turbo four as well, but seeing as how Honda already makes a 201-hp naturally aspirated I4 for the TSX, it seems more likely they’ll throw that under the hood.

Next up, we have the BMW X1, part of the German automaker’s plan to craft a vehicle for every single niche, no matter how razor-thin. The aforementioned 5-series GT is another example of this phenomenon; when it is released next year, the 5-series line will include a sedan, a wagon, a miniwagon/hatchback, a coupe, a convertible, a sport-utility vehicle, and a sport utility coupe. Overkill: not just for nuclear weapons anymore!

Anyway, the X1 will be BMW’s smallest SUV, slotting alongside the 1-series coupes and convertibles at the cheap end of the lineup. Frankly, we’re not sure what the X1 is supposed to compete against, given the X3 already competes against the smallest SUVs offered by other luxury manufacturers; perhaps BMW is hoping they can steal away Subaru Forester owners. And given that Mini will soon be introducing their own tiny SUV, it’s hard to see how the X1 is worth the trouble.

Still, it should be a hoot to drive, especially since it’ll be coming Stateside with a 272-hp 3.0L inline-six. (BMW offers a 204-hp diesel model in Europe that supposedly gets around 37 mpg; however, as usual, it hasn’t been confirmed for the States yet.) Expect to see it in BMW showrooms next year; a correspondingly larger X3 will probably be along less than a year later.

(By the way, those psychedelic swirls you see on these spy shots are all the rage in the car disguising business these days. They’re supposed to make it harder for the human eye to pick out distinguishing characteristics – though it seems just as likely to cause acid flashbacks in passing drivers.)

Our third and final spy shot of the day is of the long-rumored BMW M7. Now, for nearly the last decade or so, Mercedes-Benz has cornered the market on souped-up full-size luxury sedans with the AMG versions of the S-class. (They currently offer two – the V8-powered, 518-hp S63 and the turbocharged V12-powered, 604-hp S65.) Surprisingly, BMW hasn’t seen fit to challenge these cars directly through their M performance division as they do in the compact and mid-size luxury markets; rather, they’ve let their semi-affiliated tuner Alpina fight back with their B7 sedan.

However, with the M division (and BMW in general) moving towards turbocharged engines, it appears they’ve decided to pull up their lederhosen and man up by sticking the twin-turbo 4.4-liter V8 from the X5 M and X6 M into a 7-series. Expect 550 horsepower, a 0-60 time of under 4.5 seconds and some heated competition between it and the Porsche Panamera Turbo around the Nurburgring.

Finally, we want to wrap things up with a couple of unusual vehicles. Galpin Auto Sports, or GAS (a.k.a the guys from Pimp My Ride) have just unveiled a pair of cars the Air Force commissioned them to make (for recruitment purposes, not warfare), and…holy shit. These things may be the coolest cars we’ve ever seen…and we’ve seen pretty much everything.

First up is the GAS X-1. As is pretty obvious, it’s based on a Ford Mustang – but it has about as much in common with those cars in the Hertz Fun Collection as Pierce Brosnan’s Vanquish in Die Another Day had with a stock Aston Martin. How badass is this car? Well, let me put it this way: in place of the twin buckets in most Mustangs, this one has a single ejection seat.

Yes. That’s right. An ejection seat.

There’s also a GPS transponder, night and thermal vision cameras with in-cockpit touch-screen displays, and an actual flight stick in place of the steering wheel. Oh, yeah, and the 4.6-liter V8’s been played with to make 500 horsepower, but that’s a footnote at this point. Nobody’s gonna listen past “ejection seat.”

The second car, based on the Doge Challenger, is called the Vapor – apparently because the Air Force wanted everyone to think they were building a lame, unsubstantial vehicle when they were actually putting together a car that could kick Optimus Prime’s ass.

Take the matte-black paint job. Looks like the same stuff on every “murdered out” car on the road, right? Well, it’s too bad you can’t see radio waves – because then you’d realize this sucker’s paint job absorbs radar. It also packs a roof-mounted 360-degree-rotating camera with night and thermal visions, which can be displayed on the twin instrument panel screens.

Of course, there’s also the full-windshield head-up display, the proximity sensors, the dual yoke controls (yes, the passenger can steer the car too), a stealth exhaust that allows the car to drive around in complete silence, and an advanced computer system that allows the car to be driven remotely from anywhere on Earth using the Internet.

We don’t know about the rest of you, but to us at CCO, this black bastard screams one thing: Batmobile. All it needs is some bulletproofing and a Hennessey HPE800 engine upgrade (800 horsepower should offset that added weight nicely), and you’re ready to clean the scum off the streets of Gotham City. \

But what do you think? Let us know below!

Hey guys,

Since my last post featured a very famous and monumental car, I figured I would keep that little trend going for one more post. Last post, I shared some news about Ferrari’s legendary 1957 250 Testarossa, now I thought I would share some about Mercedes’ most legendary creation or should I say recreation. There has been rumors about Mercedes building a modern version of the 300SL Gull-wing although nothing was definite. Now it is official Mercedes was seen testing their secret project which has now been stated to be the newly created SLS Gull-wing.

To give you some background information on the 1954 300SL: Made after the Mercedes’ competition race car of 1952. The 300SL was the first of its kind in many ways. For one thing, it was the first car to feature the infamous “Gull-wing” doors as well as it being the first car to carry direct fuel injection. Lastly the race version of the Mercedes 300SL was one of the first supercars ever built. Basically, what we have here is a nice little piece of history.

Now lets move on to present day. The reinterpretation of the 300SL, officially named the SLS Gull-wing, has been revealed to have a few exciting features. On the outside we are looking at an aluminum space-frame body accompanied by; yes, the Gull-wing doors. Now for the more interesting part. Under the hood of this legend lies a 6.3 liter V-8 mid-engine producing an estimated 571 hp . The mid-engine provides the SLS AMG with 48 -52% weight distribution. Following those strong numbers is a 7 speed dual clutch transmission. When you step into this beast of a car you’ll be sitting on  an aluminum double-wishbone suspension. Weighing in at 3564 pounds the SLS is relatively light, reaching 0 – 62mph in 3.8 seconds with a top speed of 195mph.

My Thoughts: The Mercedes Gull-wing is a big deal and a recreation of that should not be taken lightly. Seeing how spyshots are only available there is not too many comments that I could make about the body but I will say this.  I hope Mercedes AMG treats this car as it should be treated;  a recreation of something really special. Hopefully they will not just shove it full of power and send it on the road. The minute you look at this car you should be able to feel that it is unique. The are very few if any cars out there today with Gull-wing doors but that alone accompanied by a monster engine and power may not be enough to revive one of Mercedes’ most celebrated vehicles. This project is a risky one for Mercedes but can return a lot of reward. Here’s to hoping the final product will surpass our expectations.

Thumbs up or down? That remains to be seen.

I Found this great video on the 54 Gull-wing I wanted to share with you. If your looking for more about the old supercar, this should help.

New spy shots of the 2010 Opel Astra have surfaced on the web, and there is a high chance the car displayed is the real deal. The design looks pretty much like the many illustrations and spy shots we’ve seen in the past two years. The Astra will be produced in both hatch and sedan trims.

The Astra is a pivotal model for GM and is one of the top selling cars globally. It would have been our next Saturn Astra, but with Saturn’s future look pretty bleak, there is a lot of uncertainty regarding whether we will see it here. There are rumors that the Astra sedan will find its way here as a small Buick. Whatever the case may be, we can’t wait until the Astra officially revealed. Below are a few more spy shots….

You’re looking at the latest spy shots of the slightly more muscular Mercedes CLK.

After slipping in the last few years to the likes of the BMW 3 Series Coupe and the stunning Audi A5 who have produced far superior vehicles to the old CLK. Mercedes release the all new CLK in summer of 2009 with an AMG version due in 2010.

Mercedes Leasing

The new Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe has spied at testing. In addition to the spy photos we can assert that behind this black bonded front a Mercedes CL is, but it name will be replaced by S-Class Coupe and make some changes, in particular it will be the redesigned headlights, the addition of LED-day driving lights, a different grill that slants much less, full LED tail lights, new front and rear bumpers and a new set of pipes for the exhaust.

Parallel works on an update for CL63 and CL 65 models is also done by the factory tuner AMG. The engine currently is a 525 or 612 hp, likely coming with new improvements in fuel economy and upped performance output through engine management techniques.

Read more (details + spy shots)!!

Mercedes also can provide an S-Class Coupe 400 BlueHybrid. It’s features a 3.5 liter V6 engine with 279 hp coupled with an electric motor of 20 hp and a combined torque reading of 385 Nm. The 400 BlueHybrid rates an impressive fuel economy of 7.9 liters per 100 km (30mpg US) for the full-sized S-Class, using a stop-start technology.

Fisrt spy photos of the new GM’s Opel Ampera electric vehicle leaked into the web  ahead it’s world debut at Geneva Motor Show pressure conference on March 3 .

The first design sketches of the Ampera, which is the Euro-market type of the Chevrolet Volt advertise-in mixture, leaked to the web just yesterday. The Ampera prototype immovable in photos looks production-ready and it’s feasible this pallid car is in the means of being shot for the squash kit. The styling, a merger of the Insignia sedan and Flextreme notion car, is obviously analogous to that of the laptop-rendered picture, although the actual car shows a deeper chin spoiler and a taller body than the mean sketch. While the car in the sketches looks like a four-door sedan, the production Ampera will be a five-door.

Read more (details + spy shots)!!

The new Ampera is scheduled to go on sale in 2011, and shares GM’s “Voltec” promote-in mixture approach that’s set to be introduced in the Chevrolet Volt. Propulsion is provided by an occupied-time electric motor, with a small petrol engine/generator aboard to stampede the lithium-ion batteries when desirable. GM says that the Voltec scheme will propel the Volt and Ampera up to forty miles (65 km) on a definite stampede. The engine/generator increases the range to about 500 miles (800 km). Recharging is estimated to take 2-3 hours from a regular 230-volt European opening.

The all-new Opel / Vauxhall Astra was spied totaly undisguised. The spy shot gives us a fair vista of the Astra’s profile helpful minutiae like the mold of the windows and the roofline, the taillights and the concave growing on the doors.

Under the hood, the new Opel Astra gets GM’s newest front-turn-chauffeur Delta platform which is also worn on the Chevrolet Cruze and Volt. Power will come from an ample extent of diesel and gasoline powertrains, with GM’s all-new 1.4-liter turbocharged petrol engine that will be presented with outputs ranging from 120 hp to 140 hp and torque values of 175 to 200 Nm. Opel claims that this group will save an approximate 8% improvement in fuel consumption compared to the easily aspirated 1.6 and 1.8-liter engines that it will trade.

Read more (details + spy shots)!!

The 2010 Astra’s interior: the console skinned four greatly positioned instrument dials in front of the driver and a swoopy innermost console with a grand drop part that houses the gearbox switch.

Technical innovations will involve numerous the ‘Opel Eye‘ camera practice that recognizes passage signs caveat the driver and a next-generation adaptive headlight routine.

The 5-door Astra will make its approved premiere at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show in September, with sales next in Europe sharply after. In 2010, the Astra’s scope will be enhanced with the addition of the sportier 3-door GTC while Opel also tactics to launch a four-door sedan, a posting-cart and a coupe-cabriolet variant with a retractable hardtop by 2011.

As for the U.S., GM strategy to assemble the new Saturn-badged Astra here in America with sales designed to begin sometime in 2011. However, given the stream monetary condition of General Motors and more importantly, the hesitant upcoming of the Saturn trademark, we wouldn’t be stunned if the Astra’s North American debut is put on detain.

Latest Spy photos of next-gen Opel Astra (details)…

Am 8. April 2009 wird der neue Nissan 370Z Roadster auf der New York Auto Show vorgestellt werden. Wie sein Vorgänger, der 350Z Roadster, bekommt er ein Stoffverdeck, das beim Öffnen komplett unter einer Abdeckung verschwindet. Gegenüber seinem geschlossenen Bruder wird er etwas an Gewicht zulegen, preislich aber nicht viel teurer sein.

Foto: Torrent

Skizzen vom 370Z Roadster, die Nissan beim Harmonisierungsamt für den Binnenmarkt im spanischen Alicante eingereicht hat, sind schon im Vorfeld an die Öffentlichkeit gelangt. Offizielle Bilder gibt es bislang zwar noch keine, aber dafür einige Versuche von Magazinen und Enthusiasten, das Design des 370Z Roadsters per Photoshop einzufangen…

GlobalMotors.net hat sich zB die Patentskizzen vorgenommen und daraus schöne bunte Bilder gemacht. Inside Line hat ebenfalls 2 Bilder von einem schwarzen 370Z Roadster mit versenktem Verdeck zu bieten.

Weitere Informationen sind bisher noch spärlich gesät. Unter der Haube wird derselbe 3.7 Liter V6 mit 332 PS arbeiten wie im 370Z. Beim Getriebe wird man ebenfalls auf dieselben Auswahlmöglichkeiten zurückgreifen können, also ein manuelles 6-Gang-Getriebe mit SynchroRev Match oder ein 7-Gang Automatikgetriebe. Alles weitere werden wir spätestens im April erfahren.

Das japanische Auto Sport Magazin hat einige Fotos und technische Details von dem GT-R aufgetrieben, mit dem Nissan bei der FIA-GT-Meisterschaft bald ganz vorne mitfahren möchte. NISMO hat viele Modifikationen im Vergleich zum Serienmodell vorgenommen, unter anderem bekommt der GT-R ein neues Body Kit, einen mächtigen neuen Heckspoiler, Scheiben aus Plexiglas, verbesserte Bremsen und Rennreifen, eine neue Kabelführung und eine Motorhaube, die an jene des in der vorigen Saison so erfolgreichen SuperGT-Modells erinnert.

Foto: autoblog

Große Veränderungen gibt es aber auch unter der neuen Motorhaube. Statt des bekannten 3.8 Liter V6 mit 485 PS soll bei der FIA-GT-Version gerüchteweise derselbe Motor zum  Einsatz kommen, der auch die SuperGT-Boliden antreibt: Ein 4,5 Liter V8, der hier 592 PS leistet. Dank massivem Einsatz von Leichtbau-Elementen beträgt das Gewicht des Rennwagens “nur” mehr 1350 Kilogramm. Zirka 720.000 US-Dollar soll ein Exemplar kosten…

Günstiger und auch für Privatkunden erhältlich dürfte eine LM-Kleinserie werden. Knapp 200.000 US-Dollar soll eines der 300 Exemplare kosten, die Nissan insgesamt bauen möchte. Dafür bekommt man eine straßentaugliche Version des GT-Renners, die auch keine schlechten Leistungsdaten aufweist. Der ganze Wagen bringt 1550 Kilogramm auf die Waage und sein nicht ganz so stark getunter Motor leistet immerhin auch noch 542 PS. 10 Stück davon sollen monatlich vom Band laufen.