2013 Nissan Altima V8 Supercar Revealed

Nissan has taken the wraps off its 2013 V8 Supercar Championship Altima entry this morning. 

Sharing its outside appearance with Nissan’s roadgoing Altima midsizer - due to replace the Maxima in 2013 - the V8 racer is built on the new series-wide ‘Car Of The Future’ (COTF) control-chassis.

The Altima racer’s heart is all-Nissan though, with a modified version of the new 2013 Patrol 4WD wagon’s VK56DE 5.6 litre V8 engine.

In V8 Supercar form, the engine has been downsized to 5.0 litres, strengthened for competition, and massaged to produce upwards of 450kW by Nissan’s Japanese motorsport arm Nismo.

This new V8 Supercar entry is the result of a collaboration between Nissan Australia and existing team Kelly Racing, with the collaboration to be known as Nissan Motorsport from today.