NISSAN are set to show a total of 9 cars at the Tokyo Autos­a­lon, includ­ing a new ver­sion of the mighty GT-​​R called the NISMO Club Sports package.

A pic of the Club Sports pack­age from the new minisite

Spec­i­fi­ca­tions of exactly what goes into the Club Sports Pack­age are thin on the ground, but expect a sus­pen­sion upgrade, new wheels, aerodynamic/​minor body upgrades, ECU changes and the awe­some NISMO Data Log­ger Kit.

The Data Log­ger Kit enables dri­vers to down­load the abun­dant per­for­mance data from the GT-​​R to their com­put­ers via a USB cable in detail, and appears to be a NISMO only option specif­i­cally for the Club Sports Package.

Nis­san will com­ple­ment the GT-​​R with a NISMO tuned and dressed 370z, the Roox High­way Urban Selec­tion con­cept, some Autech tuned Rider series vans,  a sports-​​oriented Sky­line coupe and sedan pack­age, and the 2008 Super GT XANAVI GT-​​R.

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Nis­san to show­case 9 excit­ing mod­els at Tokyo Auto Salon

YOKOHAMA (Jan­u­ary 6, 2010) — Nis­san Motor Co., Ltd., together with AUTECH Japan and Nis­san Motor­sports Inter­na­tional Co. Ltd. will present 9 excit­ing mod­els equipped with the lat­est cus­tom and after-​​market parts in the upcom­ing Tokyo Auto Salon 2010 with NAPAC (Japan Car Parts and After­mar­ket Pro­mo­tion Asso­ci­a­tion), to be held from Jan­u­ary 15–17, 2010 at Makuhari Messe.
Tokyo Auto Salon

Nis­san will show­case its trans­porter and hos­pi­tal­ity cars used dur­ing it’s par­tic­i­pa­tion in the domes­tic rac­ing series, recre­at­ing the excit­ing atmos­phere of the race cir­cuit. Included in this dis­play is Nissan’s range of stan­dard road cars styl­ized with the lat­est gen­uine aero body-​​kits that com­pli­ments the vehi­cles pure form. Autech will show its exper­tise in cus­tom cars with its fun and relax­ing Rider Series while NISMO will be pre­sent­ing its NISMO Club Sports Pack­age Cus­tom, the 2010 Nis­san GT-​​R equipped with the newly-​​developed “NISMO Data Log­ger Kit” and the XANAVI NISMO GT-​​R race­car that com­peted in the 2008 SUPER GT series.

High­lights of the exhibit include:

NISSAN area
Roox High­way Star Urban Selec­tion
A dis­tinc­tive, styl­ishly fin­ished pre­mium model based on the Roox, a light vehi­cle launched for sale in Decem­ber, equipped with third-​​party cus­tom parts such as an advanced HDD nav­i­ga­tion sys­tem, light­ing com­po­nents with cus­tom exte­rior, and styl­ized cabin interior.

Sky­line Sporty Package-​​equipped car
This minor mod­i­fi­ca­tion to the Sky­line Sedan announced on Jan­u­ary 6 raises the vehi­cle to a whole new level as a sports car. The model’s pack­age includes a sporty aero body-​​kit, a sports muf­fler, and high-​​performance suspension.

Sky­line Coupe Sporty Package-​​equipped car
Exhib­ited dur­ing the 2008 Tokyo Auto Salon as a con­cept, this cus­tom car has an aggres­sively designed aero-​​body kit that give out a sporty feel. It is now avail­able to the public.

Autech Japan area
Rider Series
Autech Japan takes its Rider Series of cus­tom cars, known for its punchy aero­form coat­ing and emblem­atic front grill design, to a new level and incor­po­rates the lat­est HDD nav­i­ga­tion sys­tem into it.

• ‘Ser­ena Rider Plus Navi HDD’
• ‘Cube Rider Plus Navi HDD’
• ‘Note Rider Plus Navi HDD’

NISMO area
Nis­san GT-​​R 2010 Model: Fea­tur­ing the NISMO Club Sports Pack­age
The “NISMO Club Sports Pack­age” is the fusion of Nis­san GT-​​R and NISMO tech­nolo­gies — a pack­age boast­ing a high level of sports per­for­mance. The Nis­san GT-​​R 2010 model also includes the newly devel­oped “NISMO Data Log­ger Kit”, which makes it pos­si­ble for the dri­ver to down­load their dri­ving data via USB and view it on a com­puter. With this data log­ger kit, NISMO pro­vides a new dri­ving plea­sure in which the dri­ver has a full com­ple­ment of options to ana­lyze dri­ving data acquired at the dri­ving circuit.

XANAVI NISMO GT-​​R (2008 SUPER GT GT500 class: Dri­vers’ Cham­pi­onship win­ning car)
Pre­sent­ing the car that Satoshi Motoyama /​ Benoît Tre­luyer used to win three races (includ­ing two vic­to­ries in a row) in the 2008 SUPER GT. This rac­ing car took home the series’ cham­pi­onship in its debut year.

FAIRLADY Z Ver­sion NISMO
Con­tin­u­ing in the spirit of the pre­vi­ous Z33 model Fair­lady Z, this model builds onto the Fair­lady Z’s high level of dri­ving per­for­mance with added fun and sporty functionality.

NISMO will also have the “Kids & Ladies Ride Event”, where par­tic­i­pants can expe­ri­ence what it’s like to be inside a rac­ing car, and the “Pit­work Sim­u­la­tion”, where NISMO mechan­ics will be per­form­ing real tyre changes and other techniques.

NISSAN/​NISMO col­lec­tion booth
Nis­san offi­cial mer­chan­dise, under the Fair­lady Z, Nis­san GT-​​R and NISMO motor­sport range are avail­able. Lim­ited edi­tions (996 pcs.) of the 1/​64 scale model of the “XANAVI NISMO GT-​​R (#23, the 2008 SUPER GT Championship-​​winning machine) will also be on sale at this year’s event.

NISSAN Cus­tomize Web­site URL http://www.nissan.co.jp/EVENT/CUSTOMIZE/

Prob­a­bly my most favourite episode from Sea­son 11,  the punch­line comes at the end. It’s telling where the GT-​​R places on the board, bear­ing in mind that this car weighs the bet­ter part of 1.6 tonne, and com­pares to say the ultra-​​light Atom.

HOT ON THE HEELS of Honda’s New Small Con­cept, Suzuki has thrown another small car con­tender into the boom­ing Indian com­pact seg­ment in the form of the R3 MPV concept.

The new con­cept is (as usual) sparse on details, but we could expect to see any one of Suzuki’s 1.2 or 1.4 litre engines, a Fiat 1.4 or even an offer­ing from the Volk­swa­gen sta­ble, which now owns a con­sid­er­able stake.

Given Maruti’s 50% mar­ket stake in India, the vehi­cle is expected to do well within the coun­try, but may also find it’s way to Europe.

Maruit Suzuki R3 MPV Concept

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Suzuki Announces Exhibits for Auto Expo 2010 in New Delhi

Suzuki Motor Cor­po­ra­tion is pleased to announce that its Indian auto­mo­bile pro­duc­tion sub­sidiary, Maruti Suzuki India, will be exhibit­ing the fol­low­ing vehi­cles at Auto Expo 2010 in New Delhi (to be held from 5 to 11 Jan­u­ary 2010*):
Con­cept model: R3

The Indian mar­ket is chang­ing rapidly and con­sumer lifestyles evolv­ing fast.
To cater to one such mar­ket need, Maruti Suzuki has devel­oped a con­cept car, R3.
The Con­cept R3 model is a Com­pact Multi Pur­pose Vehi­cle (MPV) for such peo­ple.
Designed by Maruti Suzuki India’s Research and Devel­op­ment Depart­ment, it com­bines com­pact dimen­sions with a styl­ish pro­fil­ing.
The Con­cept com­pact MPV accom­mo­dates six peo­ple in three rows.
Ref­er­ence exhibits (eco-​​vehicles): SX4 Hybrid and Eeco Elec­tric Vehicle

Maruti Suzuki India is tak­ing part in an Indian gov­ern­ment project that pro­motes hybrid and elec­tric vehi­cles.
It will be exhibit­ing two pro­to­type vehi­cles that Maruti Suzuki has devel­oped for the project: the SX4 Hybrid and the Eeco (Every+) Elec­tric Vehi­cle.
Pro­duc­tion mod­els and other ref­er­ence exhibits

Maruti Suzuki India will be show­ing 16 other auto­mo­biles includ­ing ten pro­duc­tion mod­els (13 units in total) and two ref­er­ence exhibits: the Kiza­shi and SX4 Hatch­back (three units in total).

Maruti Suzuki pavil­ion will also be high­light­ing Suzuki’s two-​​wheel lead­er­ship by show­ing nine motor­cy­cles: the Hayabusa, Intruder, and other large mod­els; the Thai-​​produced Sky­drive 125 scooter; and the Burgman Fuel Cell Scooter, which was last seen at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show.