Nissan Unveils Latest Z GT4 Racer

Nissan has been involved in GT4-class racing from its earliest days, starting with its 350Z. As the class grew alongside its more extreme sister rule set GT3, their involvement continued with a factory-supported NISMO 370Z GT4 program. Now, the lineage of racing Zs will continue into a third generation with yet another customer-ready racer based on the latest generation of car.

As you might expect from the GT4 class, the new Z racer mostly resembles the Z road car with reasonably sized aerodynamic components bolted on. Unlike a GT3 car, a GT4 racer is not significantly wider than its road-going predecessor and both the front dive planes and rear wing are closer to something you might find on an aftermarket road car than on a higher-end professional racer.

The company has not yet shared specs for the car, but GT4 cars are designed to compete against one another and a final announcement should mean that the Z is comfortably in the performance window to be balanced into various series around the world. Nissan has already raced a GT4 concept in June's 24 Hours of Fuji, so the car has some in-race mileage under its belt, too.