Nissan further sweetened the deal with beefed-up mounting points for precise steering. Under the skin, the unitary steel chassis was elongated from 2,615 to 2,720 millimeters.
As for the road-going model, the R33 is the first series-production car to break into the sub-8:00 mark at the Nurburgring, with Dirk Schoysman at the wheel. The biggest changes from the prototype come in the guise of the wheel design and front end, but all told, Nissan stayed true to the prototype revealed at the show.Įven though it wouldn’t compete in the touring car series, the R33 did see lots of track action in the Japanese GT Championship and at Le Mans. 15 months later, the first units of the series-production model were on route to dealers.
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The positive reception of this work-in-progress affair prompted Nissan to continue development at full throttle. Led Zeppelin II of October 1969 reached number one in many countries, while Led Zeppelin of January 1969 peaked at number six back home in the UK and number seven in the U.S.Ī prototype of the R33 was presented in October 1993 at the Tokyo Motor Show. It's always a daunting prospect make no mistake about it. Redesigning a legend of the automotive industry is similar to a band writing material for their second album. It’s the same thing Porsche has done to the iconic 911 ever since the air-cooled original of 1964. Nissan knew it had a winning formula with the R32, which is why the R33 is more of an evolution rather than a revolution. As the headline implies, many small improvements describe this generation best.
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