Nismo and Williams Teaming Up to Produce Performance Road Car

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, and Infiniti is working with Sebastian Vettel and Red BullRed BullAustria, 2004 > present12 models
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for its car. Now NissanNissanJapan, 1932 > present159 models
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is getting in on the F1 partnership bandwagon by teaming up with WilliamsWilliamsUnited Kingdom, 1977 > present37 models
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Advanced Engineering to develop high performance road cars. It says that the first of these cars will hit the market in 2014 and more will come later. 

"Nismo is a brand built from over 30 years of racing experience and so it is fitting that we chose to work with a like-minded company such as Williams to develop the higher performance versions of our products. Williams have a proven history of making racing technology benefit road cars, and we look forward to starting this relationship during such a period of intensive product development for Nismo," said Nismo President Shoichi Miyatani.

The only project that Nismo has publicly announced that it is working on is the GT-RNissan GT-R Gen.2Japan, 2009 > present25 versions
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Nismo, which will be the ultimate road-going version of the GT-R. 

Nismo just opened a new headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, in February and has announced plans to build more roadgoing cars. It is planning at least one model a year for the next several years.

Nismo is also currently developing the 2014 Garage 56 entry for the 24 Hours of Le Mans that will use a significant amount of electric power and possibly a series hybrid.