That’s pretty awesome video I thought they made 2 R390s one was in the museum in japan while the other is in Dubai. I could be wrong it has been 15 years since i read the wiki
Usually when there are 2 cars its easy to decide which one you would take if given offered but this is a hard question. The Jaguar looks better but the Nissan is a Unicorn and spectacular as much as the Jag is.
It's inaccurate to say the F40 was "entirely" made from carbon fibre. It was a hybrid of CFRC and Kevlar on top of a tubular steel chassis. I think the XJR 15 was in fact the first production car to use a CFRC monocoque, followed by the F1.
la diferencia esta en que uno participo en le mans el otro no, de todas formas no hubiera logrado imponerse al mclaren, ni el f40 pudo, revisando lemans 1997 el nissan r390 estaba a la misma altura que los mclaren de esa fecha e incluso podria afirmar que estaba un poquito mas abajo ya que los otros dos coches partieron muy atras, solo el conducido por eric van de poele estuvo dentro de los 5 primeros en la partida superando al mclaren de jj letho por una pequeñez, ya en el 98 el nissan habia superado por completo al mclaren notandose una gran diferencia, al final de la carrera el mclaren demostro que es rival en una carrera tan larga como le mans llegando 4to en la final atras del nissan numero 32 y superando al nissan 30, 31 y 33.
I have no clue! But I heard from somewhere that every modern McLaren with a V8 is derived from the Nissan R390, but McLaren doesn't want anyone to know that. They could be wrong though cuz to me I find it hard to believe.
Sweet videos. Too bad you couldn't source more videos of the 1997 R390. Nissan took over the project in '98 and extendended the rearend of the car for improved areodynamics I suppose. TWR's original version of the R390 road and race cars were bobtailed... and more beautiful IMO. Gran Turismo 3(?) featured both the '97 and '98 road and race car versions.
