UNEXPECTED! Nissan Primera DELIVERS! // Nürburgring 

I love the way this guy is passionate about his car. Hearing the enthusiasm in his voice is great!

This is honestly one of the most enjoyable laps you’ve ever had, you can tell the owner has poured his heart into this car and his enthusiasm is infectious. The guys who turn up with brand new German machines, mapped to high heaven by a third party and cannot make it around the ring without overheating don’t have near enough the same interest for me.

Primera, Mondeos, Laguna, Accords, Alfa 155, Peugot 406, A4, Volvo s40.... man this was such a great Touring Car Area

331k km car also, so it’s impressive to see it going at that pace on the track… nice lap !!!

An owner like that is a gem. Misha being able to enjoy and trust and have fun with this car is gold.

I am surprised of the engine sound and the high reving for a 331k km car!!! Amazed!! Good job mate.

The P11 actually had a very good suspension, much better that it's rivals. And the SR20DE is very well built, when I decided to sell my p11-144 at 560.000 kms, we measured the compression, it's still was within limits factory new. Unbelievable.😮

This car reminds me of my youth, back then when cars like this Primera were the actual generation of Nissan cars 👍 And tbh, I still think this car looks really good and with an engine at around 200 to maximum 250hp, a good suspension, bigger breaks and better tires, I assume this car would make a lot of fun on the Nordschleife 👍 Thx for the many video uploads, they are highly appreciated 👏 Best wishes, Philipp 👋

Great to see somebody giving love to a Primera GT... I've had a couple of these in the past, and was running a SR20VE with quaife diff and a shorter final drive. Was still only 198hp but would upset a few EP3 drivers out on track. Always loved it because it was the unloved underdog but pretty capable chassis for what they were. Still miss mine today.

The best passenger you have ever had Very polite and respectful He really enjoyed it

This has been one of my favorite guys that's allowed you to take their car around nords. Such a passionate likable guy. Can consider doing sr20ve aswell. Easy power and straight swap. About 210hp stock

Wow, this is a passionate guy. 331.000 km an still likes it. 😎😎 Nice to see people with "normal" cars.

The primera ruled the touringcar races when they were run late 90's to early 2000's. In SA it was 4 yearas in a row from '98 to 2001. Driver and construction champions

great to see a SR20DE on the channel. Owner can definitely do some easy mods to get the cars power up, 63mm full exhaust with his current headers, full CAi, remove the head, skim 1mm off, run a set of either 272 straight cams, or split cams, intake 272, exhaust 264, can make 190-195hp, great fun to drive, we do those mods in SA, that or we swap in the SR20VE.

Primeras were underrated in their days. But those VVL motors are amazing and the tuning potential is incredible.The engine note is also superb! These motors are getting swapped in the smaller Nissan Sentra and the odd citi golf over here in South Africa.Enjoyed this episode.

Great seeing a Primera GT on the channel. I’ve owned many and still have one that I bought new in 1997. Lift off oversteer was always something they did well.

Amazing owner, amazing car! You can see that he really enjoys all of it, not only driving but modifying the car, just great, love these kind of videos about 'ordinary' cars.

These cars were brilliant in the btcc super touring era,enjoyed that lap

Here in America 🇺🇸 this car is the Infinity G20. Basically a Nissan Sentra chassis with the legendary SR20. One thing that was great about this car is that it came with an independent rear suspension.

Misha’s comment section just proves that the worldwide car community is the best and most wholesome

Surprisingly fast! 25 year old car with 150hp and it flies! Looked fun too.

Thank you thank you thank you . From all of us sr20 lovers and p10/p11 owners. Great driving as usual keep them coming

Awesome to see a Primera getting featured! I’ve had 3 of them now and bound to get another one. Very planted suspension, and the SR20VEs are fantastic engines. My current P11 is an SR20VE manual swap with a 4.44 LSD gearbox out of a VZR pulsar, with Tein coilovers and BBS RG-R wheels with Toyo proxes. Hopefully getting a full stainless setup for it next year.

I love his enthusiasm for the car, and your ability to drive it so well, while smiling. Also, your footwork on the pedals is fascinating.

The best handling chassis of its time. I had one for 8 years but rust killed it. One day I will import one from Japan that isn't so crusty. Mine was a white saloon just like the BTCC Supertourers.

I really miss my P10 touring. It was a brilliantly competent and easy to push car. Suspension in the front is essentially the same set-up on the rear of the 300zx, and Gave the car really good supple feeling up front, and a stiff rear which helped it tri-pod and rotate into and through corners on throttle lift.

I absolutely adore Primera's! So infectious to see the owner's enthusiasm! A VE build with 250hp would be a deadly track weapon!

To the owner: In regards to the future braking mods, the US Sentra had a Brembo option from 2004 to 2006, also in the same 4x114.3 pattern. You might be able to use those without any modifications. Of course you would have to check the caliper bolt spacing and offset of the disc. Great car!

This man proves you don't need 400HP to have fun. What a really good little Pulsar/Primera

The Primera was my first purchase on Gran Turismo whenever I just started the game.They were great in our local Touring car series events

Absolutely love all the STW Supertourers, i will have a collection filled with each of the brands, Audi A4 B5, Peugeot 406, Ford Mondeo, Renault Laguna, Alfa 155, Volvo S40, Nissan Primera, Bmw E36, Honda Accord, Opel Vectra .etc all in STW set up. The chassis are all well designed. Ill bring them out to the Nürburgring for you to test also plan to take them to the Gunsai for Tsuchiya to test. Not many of the mainstream people new to cars know of these golden days in motorsport and other legendary races like the DTM, touring cars, golden days in rally .etc and they are all often overlooked, these are from back when they first designed/made cars to enter a race to perform & be competitive then they made a street version to sell, nowadays its the other way around. happy to see one of these pop up on the channel

Owner is totally into his car and car model! Not gonna lie, the Primera was on the list , almost bought a former race car and wanted to build a SR20DET daily sleeper look back in the 00's😛

Had this engine in the facelift model p11-144, bought it with 75.000km and put 400.000 on LPG on that car. It hit the rev limiter everyday. A great car to learn how to drive with some spirit. Ran like new when I sold it, and the facelift model has much less rust. Then i bought a skyline 😂👍🏻

Yeah horsepower is what holds it back. We had a P10 for many years but the handling is superb!

Get this LEGEND on again. What a lovely guy. Awesome attitude, awesome car, doing his best with less resources than most. Get him on again he deserves a lap in a really quick car!!

Well, when Nissan developed the Primera P11 chassis they spent a lot of hours on the Nürburgring, so it paid off... I owned a GT many years ago, fantastic car and very fun to drive.

I have a lot of respect for this owner, he genuinely likes his car, and I like his vision of having a low horsepower car. Something I've learned over time is not everybody can drive to a racecar level, and pushing a low hp car is way more fun than cruising a fast car :)

I think this was the last Primera that was a real Nissan and not a Renault mash up.

The variety of the cars on your channel is amazing Misha. Petrol head's heaven.

the 90s brought us some great cars. not over engineered not underdeveloped. a good balance of honest driving fun and enough speed.

Cool car and cool owner. I'm impressed how well it runs with that power and weight.

I had a Primera GT-LE saloon for a time, fantastic car. The GT saloon really is something special, the engine is mounted lower and further back vs a regular Primera, it has under chassis bracing, it has a finned gearbox with air ducting, it has a watercooled oil cooler, front and rear strut braces, etc. Mine had weight reduction, battery relocation, intake, headers, suspension, and tyres, I also advanced the timing quite a lot and ran it on high octane fuel. It was the best handling car I have ever driven... Admittedly I haven't driven anything particularly exotic, but it was better than popular hot hatches, MX5s, and so on. It seemed like it could go round corners at any speed, I absolutely loved that car. It was 170KG lighter than standard, and had about 20HP more than standard. They are truly underappreciated, and sadly getting extremely rare because of corrosion. Unexpectedly it wasn't corrosion that killed mine, it was the engine going pop. RIP Swatmera... :(

great video. seeing this makes me miss my P11... an amazingly agile car with a heart of gold...

Love this car! Used to have one back in 2004. It was surprisingly fun to drive, and very fast for this type and era of car. The engine is really sweet and loves punishment. It encourages bad behavior behind the wheel and it's bulletproof reliable. Even knew one guy that had one turbocharged that made ~500whp and used it for 1/4 mile racing. Congratulations to the owner for keeping this awesome machine in this tip-top condition. Thanks for this great video Misha!

I had a SE red Primera hatch!! It was a really good car. Interior was REALLY top quality. Loved it

I am glad that some has finally gave a credit to Primera. It is best FF chasis for the road that has been build ever...

These cars dominated the btcc and the road cars were very underrated compared to their rivals. This car has multi link front suspension and fully independent rear suspension so it handles amazingly well. These cars are so rare now!!

I enjoyed that one a lot. Owner who knows his stuff/car and relatable because I know Primera from a friends father back then. Over 180 at Schwedenkreuz was really impressive to be honest! Must have felt really stable for you Misha.

Wild that 150bhp car has been one where you can feel the speed the most - wanted to reach for the grab handle

Love that blokes enthusiasm👍 Bought one of these during lockdown and it went back on the road in 2021. Has been through 3 Mots needing only rear brake lines at one. It's a hoot to drive for what it is👍

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You can feel how proud he was of his car in video love it!!!!!

Crazy how the little car pulls the same rate from 40-120 as it does from 120 to 200.. for 150hp she rips and likes the revs.. Pleasure to watch.. and obviously a full on car guy.. in search of a budget track car that you can learn with, and build the skills you need with momentum..

The infinity G20, Corolla XRS, Mazda protégé, Chevy cobalt, focus, we’re all super under rated. Everyone wanted a civic but they are missing out on some great cars. The protégé in particular was such an amazing chassis.

The Primera did do some development on the ring in the hands of Dirk Schoysman , a fantastic handling car for its class and type, and grip even on the base model 1.6 I had with skinny tyres, and very fast and precise steering. Too bad they like to rust everywhere

Love this video. Enthusiasm from owner. Genuine interest hearing about the car from the driver and feedback. And incredible driving skills too. Thanks for posting

“I will remind you I spun out” 😂 the look Misha gave was hilarious 😅❤ Loved this episode “Holy Moly” 😂

A super video 👍 Thank you both for letting us see this car on track. Misha it is complete artistry and like a ballet the way you drive these cars.

Nostalgia! I remember driving one of these in the early 90s and it was one my favourite fwd sedans at the time. There was just something about the way it drove.

P10 and 11 are very underrated platforms. Such good handling sedans.

BIG BIG BIG THUMPS UP!!!!! I LOVE THIS CAR, AND TO SEE THAT IT CAN PERFORM LIKE THAT MAKES ME VERY PROUD. THANK YOU MISHA

"Fantastic", "Fun", "Great basis for future upgrades", "It can be a fucking amazing car" - Misha nails it.

I purchased a 98 Primera as an emergency second car around 2005, it was in avarage condition. I was planning on keeping it till the end of year when MOT was due. I enjoyed driving it so much I decided to only get rid of it if it need something expensive spending on it. It went for another 5 years before finnaly losing drive when giving it a boot full out of a side street. Not sure what went, the gear box was still connected and changing gears ok. Maybe diff or drive shaft failure. I felt a bit upset leaving the poor old girl on the side of the road.

We built many of these with SR20VE and SR20DET swaps. Those were breaking some hearts of more powerful cars and theri owners 😅 Awesome underdog! I think back in 90s, somewhere in TopGear they said its best FWD with DC2 Typer.

Good old Primeras. I drive many P11 in my Life. And I can say the P11 1.6 GA16DE is the best. The Car has only 90HP but with EGR Delete and full Decat with P10 Header the Car runs like Hell! I swear the GA can beat a stock SR20 up to 120kmh easy!

P10 and P11 Primera handle really well. Those who know, know. They are gems.

Nissan built this for touring car racing. In 1999 they won the British touring car championship, winning 13 of the 26 races (beating Volvo, Honda, Vauxhall, Renault, Ford). They are a very capable car. Churchi42, thanks for letting Misha drive the car! DEFINITELY go with the SR20VE instead of the DE-T, the revs will be great for a family car - come - track car!

Love these! Taking me back to my youth, had a P10 eGT and P11 GT with the terrible CVT gearbox, the SR20DE is a really strong unit! The handling was the highlight with these 👌 reminds me of the Nissan Pulsar/Sunny Gti-R from the same area, not seen one of the channel yet Misha probably because they wouldn't make it round 😂😂😂 they were notoriously unreliable 😎👊

Holy moly! Loved this owner and his Nissan, proud of his awesome Primers!

P11 Premera is one of my favourite. Great to see it in Misha's channel, also respect the car owner he knows his car very well.

I always loved the looks of the Primera. Thanks for this lap, that was super interesting. Good luck to the owner with all the improvements planned!

As an American who has given up on Our sports and racing bullshix this channel gives such fresh outlook. Love it!!!!

Always loved Primaras. I remember when they came out and they were pretty advanced. Plus that BTCC kudos. Hope he keeps hold of this one. So few left it's an automatic classic. Great drive as always.

Great drive! I find it very entertaining watching you drive with your right foot flat on the floor board and your lines also show how much momentum you actually do carry through the corners where the cheat code cars kind of mask that on video. Cheers!

I've had two Primeras. With the first I was on ring with the stock engine and after a year I swapped SR20VE and I can say that it's worth it. The car is so much fun (I have a few videos on my channel). Also, you can fit 300zx callipers, it's a similar story like you said but I guess it's worth it. Oh and the second one was STW that I sold to my friend now that I need a family car. But seeing this video, man I do miss it.

Very very nice episode, sounds like a vlog in fact. Very relaxing for a friday evening. Great choice. I really appreciate it such as both of you I'm sure.

I’ve not driven one but from the BTCC connection I love these cars and it’s awesome to see two other guys rate them too 👍

So cool to watch misha and a fan having fun and having a good talk nothing like some millionaire who speaks once during the whole video

Super video. Thanks for sharing. Love Micha. He totally respects the owners.

The drivers car, as it was marketed. It's back home!! (its handling was refinded on the ring) Got to drive a brand new p10 eGT saloon when I was 18 after persuading the old fella to go for one as his company car lol. He never regretted letting me bend him to that. Had 2 P11 Nordic GTLE's hatches. Both missed, superb on BC coilovers.

Awesome to see these featured. Iv currently got a P11, stock manual SR20DE and it is such a fun car. It has surprising acceleration too, it can keep up with and sometimes even pass a GT86. I know they aren’t the fastest either but one’s a 4 door sedan that was designed for comfort and the other is literally designed to be a sports car.

Loved this review and great to see other old school followers getting their cars showcased. The owner's passion is amazing. I hope you do more low horse power momentum cars.

Really great to see your appreciation of all types of cars and not just high powered exotics. This looked like a genuinely fun chassis to enjoy.

Oh, this is the DE engine instead of VE engine, but it's still very decent! I always love this generation of Primera, they looks very good!

to me it is like a front wheel drive skyline R33 GTR... what a nice car... a track and street car on a budget but fun to drive... ❤️

My dad had one of those. I remember when I was a teenager I was always super excited when he drove with me on the Autobahn or curvy mountain roads. 150HP doesn't sound like a lot, but back then it was still faster than what average people were driving at that time (and the speedometer was far ahead of the real speed it was able to do. lol). Watching this clip brought back some of the memories I had with my dad. Thank you for this !!!

Amazing lap. Well done Misha! It looked a lot of fun! It shows how well you know the ring!

Wow, memories of the old 90s BTCC come back to mind, used to be one of my favorites to watch back then, aside from the 250/500cc GP races. Cheers from Canada.

Haha, got to love how diverse people are. Some barely say a word the entire lap, this owner barely stopped saying something the entire lap :P But I like him :) If he reads this: did you ever happen to try / compare the F2000 with Tarox Corsa pads? I got that combo and am pretty happy with it.. needs to get a little heat in it to work 100%, but then it brakes nice and progressive.

I really like the dude you're driving with. Such an honest and passionate car enthusiast. Good on him

Just got myself a 00' P11, g20 in the states, lovely little fwd! Great around town for sure, brings a smile to my face

New found respect for the Primera & this dude is ace… love his passion & knowledge for his whip 🫶👊💥

The owner seems like a great guy. He looked like he was having a blast, and very passionate about this chassis. This was a very fun lap to watch, thank you for the share. Cool Primera build too, not something you see often 👍

awesome video! these nissans are really nice, I also love the sentra gxi and sti models

When the owner has a *REAL* attachment to the car, it just makes everything that much better. Can't wait to see it again when he does all the changes.

Awesome! My second car was a Primera GT '98 that I bought in 2008. It was really fun to drive. Loved it.

This guy is a true car mechanics enthusiast, just as Misha is a genuine race car driver. Very good video! The car seems honest, delivering what you pay for. Congratulations from a fan here in Brazil!👏👏👏👏

My Dad had a Primera as a work car in NZ when I was younger and I loved it when he'd take me for a ride in it. It was in this weird pastel metallic mint green which was really nice.

Top man , great enthusiasm and very appreciative! . Great seeing cars like this pushed to the limit .

My brother had a Primara 2.0 with 150hp. Lowered with old scool screw adjustments, 17" wheels and good tires and a freaking wooden steering wheel. Was a hoot to drive on small roads, really well driving car.