A Nissan GT Academy training console. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Only a few years back, Nissan was being run by a Taiwanese group that had a hard time bringing up the brand and didn’t care much about Motorsports. It was a far cry from being number 2 in Japan and where their following is like a cult. The Japanese group then took over the local distributorship and gave the task of rebuilding to its new President Antonio Zara. With Zara’s strong leadership, Nissan has now become a force to reckon with and is one of the driving forces that lead our Motorsports’ resurgence.