Nissan 240RS

The Nissan 240RS was a Group B rally car that Nissan designed, developed and built for the World Rally Championship between 1983 and 1986. It used the body shell of the third generation Nissan Silvia S110 series notchback coupe. The name comes from its engine, a 2,400 cc unit with a maximum output of 240 horsepower, and Masahiro Hasemi, a former racing driver and Nissan works driver, took part in its development after Group 4 Silvia test cars had run in the Safari Rally and other overseas events. Production is said to have been about 200, just over the number needed for Group B certification, and most were left-hand drive. Customer cars were built to competition specification, ready to enter a rally, with a simple and robust mechanism that suited privateers. The FJ24 engine was a competition unit that shares almost no parts with the FJ20E sold in Japan. The best World Rally Championship result was second place, and the car could not compete after 1987 when the championship moved to Group A. Nissan volunteers restored a works car for a demonstration run at the 2006 Nismo Festival.