Nissan R85V

The Nissan R85V is a Group C sports prototype racing car built in 1985 on a March chassis by Nissan motorsport division Nismo, and three were made. The chassis was the March 85G, the third and last evolution of the March 82G design, of which eleven were built and three went to Nissan. Two chassis received a V6 engine and one a turbocharged inline four. The four cylinder was the LZ20B, and the V6 was the VG30T/C, a heavily reworked twin turbo aluminium block engine derived from the production VG30 used in the 300ZX, rated at around 507 kW or 690 PS. The car raced in the 1985 and 1986 seasons of the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship and, in 1986, at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which was Nissan first appearance there. The R85V finished that race 16th overall after 284 laps, while the newer R86V retired.