Dacia Duster with GT-R Coming to Pikes Peak...

So even if there is no Nissan present at this year's Pikes Peak Hill Climb event, there will be at least one Nissan powered vehicle to root for.

The above is the ice racing version of the Dacia Duster (discussed a ways back in this blog here: Dacia Duster...).  A similar vehicle, to be kitted out with a engine swap from a Nissan GT-R (likely one of the VR38DETT crate engines being sold now: GT-R Crate motors...) will run with a VERY capable driver at the wheel in this year's event.  Given how new and inexperienced the effort is, I doubt they will set any records, but should push to be the fastest up the hill--especially given, if the vehicle retains its ice racing vehicle heritage, it will have AWD and 4Wheel Steering as well.

As an aside...I continue to love the looks of the Duster and think it could make a really solid replacement for the Xterra if the Xterra were to go away and a "softer" vehicle was to replace it...

Dacia Duster with GT-R Coming to Pikes Peak...