This is the ROAD LEGAL 1998 Nissan R390 GT1 - Villa d'Este 2022

During the 2022 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este I have filmed the only road legal 1998 Nissan R390 GT1.
If it hadn't been for Gran Turismo, the Nissan R390 GT1 would've likely ended on the list of the most obscure supercars ever. Built in right-hand-drive configuration, the only road-legal example made a rare appearance this past weekend on the shores of Lake Como in Italy. It attended the 2022 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este to show off its dual-side exhaust tips and a massive red wing while making wonderful V8 music.
At the heart of the mid-engined supercar was the VRH35L unit co-developed with Tom Walkinshaw Racing with a pair of turbochargers. The 3.5-liter mill made a healthy 550 horsepower and 470 pound-feet (637 Newton-meters) of torque back in 1998 when the R390 GT1 was unveiled as a road car before the subsequent racing version. Output was channeled to the rear axle via a six-speed sequential transmission with a short-throw gear lever.
The engine sounds absolutely marvelous even when the car is standing still and it's a real shame Nissan never followed on its promise to build it. If it had been made, the supercar would've ended up costing a hefty $1 million. Even though it was a fairly large car, stretching at 185.8 inches (4.7 meters) long and 78.7 inches (2 meters) wide, R390 GT1 weighed as much as a fully loaded Mazda MX-5 Miata (ND). Indeed, the single-seater machine tipped the scales at a mere 2,420 lbs (1,100 kg).
Nissan made some impressive performance claims, including a 0 to 30 mph (48 km/h) in 1.2 seconds, 0 to 60 mph (96 km/h) in 3.9 seconds, and 0 to 80 mph (129 km/h) in 6.0 seconds. Flat out, the R390 GT1 was said to hit a top speed of 220 mph (354 km/h) after completing the quarter mile in 11.9 seconds. Even nearly 35 years later, these are some juicy figures for what would've been the ultimate Nissan.
Ian Callum was responsible for the design, and in case you haven't realized by now, he borrowed the headlights from the 300ZX. The incredibly low ride height makes it quite difficult to drive on public roads, not that the Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion or the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR are street-friendly either…
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[@cestusfr]

It is not the road legal version that exists. it is a race version modified and homologated for the road, like the longtail F1 GTR.

[@LG4761]

The ONLY R390 GT1 road car is blue color.

[@Shinkaaaa]

@@LG4761 And that one is stored at Nismo too.

[@marcodeboni8006]

Eric Comas converted this race care in a street legal. I think maybe it's the car which he raced a lot of (the best) years ago..

[@cestusfr]

@@marcodeboni8006 thank you for the info! It is much appreciated.

[@johnquintmatt1986]

Haha you're wrong.

[@chilldwill7179]

Never thought id see more then 7 second clips of this from years ago, but Im finally seeing a 9 minute video of this car. Man I wish Nissan brung back the R390 GT1 in production

[@JuddGV5]

The Nissan R390 GT1 & Toyota TS020, legendary Japanese counterparts of the end of the 90's

[@enigmaticcruz2483]

The VRH35 in the R390 will eventually become the McLaren M383T in the 12C and ends up being developed into the M840T. Crazy to think that a modern McLaren roadcar uses an engine developed in the late 80's.

[@johnsonle9440]

You know it a true race car when there storage inside the door for your helmet

[@bernardlloyd2000]

Exactly what I was about to write! I would even say nothing says more "road going racecar" than having that storage in the door

[@comic.sans24]

Yes, I really thing this is one of the 8 race cars units built just converted into a legal road car. The original road car is only one and it is preserved in a beautiful blue without rear wing in Nissan Museum in Japan. They never built more road cars (just anothe unit for crash test that resulted destroyed).

[@GiovanaSGG]

Beautiful car, nice video and sound quality. Good memories with Gran Turismo 2.

[@CaH-ng5cn]

The helmet holder in the door, is another level.

[@ogremair803]

Uploader is the OP here, liking every comment

[@goldenmonkey_stories24]

Only one R390 road car was ever produced by Nissan as a prototype for the development of the race-cars and was never intended for sale, although Nissan did offer to build further versions at a value of US$1 million.

[@AutomotiveMike]

This is a race car, converted to road legal

[@awakenedsoul2638]

It was almost for sale but the price tag at 1 Mill USD so Nissan thought that no one will buy their super car because they are not known to be a super car maker so no one might be interested but they are wrong.

[@JabclickCoUk]

Perfect for a shopping trip

[@Vayves]

1:58 lawnmower moment

[@bernardlloyd2000]

Oh wow that is all I can hear throughout the video now 😂 well done

[@lrod312]

The GT games made this car sound a lot better than it really does.

[@MrBurgerphone1014]

Fantastic

[@alfonsosantos4011]

Dubai had 3 of this cars . What a beautiful machine 🙏

[@comic.sans24]

In Dubai? There is just 9 Nissan R390 GT1 survived of 10 ever built. The survivors are 8 race cars (this white one is one of them but converted to legal road car) and one road car unit never sold by Nissan that is in their museum. About the race cars I found that there is only two of them in private hands so I doubt those Dubai cars can be originals. Maybe some copies.

[@quentinbottinelli2197]

Because racecar

[@2006chunming]

Art!!! In motion!!

[@cyoann8050]

Door is wide enough to store an helmet 😂

[@jingojanga73]

You will give this to me now 👌

[@Dropsey818]

amazing love that car,

[@carycoller3140]

Now I feel like cutting my lawn after hearing this thing idle 😒

[@awakenedsoul2638]

Where did you buy this?

[@AMS-KungPao]

What a beast :D

[@ajrf92]

Anyone knows if this finally went to Le Mans (2022, I refer)?

[@BreizhVince]

No but he's bringing it to Le Mans 2023, by roads.

[@milandrca9954]

I think this is 1998 JOMO r390

[@s2korpionic]

Feels disappointing to see this car being a garage queen.

[@mcfireballs3491]

Good luck finding spare parts

[@sharkuel]

@@mcfireballs3491 yep. This is the only part when I understand cars being stored in garages instead of being driven around. If something breaks, or worse, the guy has an accident, then it is a huge loss, not only for the owner, but for car history as well.

[@mandirali7553]

Who is driving it?

[@ChristianHiroseRomeoGraham]

👍

[@ducanhvutran185]

This car is lower than the Saleen.

[@huntedhunter5597]

Dude at the end knock that bag of bolts off mate sounds like azz nooo not rev it high cut the sheeeet off. ok kay. bYE.

[@hozukiplays33]

road legal wtf

[@oooxxx8815]

hört sich an wie ein rasenmäher.

[@viliusr.8792]

my kia can do this without push pull by additional people

[@bobyoung1698]

I love it when fast cars go fast. This video was a major disappointment.

[@guybeingaguy]

You try too hard to zoom in out pan left right. Half the video is the tail of the car. 👎

[@Stanislav7180]

Why cant start????

[@golfmkiv9689]

you have absolutely no clue about racing cars and how they start...

[@Stanislav7180]

@@golfmkiv9689 drive your trash golf iv and dont talk

[@tainyun8721]

@@Stanislav7180 says the one that who can't even afford a BMX-Bicycle!

[@leifandersen2756]

It looks ugly and have drying rack on the back.who needs all this to drive on the road.On a cicuit it makes sense, but not on the road.There are more potent cars to buy like BMWs,Audis etc.

[@larsalexanderson4807]

Lol nobody cares

[@steveybones]

Speaking of hideous cars, several new model BMW’s have entered the chat. You’re just a boring human.

[@AMS-KungPao]

This was a 90s Le Mans GT1 race car originally so it was built for one of the most prestigious racing categories in existence. It wasn't at all meant for the road but this car was then slightly changed around a bit to make it road legal so it's basically still a race car.

[@awakenedsoul2638]

@@AMS-KungPao Yeah right specially its suspension was changed for road use including its tires.

[@Stanislav7180]

Trash car

[@tainyun8721]

you can't even afford this car!, think about yourself before acting like a toxic or salty-kid!

[@larsalexanderson4807]

Stick to your hotwheels kiddo

[@Picanhadopapaimolusco]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🔥🥯