To be honest I'm fine with whereever they put the engine as long as the car doesn't look like the sketches that have been posted here before.I'm ok with the MF layout as long as they don't use FWD. He also touted Nissan's future Formula E success with the brand's pedigree in developing electric cars. He named the LMP1 program specifically and said the short-lived campaign taught engineers lessons in "what worked and what didn't." It's like an old Nissan Group C car.What's nuts is what they did to make the rears able to be powered. It's.The Nissan GT-R LM NISMO is in automotive-speak a front-engined, front-wheel-drive car. In a bold move, the Japanese automaker together with its technological partners have built a front-engined, front-wheel-drive racer powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 working in conjunction with an electric drive system to develop more than 1,250 horsepower! It was designed for the front-wheel drive [Nissan LMP1 car], so some things didn’t work so well. Put it all together and we have an ACO LMP1-H that's FWD, AWD, featuring a 3.0-liter DI TTV6 with an 8MJ H, dubbed the GT-R LM NISMO, that will race in … "This is due to the way that mass is distributed in the car," Bowlby explains. The ERS design allows them to carry less fuel onboard for the relatively fuel-efficient V6 turbo, but unfortunately, it's also very heavy. I just hope their quest to 'be different' doesn't compromise the performance of the car. Unlike its rivals, however, Nissan has a somewhat radical design for its LMP1. ".The aero center of pressure for the front-wheel-drive racer was moved forward to match the weight distribution, also necessitating the move to a wider front tire.The GT-R LM Nismo's steering wheel is almost as complex as many modern Formula One cars', yet F1 isn't the same hotbed of crazy technology that LMP1 is. To ensure it gets the power down, the car features bigger tires up front: 14-inch wide front versus 9-inch rear. Fast-forward a year and a bit. In May 2014, Nissan announced its return to the top tier of Le Mans racing, with a revolutionary, apparently back-to-front LMP1 hybrid. 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"We're going to be really challenged to make our weight target of 880 kilos for 2015 when half of the weight of the car is the powertrain – engine, ERS and the driveline – so that's a very big challenge," explains Ben Bowlby.Horsepower from the ERS can go to the front or the rear wheels, depending on where the car needs the additional power. Nissan will use Renault's powertrain for its introductory 2018-2019 season. What’s not clear is whether this boost is sent to the rear wheels or the front wheels or all four.Nissan describes the GT-R LM NISMO as the “ultimate GT-R” so it possibly hints at elements we may see in the next-generation GT-R road car, the R36 (the two cars are,“Le Mans drives innovation, so success on the track will lead to greater innovation in our road car range.” Nissan marketing chief Roel de Vries said during an official reveal event. The front weight bias and primarily front-wheel-drive drivetrain necessitated Nissan's different approach to its layout. 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