moar from the press confererence..
"Dan Thompson's first announcement he made was that a brand new to Nissan car will be used as the platform for the race car. It will be launched in 2013. Thats not speculation, thats fact from the Australian CEO. It will be a 4 door sedan, it will be rear wheel drive. The engine will not be based off any current V8 that Nissan are running in motorsport currently or any pre made special from V8SC. This was confirmed by Todd Kelly in that same press conference.
As part of the new COTF rules there are no capacity restrictions, i.e Nissan are not restricted to 5L like the old rules. Nor are Ford or Holden. But they will keep their current engines and their power will be reduced to the nominated 600hp. The cars are 100kgs lighter so performace won't be an issue, but they will be faster than the current ones with the amount of changes that have been made to the design. The Nissan engine expected to be used will be a 4.5L, Kellys are still evaluating their options. They have a battle on their hands to get it ready and run their current race team."