Nismo vs. Nissan Motorsports
 

Can someone explain to me why Nismo is not the same thing as Nissan Motorsports? Because I've always been under the impression that they are one and the same, and that Nismo is an abbrviated form of Nissan Motorsports.

In fact, I did a little Googling on this, and the Wikipedia entry on Nismo supports my understanding. Nismo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

But more importantly, the official Nismo website actually has Nissan Motorsports in its title as well. NISMO | NISSAN MOTORSPORTS INTERNATIONAL OFFICIAL SITE Indeed, if you go to the very bottom of the official Nismo site's homepage, it says: "Copyright 2009 © NISSAN MOTORSPORTS INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD."

I keep seeing people say that it's a Nissan Motorsports oil cooler that's coming out, not a Nismo one, in the bazillion oil cooler threads we've got going on here, and it's driving me nuts.

So am I wrong? Are they not the same thing? Because it sure looks that way. Someone please enlighten me. :confused:

this would blow my mind if Nismo Motorsports is Nismo


it's like Motor Parts

That's always been my understanding, since I first heard of Nismo many years ago *shrug*

Nissan Motorsports = Nismo

Nismo is their trade name, like a nickname, I guess.
Nissan Motorsports is the incorporated name; a formal full name.

It's not uncommon that there is confusion, but that's why you pronounce it correctly - "knees moh" instead of common English phonetics, which would make it "nihz mo."

but do you pronouce it Kneesan or nihzan ?? for Nissan

I do believe since it's Japanese; it's pronounced with a long e sound for the i.
So it's KNEE-SAN

EDIT:
That being said, I'm not your resident Japanese translator; I'm Korean.

it's one of those Zee or Zed thing


i'll stick with Nih-san and nihs-mo.....something like that....well, thats how ppl say it here anyways

I say KNEES-MOH!!!
But I do say Nismo the easy way that sounds less awkward: nihs-moh.

Never heard of 370 Zed... I'm a zee thing I guess.

Zed is how Canadians and Brits pronounce Z.

Learn something new everyday...

Zed is the proper way....ha....i declare it

and Zee is the American way... ;)

Back to the original question. NISMO refers to Nissan Motorsports International and is primarily based in Japan. Nissan Motorsports is the U.S. based racing arm of Nissan North America (NNA). Last year NNA elected not to fund motorsports activities for the first time in almost 40 years, but Nissan Motorsports continues to operate by developing and selling parts to hardcore Nissan racers.

and South Africans

Aren't South Africans basically English/Europeans?

So then it's basically solved; NISMO is more or less the same as Nissan Motorsports? Because I know Nissan Motorsports is the racing division/racing tuner, but that's only what I know for here in the states.