Nissan opens new Oppama test track

[MeraBoy]

We’ve seen Nissan engineers testing cars at famous race tracks such as the Nurburgring and Laguna Seca but that doesn’t mean they’ve stopped using their own private circuits. It seems testing behind the doors at Nissan has become so busy that a fifth test track was required. A new circuit at Oppama, Japan, has now been opened at a cost of €16.2 million.

The Oppama course stretches four kilometers in total and features several different roadway surfaces used for fine tuning a vehicle’s chassis. There’s also a high-speed test area as well as an off-road section and several office blocks.

Nissan’s other test tracks include the older Hokkaido, Tochigi and Motegi complexes plus a hot weather testing facility in Arizona. Completing the list is the recently opened driving dynamics center in Troisdorf, Germany, where Nissan’s more premium models including the Infiniti lineup are tested.

Nissan builds 5 mile high-speed test track

Nissan has built a 5 mile (8.1km) high-speed test track at Rikubetsu, Ashoro on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. At a cost of close to 3.2 billion yen ($27.52 million), the newest addition to Nissan’s line-up of proving grounds is also its largest. It joins Nissan’s three other test-tracks in Japan – two in Tochigi and one at Kanagawa prefecture. Nissan also has an overseas facility in Arizona, which includes a 9.1 km high-speed circuit.

Thanks to an average temperature of minus 15 degrees centigrade in the winter time, the new track is ideal for testing cold-weather characteristics. Engineers will be able to take cars up to speeds of more than 300km/h and can experience both break-neck velocities as well as more appropriate real-world conditions. Further, the track is said to closely resemble stretches of the German Autobahn with its meandering slopes and variable road conditions.

Researchers expect to improve on-road driving dynamics as well as increasing the quality and performance of Nissan vehicles. Some of the new technologies that Nissan will test include driver behavior monitoring systems, intelligent transportation methods plus other driver support set-ups.

Source:
Motor Authority

 

[yan99033]

When will Proton build a test track as well??

It will be great to ensure the QUALITY of the vehicles guarantied...

 

[popout]

proton?? hunm test at plus highway enuff oledi

 

[expenditious]

proton dont need to build any track..our road condition is already bad enough...if it can survive those roads it can last any roads...

 

[Racer_Lobb]

Proton already got test track facility near R&D building in shah alam..

 

[MeraBoy]

proton dont need to build any track..our road condition is already bad enough...if it can survive those roads it can last any roads...

...haha u r right.
& the test track in SA is for "clay model"(exaggerated but not far fr reality), ppl's one which occupied huge area is for up two to three hundred km/h, testing for break-neck velocities as well as more appropriate real-world conditions (eg on-off road & winter condition). Proton's one-what a joke.