A cut-price Ioniq 5 N? No

The badge says an ordinary electric crossover is aiming to join a fine tradition of hot Nissans. The badge lies

ALAN TAYLOR-JONES

It’s not as entertaining as its rivals. Nor is it anything special as a family car If you were brought up on Gran Turismo in the late ’90s and early 2000s, the Nismo badge has an even greater draw than AMG or M. Tales of Mark Blundell’s Group C R90CK having its wastegates stick open at Le Mans, facilitating a still-unbeaten post-chicane top speed of 226mph on the Mulsanne straight, only fanned the flames of my admiration. Then there were the road cars. A few homologation specials sneaked out over the years, but it was Nismo’s efforts on the R33-based 400R and R34 Nismo Z-Tune that really grabbed me. Many years later, driving an R35 GT-R Nismo had me hooked. But times change, and I find myself driving an electric…

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