Nissan will join the current Holden vs. Ford on-track battle in the Australian V8 Supercar Championship when the 2013 season gets underway.Having previously competed in Australia in the Australian Touring Car Championship, Nissan have had a 20-year hiatus from the pinnacle of touring-car action down-under.Today's announcement, as well as confirming Nissan's much-rumoured participation in the series, also signals the first major success of the V8 Supercar Car of the Future program (COTF).The aims of the COTF program were to manage running costs in the series, and to ultimately attract other manufacturers other than the stalwarts of Holden and Ford.Kelly Racing will run the Nissan V8 program, under the factory-backed banner of Nissan Motorspo...

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Nissan will join the current Holden vs. Ford on-track battle in the Australian V8 Supercar Championship when the 2013 season gets underway.Having previously competed in Australia in the Australian Touring Car Championship, Nissan have had a 20-year hiatus from the pinnacle of touring-car action down-under.Today's announcement, as well as confirming Nissan's much-rumoured participation in the series, also signals the first major success of the V8 Supercar Car of the Future program (COTF).The aims of the COTF program were to manage running costs in the series, and to ultimately attract other manufacturers other than the stalwarts of Holden and Ford.Kelly Racing will run the Nissan V8 program, under the factory-backed banner of Nissan Motorspo...

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