Experience the Nissan Motorsport Spirit at Super GT Thailand!

TCM offers exclusive opportunity for Nissan customers in August

KUALA LUMPUR, 12 AUGUST 2016 – Round 7 of Super GT, Japan’s premier touring car competition featuring heavily-modified production cars, the “Buriram Super GT Race” will be held over 8 to 9 October 2016 at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand Buriram Province. Nissan/NISMO aims for an unprecedented third consecutive championship in a row in this Super GT series and ETCM is happy to announce a support initiative by participating in this exciting race where lucky Nissan customers have the opportunity to partake and witness this exciting motorsport live.

Five lucky Nissan customers who purchase Nissan vehicles will be selected as winners along with a guest to attend an all-expense paid trip to the 2016 Super GT Round 7 and will have the opportunity to meet current Super GT Champions and NISMO Super GT Team drivers Tsugio Matsuda and Ronnie Quintarelli in person, as well as exclusive opportunity for an up close and personal garage tour including a circuit safari – whereby the winners get to experience the race cars drive past on the circuit at breakneck speeds.

The campaign takes place throughout the month of August with further attractive rebates and savings of up to RM10,000. The irresistible accessory offer for only RM1 for selected Nissan models will continue. Five (5) lucky winners from Customers who register and purchase a Nissan in August will get an all-expense paid trip, including a 4-night stay in Thailand, Grandstand tickets and transportation.

Super GT Fans and the general public can also participate in this campaign and win the tickets for the live experience. ETCM will also kick-start a 3-week contest from 1 to 18 September 2016, via Nissan Malaysia’s Facebook Page, dubbed as the “Passion to Win” caption contest. Total of three (3) Facebook postings will be published throughout the contest period and one (1) qualified participant with the most creative caption will be judged as the final winners to experience the all-expense paid trip to Super GT Thailand.

According to Mr Tan Keng Meng, Director of Marketing and Product Planning of ETCM, “We would like to express our gratitude to our customers who support ETCM and Nissan brand throughout the years. We at ETCM are always looking for more opportunities to reward our customers. This all-expenses paid trip to experience Super GT in Thailand is another opportunity to reward our customers for a live-experience of the Nissan/Nismo heritage and innovation. Lucky customers will have first-hand opportunity to experience Nissan’s innovative Motorsports engineering and witness the achievement of the motorsports.”

Inspired by NISMO’s motorsport expertise, the Nissan Almera NISMO Performance Package is equipped with its unique NISMO Aerokit, 16” Alloy Wheels, Performance Suspension System and Sports Muffler. This transforms the Almera to a more aggressive and sporty look. Now everyone can experience driving a NISMO-tuned car.

ETCM has also created further excitement for its September campaign on the back of the Nismo Motorsport campaign. ETCM will reward September customers a chance to win an exclusive and limited timepiece TAG Heuer Carrera “NISMO” Calibre 16 Day-Date Chronograph Special Edition Watch worth RM19,350. Encased in titanium, the TAG Heuer ‘NISMO’ watch carries the NISMO signature in its black, charcoal grey and red colours, is the epitome of true motorsports luxury.

In addition to the NISMO Tag Heuer campaign, ETCM will be holding a Nissan Test Drive Carnival offering a line-up of Nissan models available for test drive. Date and location of Nissan Test Drive Carnival are as follows:

Members of the public are invited to visit Nissan Showrooms and Roadshows to experience the innovative performance and check out the great deals on offer.

For more information, visit www.nissan.com.my or call ETCM’s Nissan Customer Care Centre at 1800-88-3838.

About Super GT

Super GT is Japan’s premier touring car competition featuring heavily-modified production cars. Originally named as All-Japan GT Championship that began in 1994, it is the second largest motor racing event in the world. The greatest excitement of Super GT is the mixed-class racing competition combining GT500 and GT300 classes that runs the same race as a pack. To this day, Super GT has drawn a large number of audiences to each race at an average of 50 to 60 thousand visitors per round.

About NISMO

NISMO, a motorsport legend that dominating the Super GT Championship is Nissan’s renowned global motorsport, performance and personalisation brand that embodies Nissan’s principle of “Innovation that Excites” philosophy and racing heritage. Its NISMO mission in combination of motorsport performance and technical innovation for full driving excitement has proven its high performance in its every race.