Nissan is taking the Frontier off-road racing. The automaker has unveiled a Frontier off-road idea that is working this weekend within the NORRA 500 race in Mexico.

In-built partnership with Forsberg Racing, the race crew began by profitable drifter Chris Forsberg, the mid-size pickup truck will compete in a stock-vehicle class. It nonetheless options some modifications for its desert-racing duties, although. These embrace a carry equipment and high-performance suspension equipment from Nissan’s Nismo efficiency division, 17-inch beadlock wheels with Yokohama Geolandar M/T G003 tires, rock sliders, and off-road lights.

There are not any obvious modifications below the hood. Since its 2022-model-year redesign—its first in 17 years—the Frontier has been provided solely with a 3.8-liter V-6 producing 310 hp and 281 lb-ft of torque, and linked to a 9-speed automated transmission. That engine was launched within the 2020 Frontier.

The NORRA 500 takes opponents from Ensenada throughout the Baja to San Felipe, after which again once more to Ensenada. Nissan has loads of historical past on this a part of the world. Nissan Hardbody pickups raced and gained the legendary Baja 1000 within the Nineteen Eighties. Nissan lately launched a Hardbody Version that brings a number of the styling of the unique truck to the trendy Frontier.

Following the race, the Forsberg Racing-built Frontier shall be displayed in as-raced situation on the 2023 SEMA present, which runs Oct. 31-Nov. 3 in Las Vegas. Nissan could have different idea autos on show, with full reveals coming nearer to the present’s opening.

Forsberg Racing and Nissan have collaborated on some wild SEMA ideas previously, together with a V-8-powered Frontier and an Altima drift automotive. However whereas these had been working autos, they weren’t designed for competitors like this newest Frontier.