Nismo and Renault Sport Will Share Development in Future

RenaultRenaultFrance, 1898 > present189 models
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Sport and NismoNissanJapan, 1932 > present159 models
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will share on engine development in the near future at least for road cars. 

Engine development has grown too expensive for Renault and Nissan to continue to operate their own independent motorsport units for road cars. Their respective motorsport arms will work together to develop future powertrains. 

"The costs involved in powertrain development are enormous, for example, yet we have to acknowledge that the sales volumes involved in Renault Sport and Nismo are relatively modest. Because of that I'd say there is some scope for shared powertrains in the future. There's no point in each division developing its own 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine separately, for example." said Tom Lane, Nissan head of product planning.

The next model from Renault Sport will be a new Megane RSRenault Megane RS TrophyFrance, 2011 > present8 photos
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It is not talking about the car's engine yet, but it will share the dual-clutch transmission with the Clio RSRenault Clio RS 200 SportFrance, 2012 > present4 photos
. It is also planning future Renault Sport models based on the TwingoRenault Twingo Gen.3 [III]France, 2014 > present15 versions
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and new CapturRenault Captur Gen.1France, 2013 > present37 versions
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, but these cars a several years away. 

Source: Autocar and Auto Express