Nissan Profiles the Four Men Who Make Every GT-R Engine

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street cars and some of the racecars ever made have had their engines hand assembled by four men. They are known as the takumi, the Japanese word for master craftsman, of the Nissan Yokohama factory. Their names are Takumi Kurosawa, Tsunemi Ooyama, Izumi Shioya and Nobumitsu Gozu and combined have over 100 years experience in engine assembly. 

When an engine is complete, they place a plaque with their signature on it.

“Yokohama is the plant where our company was established, and we’re proud to make Nissan’s flagship engine here. It represents the pinnacle of the Nissan brand. We adhere the nameplates of the takumi who hand-built these engines and put their souls into each one with a sense of responsibility," said Nobuhiro Ozawa, Yokohama plant manager.