maybe we are looking at different directions...i think honda is the premier japanese motorsports company with its total involvement and domination of motor sports and motor bikes...how it is run by engineers, how it rotates its production car engineers into F1 or someother area that pushes the edge of technology (that later gets applied to its production vehicles)...through this technology you get more from less

nissan on the other hand uses big block or forced induction as its main route (with some few noteable exceptions sr16ve [170hp])...that's nice and all but i like efficiency over size...b/c larger engines weigh more and require a heavier frame, etc...this all boils down to lessening the agility of the car...for instance the nsx type r in the jgtc championship doesn't make near the power of its gt-r and supra competitors...but through lighter weight more than makes up for the disadvantage