Lets face it…Nissan has always been an “also ran” in the Dakar…coming close a few times but never taking the top spot in the world’s best endurance race. That said…with the opening of the Dakar Classic category the last few years it has brought out some cool vehicles from mothballs and I like to track them and see pictures of them. So here with the official release of the Dakar ‘23 entry lists we can see what we have for this edition. They’ll be up against the usual range of Mitsubishi Pajeros, Landcruisers, Fiat Pandas, Rothsport Porsches, etc. but are represented in surprisingly good numbers with many coming from the Italian firm of Tecnosport who is sending a whole range of Nissans over for the Dakar Classic as you can see in the car hauler picture at the bottom…So without further delay, here are your Nissan based Dakar Classic entries for 2023 and a few photos of the vehicles.
Team # 722 Nissan Pathfinder Valentina Casella
Team #729 Nissan Patrol GR Y61 Gian Paolo Tobia Cavagna
Team #748 Nissan Patrol K260 Luis Pedrals Marot
Team #749 Nissan Patrol GR Y60 Radek Vavra
Team #750 Nissan Terrano (Pathfinder) Urbano Alfonso Gherardo Clerici
Team #754 Nissan Terrano (Pathfinder) Francisco Javier Benavente
Team #757 Nissan Patrol Y60 Jean-Christophe Moine
Team #767 Nissan Terrano 2 (Pathfinder) Dutschler Gian Enrico
Team #773 Nissan Patrol 260 Asier Duarte Rodriguez
Team #790 Nissan Terrano 2 (Pathfinder) Garosci Riccardo
Team #792 Nissan Terrano (Pathfinder) Lorenzo Piolini
Team #796 Nissan Terrano (Pathfinder)
Team #806 Nissan Terrano (Pathfinder) Peter Schey
