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It will end Nissan's 20-year exile from the series and, along with the inclusion of Mercedes, represents the biggest shake-up of the V8 Supercar era - made possible by its Car of the Future scheme.

The existing Kelly Racing Team will be rebranded Nissan Motorsport from January 1 and marks the first time that the brothers will have sat in anything other than a Holden in their Supercars careers.

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Unlike the engines found in the rival Falcon and Commodore, which rely on pushrod cam technology and only two valves per cylinder, the Nissan powerplant benefits from a double overhead cam design with four valves per cylinder. The engine, whose performance has already been proven in the Nissan GT-R GT1 racer, also features electronic fuel injection and a MoTeC ECU.

Note, due to the benefits of its engine design, Nissan will work closely with V8 Supercars on achieving a fair playing field. In addition to the 5.0-liter displacement limit, the engine also must have an rpm limit of between 7,000 and 7,500 revs, an output of around 650 horsepower and a torque curve that’s in parity with its rival units from Ford and Holden.

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