Nissan's performance future evolved on a few fronts: the affordable Silvia/ 240SX, the 300ZX that adopted the MID4's engine, and the all-wheel-drive Skyline GT-R.

Nissan minted a new engine just for the MID4: The 3.0-liter VG30DE V6, appearing here naturally aspirated, in quad-cam guise. This motor gave the MID4 a healthy 226 horsepower.

Though the MID4 was met with a warm reaction from the public and automotive press, Nissan postponed a production run, citing that, by the time it would be ready for mass production, the model ...

Nissan unveiled the concept at the 1985 Tokyo Motor Show, and it almost sparked a riot. People loved it so much that Nissan was emboldened to create a new and more flamboyant successor: the MID4-II.

Nissan had the idea to make something special before any of the other Japanese manufacturers, and it was called the MID4. Redditor AkagisWhiteComet found one of the three prototypes produced here.

The MID4 Type II came with a twin-turbo 3.0-liter V6, internally codenamed VG30DETT, that produced 330hp. Nissan fans will recognize the engine code immediately, as it was the engine that would ...

During the mid-1980s, Nissan seriously considered expanding its lineup with an exciting mid-engined sports car. The project resulted in the 1984 MID4, a Japanese Ferrari equipped with a 242-hp V6 ...

Nissan doesn't have a supercar like Honda's NSX or Toyota's LFA. What they have instead is something that can beat most supercars, the GT-R. That's nice, but imagine if these two MID4 prototypes ...

It produced more grunt in the MID4-II than it did the Z, though, with 325 horsepower and 281 pound-feet of torque. 1987 Nissan MID4-II Concept , Shunsuke1981 – Public Domain , Morio [CC BY-SA 4.0] ...

That design drew from Nissan's highly regarded mid-engine MID4 concept, and thus the 300ZX doesn't have the extreme, cab-rearward proportions of many front-engine, rear-wheel-drive sports cars.