Nissan Proving Grounds

Coordinates: 36°29′53″N 140°11′30″E / 36.497963°N 140.191585°E / 36.497963; 140.191585 Nissan Motors operates a proving ground in Motegi, Haga District, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. The track includes an off-road facility for testing trucks and SUVs.[1] The Motegi test center (茂木試験場) is located at 555 Aida-Ōaza,[2] Haga-gun, Motegi (栃木県茂木町大字鮎田555).[3] The track was built by Tobishima Corporation (Japanese) and completed in 1997.[4]

References

  1. "Nissan's Motegi test center goes off-roading". Autoblog. March 15, 2007. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
  2. Postal code lookup for Aida (Japanese) (Translate to English: Google, Bing) (accessed August 4, 2010)
  3. Nissan Research Institute finishes authentic off-road course (Japanese) (Translate to English: Google, Bing) (March 16, 2007; accessed August 4, 2010)
  4. Tobishima project description (Japanese) (Translate to English: Google, Bing) (accessed August 4, 2010)


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