Darren Cox (GBR) General Manager Nissan in Europe. Nissan DeltaWing Announcement, London


32 Nissan 370Z GT4 Darren Cox Lawrence Wiltshire 32 Nissan… Flickr

Nissan motorsport boss Darren Cox, the driving force behind the Japanese manufacturer's return to top-line sportscar racing in LMP1 this season, has left the company. Cox has relinquished his role as global motorsport director and marketing boss of the NISMO brand to end a 13-year stint at Nissan.


Expatron de Nissan Motorsport, Darren Cox revient dans la course...virtuelle

In 2008, Nissan Europe marketing executive Darren Cox (a character based on him named Danny Moore is played by Orlando Bloom) launched the Nissan GT Academy with Sony. The idea was to capitalize.


Nissan motorsport boss and LMP1 architect Darren Cox leaves company

Nissan motorsport boss Darren Cox, the driving force behind the Japanese manufacturer's return to top-line sportscar racing in LMP1 this season, has left the company Author Gary Watkins.


Nissan motorsport boss and LMP1 architect Darren Cox leaves company

Darren Cox, Nissan Q&A - Racecar Engineering F1 - Tech Explained Le Mans - Tech Explained Darren Cox, Nissan Q&A Darren Cox, Nissan Q&A Why is Nissan involved with what's an untried and untested experimental racing car? We are very innovative in our approach to everything we do at Nissan.


Interview mit NissanMotorsportDirektor Darren Cox „Ich habe nur 30 Minuten Zeit, um die Sache

Conceived by Nissan Europe general manager Darren Cox in a joint vision with Sony Interactive Entertainment, the reality series aimed to collect the best Gran Turismo racers across six different.


Darren Cox et Nissan, c'est fini

We recently spoke with Darren Cox, the former Nissan wunderkind behind the GT Academy—which ran from 2008 through 2016—and even he had a hard time wrapping his mind around it all. Cox did.


Nissan debuts 370Z NISMO Roadster Concept, GTR LM NISMO racer at Chicago Auto Show

WEC Commentary Opinion: What will be Darren Cox's legacy? The departure of Darren Cox, the driving force behind Nissan's LMP1 project, from the Japanese company was announced on Friday -.


Nissan Increasing Global Motorsport Presence; Names Darren Cox and Jerry Hardcastle to Key Positions

Orlando Bloom as Danny Moore (left) and Darren Cox (right) It was, as portrayed, the brainchild of a Nissan marketing executive, although the movie's Danny Moore (played by Orlando Bloom) was based on the real Darren Cox — who was Nissan's global motorsport director at the time.


Darren Cox verlässt Nissan WEC

Darren Cox / Courtesy of Jann Mardenborough Aug. 25, 2023, 10:00 AM UTC By Arturo Conde Can a video game franchise that sold over 90 million units as of last year turn a gamer into a.


Q&A Nissan and Nismo bosses on V8 Supercars Speedcafe

The tagline "From Virtual to Reality" often gets repeated when chatting with executives such as Darren Cox, Nissan 's director of Global Motorsport, who works closely with the successful program.


Nissan GTR LM NISMO explained by Darren Cox CarNewsCafe

Darren Cox (born 1974) is a British businessman and automotive and motorsport executive who is known as the creator and director of GT Academy. [1] [2] A character based on Cox is portrayed by Orlando Bloom in the film Gran Turismo. [3]


Darren Cox (GBR) General Manager Nissan in Europe. Nissan DeltaWing Announcement, London

For starters, Jack Salter is an amalgamation of several people and Danny Moore is based on former Nissan Europe executive Darren Cox, who set up the GT Academy.


The drivers who are too fast to compete! Nissan Insider

Darren Cox. Creator of GT Academy (now a Hollywood film 'Gran Turismo') Advisor - Speaker - Innovator - Founder. 3w. A great summary of some of the challenges we faced to convince the world.


Darren Cox (Nissan) 'Something much bigger'

In real life, a Nissan employee named Darren Cox dreamt up the idea for GT Academy. It took Cox, who was a general manager for Nissan Europe at the time, three years to get his pet project off the ground. That GT Academy actually worked did elevate Cox's status. He went on to become Nissan's global brand head and global motorsports director.


Nissan's European director Darren Cox (R) and concept creator Ben Bowlby stand nest to Nissan's

Darren has, this week, left his post as Global Head of Brand at NISMO, Nissan's motorsports arm, to pursue his own projects with the IDEAS+CARS group.


Darren Cox Leaves Nissan What’s the Future for GT Academy?

During his 13 years at Nissan, Darren Cox was in charge of a number of other innovative projects, including the Nissan Deltawing, the ZEOD RC, and the GT-R LM NISMO P1. After leaving Nissan in 2015, he founded a new project rooted in video games called eSPORTS+CARS, which is the first professional esports racing team.