The No. 3 NDDP Racing Nissan Z NISMO GT500 represents one of the most compelling entries on the 2025 Super GT grid. Contested by Daiki Sasaki and Atsushi Miyake, the car sits at the heart of NISMO's talent pipeline, carrying the Nissan Driver Development Programme's colours into Japan's premier GT class. Spark Model captures the machine in resin at 1:43, continuing their long-running coverage of the Super GT championship season by season.
The Nissan Z NISMO GT500 in GT500 Trim
Introduced for the 2022 Super GT season, the Nissan Z NISMO GT500 succeeded the GT-R NISMO GT500 as NISMO's front-line weapon in Japan's top GT category. The car uses a purpose-built GT500 carbon monocoque chassis with a silhouette body styled after the production Nissan Z (RZ34), operating under Super GT GT500 Class 1 regulations, running a spec NR20A 2.0-litre turbocharged inline-four producing in excess of 500 hp. The Z GT500 body is a purpose-built racing silhouette, retaining visual identity with the production Z while meeting strict GT500 homologation requirements.
NDDP Racing and the 2025 Super GT Campaign
NDDP Racing — Nissan Driver Development Programme — is NISMO's in-house pathway for grooming the next generation of Japanese GT talent. Car No. 3 is the team's GT500 entry for 2025, pairing Daiki Sasaki, a NISMO development driver with multiple GT500 seasons behind him, with Atsushi Miyake. The NDDP Racing livery for 2025 carries the visual codes associated with NISMO's development programme, making it immediately recognisable on the Super GT grid. For collectors tracing NISMO's talent development history, this entry carries particular long-term significance.
Spark Model's 1:43 Resin Replica
Spark Model produces officially licensed 1:43 resin replicas of Super GT competitors, and this piece replicates the No. 3 NDDP Racing Nissan Z NISMO GT500 from the 2025 season. Resin construction at this scale allows Spark to capture the aerodynamic complexity of GT500 bodywork — splitters, dive planes, and rear wing profiles — with a precision that diecast tooling at 1:43 rarely achieves. The model follows Spark's established Super GT naming convention and sits within their consistent annual Super GT range.
In the Display Cabinet: Building the 2025 Super GT GT500 Grid
The No. 3 NDDP Racing Z sits naturally alongside the sister NISMO works entry, the No. 23 Nissan Z NISMO GT500 of Ronnie Quintarelli and Tsugio Matsuda, to represent the full NISMO GT500 effort in 2025. Season-set builders will pair it with Toyota GR Supra GT500 and Honda entries to complete the 2025 GT500 grid. Collectors focusing on NISMO history may also shelve it beside earlier Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 resin models to chart the programme's evolution from the GT-R era to the current Z generation.
