It’s become somewhat of a tradition for journalists to use this time of year to reflect upon the year gone by and maybe even make a few predictions. I might be the furthest thing from a traditional journo and I’ve never had much inclination to reflect on the past year and I don’t think I’ve ever made a prediction that’s stuck. Blogging guru Darren Rowse is hosting yet another group writing project and it’s gotten the creative juices flowing. So here, for the first time are some tongue in cheek motorsports predictions from The Garage for 2007.

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Nissan seems to have made quite the impact at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last weekend, with 2 of the top 3 fastest times up the hill being set by Nissan’s. Fastest up the hill was Richard Lyons in the NISMO GT500 that won the Japanese Touring Car Championship with a time of 49.5 seconds.It was only one of 2 cars to break the 50 second barrier. Third place was captured by last year’s winner, a 1999 Nissan Primera BTCC car.

Singer Duncan James drove the 350Z GTC concept up the hill, stopping along the way to put on a smoke show for spectators.

Thanks to Worldcarfans for the above image of the GTC

Over at World Car Fans, they are reporting that Nissan’s unoffical Skunkworks have been hard at work preparing a 350Z GT-S concept for the Goodwood Festival of Speed next weekend. Visit WCF for the full story, but the highlights include 380 supercharged horsepower, more agressive exhaust note and retuned suspension to handle the additional power. The goal has been to shave a full second off the already quick (5.8 seconds) 0-60 mph times and a full 2.5 seconds off the 0-100 time.

Engineers have been hoping to build a true clubman’s car, that can be raced on the weekend & then driven to the office, so the maintaining streetability has been a priority. While Nissan has not said anything officially about the car’s future, it seems promising that they are showing the car at Goodwood. Maybe one of the best sportscars on the market might just get even better soon.