Darren Cox (Nissan) 'Something much bigger'
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.
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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]
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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.
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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
GT Academy was conceived by Darren Cox, a former Nissan Europe executive, in 2006 to help Sony PlayStation racing gamers become professional racing drivers. [2] [3] A small event was held in 2006 in a partnership with Sony, where participants competed in the Gran Turismo game and on an actual track for a Nissan 350Z prize.
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The idea for the program was conceived by Darren Cox (a loose approximation of whom is being played by Orlando Bloom in "Gran Turismo"), who was a former Nissan Europe executive. In 2006, he.
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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.
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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.
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Nissan has confirmed that global head of sales, marketing and brand for NISMO Darren Cox has left the company after 18 years of service, tendering his resignation.
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Orlando Bloom as Nissan executive Darren Cox, the creator of the GT Academy in Gran Turismo. imdb.com/Sony The movie's biggest-name star is Orlando Bloom, who plays a character based on Darren Cox, the Nissan executive who invented GT Academy. Watching Bloom portray him in a film "was a bit surreal," the first time he watched it, Cox told Hagerty.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Nissan's European director Darren Cox (R) and concept creator Ben Bowlby stand nest to Nissan's
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.