Nissan
Pulsar GTI-R RB (RNN14, competition base)

Why it matters

The Pulsar GTI-R was Nissan's Group A car for the World Rally Championship in 1991–1992, and the RB was the stripped competition base from which rally cars were built. Fewer than one in nineteen Pulsar GTI-Rs left the factory in RB form.

How rare is it?

Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.

Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.

Production

Every figure says what it counts.

Independent counts (e.g. engine and colour) are never combined into a calculated figure. Surviving examples are never presented as original production.

History

Nissan launched the Pulsar GTI-R in August 1990 and had built enough cars for Group A homologation by 1 March 1991. Alongside the equipped RA road car it offered the RB, a lighter competition base with different gear ratios, intended as the starting point for rally preparation.

The works Nissan Motorsport Europe cars contested the WRC in 1991 and 1992; the best result was third on the 1992 Swedish Rally before Nissan withdrew. NISMO built 21 complete cars on the RB base.

Technical specifications

Engine

Transmission & drivetrain

Chassis, body & dimensions

Performance

“Not yet verified” means no source has been checked for that value yet. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap.

Identification guide

How to tell an original from a replica or later conversion.

RA and RB cars differ in their model codes (EBYNRVFN for RA and EBYNRRFN for RB, per the specialist history), in kerb weight (1,190 kg RB versus 1,220 kg RA) and in gearbox ratios: the RB has a much shorter fourth and fifth gear (1.272 and 0.911 against 0.954 and 0.740). Check the model code on the plate and the gearing before accepting a car as an RB.

Sources

Each number links to the exact facts it supports.

1. 1
   Godzilla's Baby? A Historical & Technical Appraisal of the Nissan N14 Pulsar / Sunny GTi-R (RNN14) Level D

   • 701

   Accessed 2026-11-12
2. 2
   Nissan GTI-R Specifications Level B GTI-R Registry

   • SR20DET / 54C
   • Displacement: 1998cc
   • Max power (Pulsar): 169kW (227hp / 230PS) @ 6400rpm
   • 230PS @ 6400rpm
   • Max torque (Pulsar): 284Nm
   • 284Nm ... @ 4800rpm
   • 1st: 3.285 (RA) vs 3.067 (RB)
   • Kerb weight: RA 1220kg, RB 1190kg

   Accessed 2026-11-12
3. 3
   Pulsar GTI-R (1992: RNN14) – Nissan Heritage Collection No. 519 Level A Nissan Motor Co.

   • 4WD, controlled by ATTESA
   • Wheelbase: 2,430 mm
   • 3,975 / 1,690 / 1,400 mm

   Accessed 2026-11-12
4. 4
   Godzilla's Baby? A Historical & Technical Appraisal of the Nissan N14 Pulsar / Sunny GTi-R (RNN14) Level D Supercar Nostalgia

   • 0-62mph: 5.6 seconds (RB)

   Accessed 2026-11-12