Category Archives: nissan
History of the Z Car Documentary
Here’s a great documentary on the birth of the Z car. It’s a 1995 documentary, and has very much a US-centric focus, but since the US demand was largely responsible for the success of the 240Z, this is hardly a … Continue reading
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Spring Is Here and We're Sprung for Nostalgics
The long winter of our discontent is over, for today is the first day of spring. If you live in the northern half of the country, rejoice! The temperature is on the rise and it’s actually still bright out at … Continue reading
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NEWS: Hako Concept revealed at NY Auto Show
Ha! You know you’re a true nostalgic nut when the first thing that pops into your head at that headline is, “OMG, A retro car based on the C10 Skyline!” No such luck, compadre. It’s just a new Scion concept … Continue reading
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Silvia 240RS: last of the oldschool rally cars
About 6mths ago, we did a feature on the Nissan FJ20 engine, and touched on the Group B rally car that Nissan campaigned in the early 80s: the S11 Silvia 240RS. It was a 2.4L DOHC, 16V four cylinder that … Continue reading
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Old Skyline TV Commercials
Welcome back to GrandSkyline! No, not a post about Project Hakosuka today, but rather some old commercials that I found recently. We did do a piece on Skyline ad campaigns a few moons ago, but some of the Youtubes … Continue reading
Z Car Grows, 240 to 370 in 38 Years
Time for more unfounded rumors from the Japanese auto tabloids. This much is known. The next iteration of Nissan’s landmark sports car, the Fairlady Z, will have the 3.7L motor currently powering its Skyline/Infiniti G37 siblings. What’s pure conjecture, however, … Continue reading
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Ka-Pao! Nissan’s Rad Retro Ride
In the late 80s and early 90s, Nissan teamed up with design house PIKE to create a series of retro-style cars based on the Nissan March. In the West, the most popular one of these cars is the Figaro, which … Continue reading
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Skyline Racers on Display
If you happen to be in Japan in the next few weeks, be sure to swing by the Nissan Ginza showroom. Nissan’s putting on a special exhibit called “Potential for Your Driving” that will include some of the most legendary … Continue reading
GT-R Manual Warns: No Bad Taste
More Skyline importing news: our friends at Cobb Tuning have received one of the first privately owned R35 GT-Rs in the US. How? By importing their own, of course, and you know what that means: comical scans from the Japanese … Continue reading
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Leap for Joy: Holy Jumping Mazdas!
In honor of Leap Year, here’s a car chase from a 1979 Japanese movie whose title translates as “The Man Who Stole the Sun.” It’s got a plot, but we haven’t seen it, so let’s just cut to the chase … Continue reading
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Skyline Valentine
So we have a new member of our extended family to welcome. No, it’s not a wedding or newborn child. Even better. A couple of weeks ago, our mate Kev from grandJDM received a very special Valentine in the form … Continue reading
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RB-Powered Hako Hits The Hills
A nod goes out to Auto Otaku once again for yet another great find. Here’s a couple of videos of RB-powered C10s, and while I admit I’d rather have an L28 myself, there’s definitely nothing upsetting about these swaps; especially … Continue reading
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Stelvio: love for sale (is love blind?)
A few months ago we did a feature on one of the oddest JDM cars ever. The uber-expensive, very limited edition, handcrafted-in Italy Autech Stelvio. Well…there so happens to be on for sale at the moment on Yahoo Auctions: LINK … Continue reading
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Nissan Motorsports Exhibition 2008
If you’re lucky enough to be in Japan on March 1-2, head over to the Nissan Motorsports Exhibition 2008 at the Red Brick Warehouse and Yokohama Marine Disaster Prevention Complex. It’s an annual event Nissan Japan puts on to celebrate … Continue reading
Happy President's Day from JNC
For those of you reading from other parts of the world, today is President’s Day here in the USA. All hail the the greatest influences on our beloved nation’s history: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and the three day weekend. What … Continue reading
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Nissan USA Quietly Avows 50th Anniversary
Down at the JNC ranch, one of our favorite dead horses to beat has been the fact that Toyota, the richest and largest car company in the world, did nothing to celebrate their 50 years of business in America except … Continue reading
DR30 Skyline RS Turbo: Group A Lovin'
We did a piece on the DR30 Skyline and the FJ20 engine quite a long time ago, but a cache of old Group A racing videos on YouTube brought some memories flooding back. I used to have one you see. … Continue reading
Snoop Datt
We were just checking in with our compadres at grandJDM and nearly died laughing when we came across this post on rapper Snoop Dogg’s new album cover. If you’ve had your eye on one of these cars you’d better grab … Continue reading
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Skyline 50th Pins
Will the madness never end? The Nissan Skyline’s 50th birthday party is still going strong, and throughout it we’ve had minicars, CDs, a reproduction Ken & Mary T-shirt, and everything in the Nissan Heritage Collection. Now, the company is releasing … Continue reading
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Snoop Dogg and the Datsun 510s
Word on the street is that Snoop Dogg is putting together a band, called Snoop Dogg and the Datsun 510s. So alright, that was a lie. I have to confess (happily) that I’m not in even the slightest way a … Continue reading
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