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Return of Nissan's Own GT-R
Unless you’ve spent the last two years being probed in an alien mothership, you know of the triumphant return of Nissan’s GT-R, which (finally!) debuted at the Tokyo Motor Show this week. But at the recent Motorsport Japan 2007 festival, … Continue reading
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240Z: Early US Racing Success with BRE
BRE stands for Brock Racing Enterprises, which is Pete Brock’s race shop that dominated all the classes of US racing that it competed, from the late 60s until 1974 when it was disbanded. BRE was also a contracted racing team … Continue reading
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October Skyline
The car Gran Turismo players have been waiting for was unveiled a couple of hours ago via live webcast and the bras are off! Not that that kind, although we’d probably be tossing ours onto the stage if we wore … Continue reading
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240Z: Early Rally Exploits
Younger readers would associate Nissan sporting heritage with circuit racing and of course, the ubiquitous Skyline GT-R. But on the international stage, Nissan’s earliest motorsport successes were in the rallying arena. In the late 60s, Datsun had very successfully campaigned … Continue reading
The Fairest of Them All
I know a guy, right, with a stunning S30Z right here in my town. You might recall seeing it way back in this wallpaper post, actually. A couple of weeks ago, he and a buddy of his hit the suburban … Continue reading
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240Z: Super Samuri
Now this is weird….considering that the 240Z is Van’s favourite car and that it’s resplendent on the GrandJDM banner itself, it’s a little surprising that we haven’t done any historical articles on the 240Z yet. Well, hopefully we can rectify … Continue reading
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Nissans in Nashville
Howdy cowboys and cowgirls, if your travels this weekend happen to take you to the country music capital of the USA, Nashville, Tennessee, be sure to mosey on down to the Lane Motor Museum‘s “Nissan Z Cars” exhibit. The cars, … Continue reading
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This Week at J-Spec
Update: It’s not a genuine GT-R after all! Snap. Who feels like an idiot then eh? That’d be me. I nearly wept when I saw this C10 listed on J-Spec this week. It’s a genuine C10 GT-R (though with an … Continue reading
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Looking For Something a Little Different?
If you’re keen to get your hands on some classic JDM, but you’d rather something a little more unique than the tried and true S30, C10, TE27, RX-3—and so on—this might be just what Doctor Jay D. Emm (see what … Continue reading
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240Z: 1971 (Performance Car Magazine)
One of my favourite magazines was Performance Car, a UK title which sadly closed its doors and issued its last magazine in 1998. Don’t feel too bad, however, most of the writing and photography staff went on to form EVO … Continue reading
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JNC THEATER: Seibu Keisatsu, Japan’s most popular cop show
Before we were old enough to drive, two things fueled our childhood lust for the automobile: diecast cars and crime dramas. We’d patiently sit through 45 minutes of predictable plot lines and commercial breaks timed to instill maximum agony like … Continue reading
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Luke, I Am Your Father
I imagine that in the case of the 350Z, a 240Z declaring itself as the newer Z’s father would bring more of a “Oh snap, for real? Sweet!” response rather than a whiny little “NOOOO!”, but that’s all I got. … Continue reading
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March Madness
Twenty-five years ago, the Nissan March debuted at the 1981 Tokyo Motor Show with the rather inauspicious name of NX.018. The car was a salvo into the hotly-contested compact hatchback segment against the Honda City and Subaru Justy. Nissan opened … Continue reading
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Paint It, Black
One of the things we love about vintage Japanese cars (although this tends to apply to all vintage cars) is the wild colors that adorned their sheetmetal. In contrast, everything on the road today is “champagne” or some hue between … Continue reading
How Obsessed Are You?
I like to think I’m fairly obsessed with cars, old and new, but some folks really put me to shame. I’m not sure I could ever have the badge of my favourite car emblazoned across my skin in anything more … Continue reading
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Yankees Datsun
We had always heard stories about how Datsun promoted the 1200 Sunny in the US by some kind of giveaway prize at New York Yankees baseball games, but we never could find the photos. Thanks to our friends at Jalopnik, … Continue reading
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[USA] Porsche Datsun Challenge
As Robert Duvall’s character in Days of Thunder said, “He didn’t slam you, he didn’t bump you, he didn’t nudge you… he rubbed you. And rubbin, son, is racin‘.” But to be honest, I don’t think I could ever let … Continue reading
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Shootout at the BRE Corral
The racing world is full of legendary rivalries – Chevy vs. Ford, Porsche vs. Ferrari, even Ford vs. Ferrari, and now, Porsche vs. Datsun. In the early days of Datsun’s entry into the US market, the BRE 510s and 240Zs … Continue reading
Power Politics: The Nissan FJ20 Engine
It’s not often here at GrandJDM that we do a feature on just an engine but the FJ20 motor deserves special mention. Built for only a few years in the early 80s, the FJ20 motor was unique in that it … Continue reading
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April 1997: When Nissan started selling new 240Zs again
In 1996, production of the Z32 300ZX was coming to a close, and the word at the time was that its successor would be a couple of years away. This news was not received very well in the USA, which … Continue reading
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