Tag Archives: nissan

Happy 4/11 Day from JNC

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Ben Hsu

In honor of today, here’s a photo from the time we drove a Datsun 411 through a sea of supercars during Monterey Historic Car Week. Happy 4/11!

Posted in Holidays, nissan | Tagged 411, datsun, nissan, s41 | 4 Comments

MOTORSPORT: When NHRA opened the doors to Japanese funny cars

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Chris Nicholson

When I was a kid in the 70s, a Japanese manufacturer being represented in the pro ranks of NHRA drag racing was a laughable idea. Sure, Datsuns were competitive in road racing with production-based cars, but sanctioning bodies such as … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 280zx, datsun, drag racing, funny car, lancer celeste, mitsubishi, nhra, nissan, plymouth arrow, s130 | 13 Comments

GRAND TOURING: Godzilla invades New York — Behind the scenes of the NY Auto Show with a Hakosuka GT-R

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Ben Hsu

There is no US city more hostile to the automobile than New York. Most of its 8.5 million residents don’t own cars. Here, they are nothing more than 3,000-pound accumulators of parking tickets and dents. Some of the city’s roads aren’t even paved. Then we … Continue reading →

Posted in Grand Touring | Tagged c10, gt-r, Hakosuka, kpgc10, nissan, ny auto show, skyline | 11 Comments

Official 2016 JNC Touge California poster

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Ben Hsu

For 2016, the official poster for the JNC Touge California features two landmark cars that will run the 200-mile vintage car rally this weekend. To honor title sponsor Mazda, we are highlighting a rare 1974 Mazda RX-4 Hardtop Coupé. A similar car will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Touge California | Tagged 240z, datsun, luce, mazda, mr k, nissan, rx-4, Touge California, yutaka katayama | 10 Comments

KIDNEY, ANYONE? 24k-mile Z31 Turbo

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Ben Hsu

The charms of this 1985 Nissan 300ZX are many. It appears to have every box on the options menu checked. It’s got the proper transmission. It’s a turbo and not a 2+2. It seems to have been very well preserved. And it has … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 300zx, kidney anyone, nissan, z31 | 9 Comments

NY Auto Show: 2017 Nissan GT-R brings all generations together at last

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Ben Hsu

“It is the dream of Nissan,” says Hiroshi Tamura, product chief of Nissan’s sports cars and NISMO head honcho, about his GT-R. The automaker is in New York to debut an update of the halo car of not just the … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged c10, c110, gt-r, Hakosuka, kenmeri, kpgc10, kpgc110, new york auto show, nissan, r32, r33, r34, r35, skyline | 26 Comments

NY Auto Show: All generations of GT-R, a preview

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Ben Hsu

In about an an hour, Nissan will unveil the 2017 GT-R at the New York Auto Show. Here’s an exclusive preview from the setup day yesterday. Some of these cars came from Nissan’s Zama collection, and are the first time they … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged c10, c110, gt-r, Hakosuka, kenmeri, kpgc10, kpgc110, new york auto show, nissan, r32, r33, r34, skyline | 6 Comments

From C10 to R35, the mutual rise of the GT-R legend

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Ben Hsu

As the CEOs of Japan’s car companies each try to top the next by promising to return to their glory days of automaking, Nissan is left without a champion. Enthusiasts cry out for the lack of an affordable Miata, 86 or S660 fighter, claiming the once … Continue reading →

Posted in Next Version | Tagged c10, gt-r, Hakosuka, nissan, r35, skyline | 10 Comments

GRAND TOURING: Driving across Japan in a JNC, Day 04

Posted on March 19, 2016 by David Lovett

By the end of Day 03 we’d arrived at Shimonoseki, the southernmost point of Honshu, Japan’s main landmass. As the island on which most of the nation’s major cities — Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima — are located, Honshu contains about 60 percent of … Continue reading →

Posted in Grand Touring | Tagged 117, ae86, corolla levin, figaro, Flying Pug, Grand Touring, gx71, isuzu, kei, kp61, Kyushu, mark II, mitsubishi, nissan, Pajero Jr, PX-33, starlet, toyota, x70 | 16 Comments

VIDEO: Why you should buy a Datsun 510

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Ben Hsu

“Experts across the world concluded it had to be a copy of the BMW. It wasn’t… As long as it could be dismissed as a copy, the global car industry didn’t have to face the real threat the Datsun 1600 represented,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Video | Tagged 510, bluebird, datsun, nissan, Shannons | 9 Comments

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from JNC

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Ben Hsu

Posted in jnc | Tagged datsun, honda, isuzu, mazda, mitsubishi, nissan, subaru, suzuki, toyota | 6 Comments

VIDEO: James May goes to Japan

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Ben Hsu

In the latest episode of James May’s Cars of the People, the former Top Gear host travels to Japan and drives some JNCs. Specifically, he gets behind the wheel of a Mazda Familia (aka 323) hatchback in its hometown of Hiroshima, … Continue reading →

Posted in Video | Tagged 240z, 323, a20, celica, datsun, fairlady z, familia, James May, mazda, nissan, s30 z, toyota | 11 Comments

EVENTS: 2016 New Year Meeting, Part 04 — The Streets

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Ricky Silverio

In the last two installments of our 2016 New Year Meeting coverage, we prowled the parking area to find as much diversity in marques and models as there were in customization styles. In our final installment of the 2016 New Year … Continue reading →

Posted in events | Tagged 710, a20, a60, ae86, alto, bosozoku, c210, celica, celica xx, chaser, clipper, corolla, corona mark II, cosmo, cosmo sport, cressida, cresta, datsun, Fukuoka Style, gx71, haisoka, kaido racer, mark II, Master Ace, mazda, new year meeting, nissan, porter, rx-5, skyline, soarer, sprinter trueno, subaru 360, supra, suzuki, ta22, toyota, Toyota Van, violet, x20, z10, z20 | 4 Comments

GRAND TOURING: Tohoku, Part 02

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Skorj

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the twin disasters — a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and devastating tsunami — that struck Japan off the coast of Tohoku in 2011. In remembrance, we are re-running a series of stories that relate to the event’s aftermath. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Grand Touring, honda, isuzu, kei, mitsubishi, nissan, toyota | Tagged 117, 280zx, 300zx, 520, 521, aomori, b120, barikan, cedric, corona, cr-v, datsun, debonair, fairlady z, fukushima, gloria, Grand Touring, honda, isuzu, iwate, jeep, kei, life, mitsubishi, Mutsu Bay, nissan, rt40, s130, sanitora, sunny, t40, tohoku, truck, y30, z31 | 17 Comments

GRAND TOURING: Tohoku, Part 01

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Skorj

Posted in Grand Touring, honda, isuzu, mitsubishi, nissan, toyota | Tagged 117, accord, aomori, c10, cb7, cr-v, crown, Grand Touring, Hakosuka, honda, inakadate, isuzu, iwate, jeep, kgc10, kpgc10, kujira, maewaka, mitsubishi, ms65, nissan, r34, s60, sendai, skyline, tohoku, toyota | 13 Comments

VIDEO: A key part of Japanese industry now lost

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Ben Hsu

Here’s a video, perhaps in the same grade-school documentary series as the one about Japanese industry in the 1970s. It has no cars, but you can still learn a thing or two. In particular, there’s a scene showing a family-owned sewing business (6:19 in the video … Continue reading →

Posted in Video | Tagged industry, nissan | 10 Comments

Happy International Women’s Day from JNC

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Ben Hsu

Posted in jnc | Tagged daihatsu, datsun, mazda, mitsubishi, nissan, subaru, suzuki, toyota | 15 Comments

VIDEO: Watch loads of JNC goodness in this documentary about Japan in the 1970s

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Ben Hsu

The video you’re about to watch is what American schoolchildren were taught about Japan in the 1970s. Throughout it all, there are brilliant scenes of Showa Era Japanese streets and the cars that populate them.

Posted in Video | Tagged b310, colt, datsun, fto, galant, lancer, mirage, mitsubishi, nissan, Showa Era, sunny | 8 Comments

EVENTS: 2016 New Year Meeting, Part 02 — The Parking Area

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Ricky Silverio

In Part 02 of our New Year Meeting coverage, we delve into the parking area to unearth gems as good as anything inside the show. Some of them aren’t able to make it simply because of the age cutoff, others perhaps … Continue reading →

Posted in events | Tagged 280zx, 510, a20, b110, bluebird, cb400, celica, cressida, cresta, crown, daruma, datsun, dekotora, elf, fairlady z, gemini, Hawk, honda, isuzu, mazda, mirage, mitsubishi, new year meeting, nissan, rally, Rocket Bunny, rx-3, s110, s130, s30 z, Sera, Shakotan Boogie, soarer, sunny, suzuki, today, toyota, Wagon R, x70, z10, z20 | 15 Comments

EVENTS: 2016 New Year Meeting, Part 01

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Ricky Silverio

The New Year Meeting is Tokyo’s premiere classic car show and it takes place at the end of January. You’ll likely never see a gathering of J-tin so diverse anywhere else, and the magic begins with a line of cars at the … Continue reading →

Posted in events | Tagged 117, 3K, 510, a20, bluebird, bosozoku, c10, c30, cedric, celica, corolla, corona mark II, daruma, drag racer, Farialdy Z, galant gto, h31, Hakosuka, honda, isuzu, kaido racer, kp47, laurel, le mans, leone, life, mazda, Mazda B360, Minica Skipper, mitsubishi, Musashi Crystal, new year meeting, nissan, porter cab, publica, Rilakkuma, S-Series, s30, skyline, soarer, starlet, subaru, t60, toyota, z20 | 9 Comments