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Tokyo Auto Salon 2011: Nissan Roundup
Many people want the beauty of a nostalgic car but still need a family hauler that won’t sacrifice modern amenities like working aircon, cruise control and fuel injection. A hakosuka-faced Nissan Stagea is here to answer your prayers.
Tokyo Auto Salon 2011: Electric Boogaloo
There’s a lot to see at the 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon, but let’s start with something both electric and nostalgic. Proving electricity can be fun, the Toyota Sports EV Twin weighs 700kg (1543lbs), can go 160kph (100mph) and has a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, datsun, ev-twin, nissan, sanitora, sports 800, tokyo auto salon, toyota, truck, up15, watanabe, work equip 01, yotahachi
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JDM Legends in Hi-Def Video
We see images of incredible nostalgics all the time, but rarely are they captured so beautifully in dramatic lighting, unhurried tracking shots, and high-definition video. Check out the work put into these historic machines by our friends at JDM Legends … Continue reading
Datsun’s Leaping Hare Hood Ornament Wishes You a Prosperous Year of the Rabbit
The 1935 Datsun Model 14 was Nissan‘s first factory production vehicle and the management deemed, as was appropriate for cars of the era, that a sculpture be affixed to the vehicle’s prow. Luckily, the choice of a figure was right there … Continue reading
Friday Video: Nissan Cedric 330 vs Jeep
Nothing goes together like a funk bass and car chases. Seibu Keisatsu has been known to pit its various Nissan products against Detroit iron before, often to disastrous effect. This time, the Nissan Cedric 330 puts up an admirable off-road fight … Continue reading
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Tagged 330, cedric, datsun, gloria, japanese cop show, jeep, nissan, seibu keisatsu
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Datsun 240Z Stars in Russ Chimes' Midnight Club Videos
Being the semi-old farts that we are, we do not know why purveyors of electronica have flocked to the Datsun 240Z as the automobile of choice for their music videos. First it was “Like a G6” and “Rocketeer”, both by … Continue reading
Amazing Customized Nostalgic Minicars
As we’re waiting impatiently for the Hot Wheels hakosuka to debut next year, here’s something to hold us over until it does. While browsing YJA, John, our resident Datsun 510 freak, spotted this diecast Nissan 510 Bluebird, customized in a way that … Continue reading
Posted in mazda, minicars, nissan, toyota
Tagged 240z, 510, ae86, bluebird, c130, corolla, crown, datsun, dr30, fairlady z, familia, Hakosuka, kenmeri, konami, kp61, kpgc10, kpgc110, laurel, mazda, minicars, ms51, mz11, nissan, prince, r30, s110, s30, silvia, skyline, soarer, sprinter, starlet, te71, tomica, toyota, trueno, wagon, z10
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The Periodic Table of Sports Cars
Car & Driver posted this humorous take on the Periodic Table where the elements are sports cars instead. It looks like some nostalgics are represented, albeit in the “Reliable Transportation Metals” category. Better than the Poseur-oids, we suppose! Click on … Continue reading
Friday Video: Nissan Civilian Suicide Mission
In this climatic scene from Mottomo Abunai Deka, the 1989 film based on the hit cop show Abunai Deka, a Nissan Civilian bus must ram through a roadblock of unlucky patrol cars. Watch what happens below and, as a bonus, … Continue reading
Kidney, Anyone? 33,00-Mile Datsun B210
Like the Toyota Crown from last week, this 1976 Datsun B210 was kept well and out of the public eye for most of its life, accruing only 33,161 miles since it rolled out of the factory. And like the Crown, … Continue reading
Friday Video: Isuzu Florian vs Nissan Laurel
After nearly two years of Friday Videos, we may have exhausted every Japanese cop show car chase you YouTube. Luckily, there’s NicoNico Douga, Japan’s most popular video hosting site, ready to be mined! Here’s a clip from Daitokai (The Big … Continue reading
Posted in datsun, isuzu, nissan, Video Games
Tagged c30, daitokai, datsun, florian, isuzu, laurel, nissan, tetsuya watari, the big city
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Kidney, Anyone? 1973 Nissan Laurel HC130
If the recent MS55 Toyota Crown is a bit too stock for your tastes, how about a mild-bosozoku Nissan Laurel SGL? It’s easy to get hypnotized by the butaketsu Laurel‘s shapely rear but the HC130 sedan can look just as … Continue reading
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Tagged butaketsu, c130, hc130, kidney anyone, laurel, nissan
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Hakosuka Nissan Skyline Reborn, in Hot Wheels Form
We have long maintained that a car’s fame is directly proportional to how many diecast models of it have been made. Ford Mustang? You can’t swing a petrified cat at Toys R Us without hitting a scale replica of the … Continue reading
Friday Video: Far East Movement Loves Datsun 240Zs
Alright, alright, we’ll post about it! We’ve been getting emails about Far East Movement‘s Z-heavy music videos almost as frequently as the songs are played in nightclubs. So apparently this LA-based band likes Datsun 240Zs and has populated at least … Continue reading
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Tagged 240z, 260z, 280z, datsun, fairlady z, far east movement, like a g6, nissan, rocketeer, s30
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Friday Video: Datsun 280Z vs. Chevy Chevelle
You are not experiencing a deja vu. This is the second consecutive week in which we’ve had a car chase involving a brown, late-model Datsun Z. This one hails from a completely different continent — ours, in fact. Robert “Mannix” … Continue reading
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Tagged 240z, 260z, 280z, car chase, datsun, fairlady z, nissan, s30, vigilante
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What a Datsun 240Z Looks Like Going 173 MPH
Remember the Datsun 240Z that recently broke the F/GT Class record at the Bonneville Salt Flats? Here’s a video on Rebello Racing of what that looks like from the cockpit. Or is that footage from a Space Shuttle launch? No, … Continue reading
Posted in motorsports, nissan
Tagged 240z, 260z, 280z, bonneville, burton brown, datsun, fairlady z, nissan, s30, speed record
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Friday Video: Datsun 260Z Drifts Through Zandvoort, Sorta
If anything, the Dutch rival the Japanese for television weirdness, so we’ll ignore the plot of this Bassie & Adriaan episode and cut straight to the chase. In it, a Datsun 260Z pursues a clown in a Matra Rancho. There are … Continue reading
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Tagged 240z, 260z, bassie adriaan, car chase, datsun, fairlady z, nissan, s30, zandvoort
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Gallbladder, Anyone? Citrus Green Datsun 280ZX
Would you rather have: a super low mileage gem, or an ultra rare color? Citrus Green is likely the rarest color ever to grace a Datsun 280ZX, excluding the one-off specials. It’s the color I’d have because I dig oddball hues … Continue reading
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Tagged 280zx, citrus green, datsun, fairlady z, nissan, s130
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Japanese Nostalgics at the 2010 Art Center Classic
The Art Center College of Design is one of the top transportation design schools in the world, and each year the Art Center Classic gathers some of the world’s best automotive forms in a show that would make Jeremy Clarkson … Continue reading
Posted in datsun, events, nissan, toyota
Tagged 1600 sports, 2000gt, 300sl, 356, 8c, 911, alfa romeo, art center classic, art center college of design, bugatti, datsun, f40, fairlady roadster, ferrari, mercedes, mini, nissan, porsche, sls amg, spl311, sports 800, toyota
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Friday Video: How to Kill a President
Before the feds kick down our door, let’s clarify: a Nissan President. Although the hero Nissan Leopard F31 (aka Infiniti M30) never comes face to face with said President in this episode of Abunai Deka, it does chase down a … Continue reading
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Tagged abunai deka, datsun, f31, japanese cop show, leopard, nissan, president
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