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Nissan 370Z 40th Anniversary Edition announced [w/VIDEO]

One week from today (October 22) marks the 40-year anniversary of Nissan's Z. Before the Zed, sports cars in North America were usually fragile little carts from Europe with their engines in funny places (or Corvettes). However, once the Datsun 240Z showed up, suddenly us Yanks had access to a fairly priced, good looking little sports car that could run for more than 30 minutes without dumping all its fluids. As the Guinness ad men might say, brilliant! And, despite a few fits and starts, the Z badge lives on today. To celebrate 40 years ... Read more →

Grassroots Motorsports' Tim Suddard picks ten future Japanese collector cars Jonny Lieberman

"Everybody wants to go to the dance, no one wants to stay and clean up." So says Robert De Niro's Sam in John Frankenheimer's spy thriller/car porno Ronin. We mention the line, because it's not ...

REPORT: Nissan's Fiesty Mr. K calls out the 370Z Jonny Lieberman

Recently one of our bloggers raised the hackles of many a commenter by announcing to the world that he preferred driving a Nissan Versa to the new 370Z. You can hear the whole exchange on Autoblog ...

Review: 2009 Nissan 370Z Michael Harley

The first Datsun 240Z rolled into American showrooms in 1969. Four decades later, we've got our hands wrapped around the thick, leather, multi-function steering wheel of its direct descendant, ...

Design Study: Nissan 240/Fairlady Z successor Damon Lavrinc

Click above for a high-res gallery. Nissan's plans for an affordable, rear-wheel-drive coupe to slot in below the current Z have been rumored for years and we've been informed that internal politics ...

VIDEO: 240Z-based Ferrari 250 GTO replica 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above image to view video With far more people wanting Ferraris than those who can actually afford one, replicas based on lesser donor cars are nothing new. Some are more convincing than others, and while we'd recommend a nice Corvette over a faux-rarri, once in a while there's an example ...

It's not 'Z,' it's 'Zed': Zedfest at Silverstone 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for a high res gallery. This past Sunday, 167 Nissans and Datsuns decended upon the Silverstone racetrack in Northamptonshire, England to create the largest parade of Japanese vehicles ever seen on the circuit. Sponsored by the Nissan Z club, which was established three ...






Autoblog Podcast #155: 'Twas the night before LA...

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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