Nissan 300zx

200 horsepower was a lot in 1985, but a used-up 300ZX isn't worth much in Denver.

A screaming red Nissan 300ZX with T-tops, spoiler, and 5-speed was considered an extremely cool car to have in 1988. These days, when one gets banged up, it's doomed.

MotorWeek explores the breadth of Japanese cars in the '90s with video reviews of a tuned Mazda RX-7 and Nissan 300ZX and a clip about the 1997 Honda CR-V.

Oh, the heady days of 1993, back when the Clinton Presidency was just getting underway, and it seemed like every hot new rock band was coming out of Seattle. Sports cars in the US had finally shaken off the shackles that slowed them during the '70s and '80s, and you could buy any number of legitimately quick vehicles again. MotorWeek recently went digging into its archives to find this six-model test from 1993 showing off some of the best semi-affordable performance coupes that money co

eBay Find of the Day: 1991 Nissan 300ZX convertible concept – Click above for high-res image gallery

It was a life changing experience, coming across that pearl white 300ZX Turbo one warm summer evening. It was the first car that I ever photographed with a zoom lens, staving off boredom waiting for some fireworks to start. The Nissan Z cars had already been well established for a generation by the time I shot it on that July night back in the early '90s. This car, however, etched itself into my psyche in an instant.