Modern (post 2000 model year) cars are fast, complicated, and comfortable. Some are still too expensive, but others have depreciated into serious DT territory because of the immutable laws of supply (the OEM sold a ton when new) and demand (the newer versions are cooler/better/nicer smelling)…which have oddly favored the Infiniti version of the Nissan […]
Okay, let’s say your name is Jeff and you are a huge fan of 5-speed cars from the late 80s/early 90s…oh yeah and they need to be red. Your budget is something less than four grand. What do you buy? Do you get a 1990 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo, or a 1986 Jeep CJ7 258ci? […]
This next car falls into the category of one of the cars that was built in large quantities, but is mostly forgotten…but in the case of the Vanette..the story is much more interesting. The Nissan Vanette was exported to the US market from 1987 to 1990 badged simply the Van as a competitor to the Toyota […]
It’s Loony Labor Day! Sometimes a car has a strange suffix tacked onto the end its name that I haven’t heard about before…some kinda special edition or unique designation. But today we’ve got something really special. We’ve got a car that has is named in a bizarre cornucopia of gobbledygook…words seemingly smashed together when some […]
In 1985 you could have gone to your local Nissan dealer and picked up a V6 powered Nissan 300ZX for something in the range of $20k out the door…or you could have found a guy named Ron Sparks in San Marcos, CA who could take that Z and turn it into something that your neighbor […]
The S14 generation Nissan Silvia was badged in North America as the Nissan 240SX and is a favorite among drifters. Drifter? Not the sketchy train surfing murderer kinda drifter, but the drives with gobs full over oversteer style drifter. The US version was powered by a 2.4 liter 4-cylinder that only produced 155 horsepower…which is […]
In the late 1980s Nissan released a series of retro-styled vehicles into the Japanese market built on what is known in common parlance as the Pike platform. The funky retro-designs were penned by a guy named Naoki Sakai who was noted for bringing retro styling to Olympus brand cameras. The limited production retro-minis included Be-1, […]
This next car is an interesting combination of new and old. Of eclectic and electric. Of forward thinking and green style. Of pink and blue. Yes. Somebody put a Studebaker Avanti body on top of a Nissan Leaf chassis and I don’t know if I should be excited or disgusted. Find this 1979 Avanti converted to […]
I’m feeling nostalgic. Nostalgic for a time when license plates were blue…louvers were cool…turbochargers were only available on performance cars…and hood scoops were shaped like pizza boxes. Find this 1984 Nissan 200SX S12 Turbo offered for $4000 in East Bay Area, CA via craigslist. Tip from FuelTruck. From the seller: 1984 1984 Nissan Datsun S12 200SX […]
The 300ZX was a 2 door sports car from Nissan during the great Japanese sports car boom of the 1990s and featured a host of technology in a Isao Sono & Toshio Yamashita designed body. In recent years the 300ZX’s competitors (Supra, NSX, 993) have gone through their depreciation curves and the good original ones […]