The Z31 generation Nissan/Datsun 300ZX did not get a convertible version from the factory…but there was a company in California that converted the coupe version into a ragtop for a fee back when new. This is one of the original 250 convertiblized cars that still remains on the road today, so the price is higher […]
The Y34 generation M45 was sold in the US market for the 2003 and 2004 model years only, and in very limited numbers (8000 or so if you believe the web). The M45 was sold as a competitor to the BMW 540i, Audi S6 or Mercedes-Benz E500 and you don’t see many around partially because […]
By the 1978 model year the US spec Datsun Z had lost some of its original luster and it was looking bloated with big American bumpers and those heinous accordion mounting brackets. Even with a larger engine, the added safety and emission control bloat meant the car was slower and less fun to drive than […]
Another day, another cute snail shaped classic oddball Japanese domestic market (JDM) classic on the pages of Daily Turismo. Why? Because it’s never too late to trade your terrible late model boring crossover lamemobile into an AWESOME piece of automotive history (read about Nissan’s Pike cars here). Stop driving Ford Escapes, Nissan Rogues, Honda CRV, […]
You either get the Z32 Nissan 300ZX or you don’t. It isn’t like the NSX, where everybody begrudgingly agrees that it was awesome (and prices have skyrocketed recently) or the 3000GT VR4 that everyone agrees was sorta trash (even the owners admit the car was the paradigm of the overly complicated lightswitch), but 300ZX lives […]
What are the chances? Two of Nissan’s sweet retrotastic “Pike” cars for sale at the same time. Most people have never heard of oddball classics, much less seen one in the wild and here is your chance to buy two of them for less than a new Accord. Now you get to pick the one […]
The F31 generation Infiniti M30 was essentially a Nissan Leopard re-badged and upgraded for the US luxury grand touring market. The M30 might look like yet another Japanese front-drive econobox, but in reality the Leopard was a rear-drive sports car sold as a competitor to the Toyota Supra and Mitsubishi Starion. Unfortunately the M30 was […]
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 […]
In recent years of the overpriced “stamp collecting” car era, the 300ZX’s competitors (Supra, NSX, 993) have gone through their depreciation curves and prices are reaching stupid levels, but for some reason the 300ZX (and Mitsubishi’s 3000GT/Dodge Stealth) have been floundering in the back pages of the wanted ads. Frankly, I think that is a […]
The ink ins’t even dry on this next…wait…I’ve got to update that saying for the 21st century…mmm…the electrons haven’t even stopped spinning on this next craigslist advert, but it looks like a freakishly good deal, as long as the craigslister isn’t a scammer or axe murderer…in which case it would still be a good deal, […]