We've encountered countless Datsun Z-car fanatics over the years ... that took away some of the barn-find purity of the cars. Nevertheless, Nissan's devotion to the car's heritage (while a ...

When I was in high school in the 1970s, the Datsun Z was the ... one through a Nissan dealer; they're identified by a small plaque on the console, just aft of the shifter. The cars were restored ...

"With the Z, Datsun gave the world a sleek, sexy, fast product—one that forever banished the idea that Japanese manufacturers could only build economy cars. NISSAN Z tells that story, and how ...

The Datsun/Nissan Z-car, introduced as the 240Z as the ... the Z-car was firmly established as a sports-car icon. And another 46,282 Z-cars hit the American roads during 1973.

He’s not alone. The Datsun and later Nissan Z cars have a half-century of history. Pete Evanow, a professor at California State University, Fullerton who was associated with Nissan racing ...

The Nissan Z cars were offered outside of Japan, including in the United States, under the Datsun brand, and they are now considered priceless classics by car collectors. One of the most coveted ...

things like the Nissan Skyline GT-R, Mazda RX-7, and AE86 Toyota Corollas. However, if you step back a little further in history, the S30 chassis Datsun Z cars took the world by storm as an ...

This year marks 55 laps around the sun since the Datsun 240Z introduced the Z car to the world. (Nissan originally marketed its cars under the Datsun brand name and began calling them Nissans in ...

From the June 1970 issue of Car and Driver. The difference between the Datsun 240Z and your everyday three-and-a-half thousand dollar sports car is that about twice as much thinking went into the ...

Yet, when it comes to older cars, process can be a huge part of the appeal. Firing up this pristine 1973 Datsun 240Z, part of Nissan's Heritage collection in Nashville, Tennessee, required the ...

But the cars received one noticeable alteration ... So in the same lineup you have the Fairlady Z, the Datsun 240Z, Nissan 300ZX, the other Nissan 300ZX, 350Z, and many more-- right up to the ...

If you've read Jalopnik for a while, you may know that the original Datsun Z is my all-time favorite ... I do love beat to hell Japanese cars — but this Nissan has something special going ...