Nissan Fairlady The Legend Of Z

Nissan has their own lady and it is definitely a head turner. But she’s not all that. Nissan’s proud car is dangerous on the road. Nissan Fairlady is what they call it. A sports car that deserve all the praises for all the fairness, but can leave anyone on the road in a very far edge.

Originally, it is called the Nissan Fairlady Z, and then changed to Z-car. It is a Nissan sports first sold way back in October 1969 exclusively in Japan. It was then exported as the Datsun 240Z. Aside from its feminist title, the car is also know for its reliability, performance and affordability. By now, Nissan Fairlady as come up with six generation of Z-cars. Six generations that will leave every car enthusiasts enraptured.

The design of the Nissan Fairlady was born after 10 car geniuses collaborated to come up with a new sports car prototype. Yutaka Katayama, Nissan president and a member of 10 realized the importance of affordable sports cars. The company has produced series of Fairlady roadsters and then the product planners sighted a new line of GT cars that thought to appear as stylish, innovative, fast and inexpensive through the use of interchangeable parts with other Nissan vehicles. The prototype project was began in 1966 using just a clay mockup.

The First Generation of the Nissan Z car was called the Nissan S30. Production started in October 1969 wherein there are two versions being released, one for the Japanese market and the other one was for Unite States. In Japan, the car was called Fairlady to keep it associated with the Nissan Sports car. But Yutak Katayama ensured that all American versions will be called Datsun, holding all the dealer shipments until all the names are totally replaced.

Nissan 280ZX is the name for the second generation of the Nissan Fairlady. It became very popular that it became the Motor Trend’s Import Car of the Year for 1979 and going on to set a Z-car sales record of 86,007.

The third generation is named the Nissan 300ZX. This model was stuffed with so many changes, especially with the interior designs. Fourth generation used the name. But this time, it became an instant hit, winning the Motor Trend’s Import Car of the Year in 1990 as well as “One of the Top Ten Performance Cars”.

On its fifth generation, Carlos Ghosn of Renault take over as the chief operating officer of Nissan. He announced that they will rebuild Z and will make it profitable. The new Z-car was called Nissan 350Z and it debuted at the North American International Auto Show carrying a bright orange color.

Sixth generation and definitely not the last was introduced December of 200. It was called Nissan 370Z. Not too lone, it is followed by the introduction of the 2010 Roadster in late summer of 2009.

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