Inside the NISMO Omori Factory
Nismo’s Ōmori Factory is in Tsurumi, Yokohama, Nissan's birthplace. The car company was established in Yokohama in 1933. In 1968 the company moved its headquarters to Ginza, an upscale shopping district in
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Datsun 240Z Rally Legacy: The Z Car That Conquered Safari And Monte Carlo
We stopped in to visit the Datsun 240Z Rally Cars at the Nissan Heritage Center in Japan; for more from our visit to Japan. In the early 70s, Nissan wanted to make
OS Giken Releases L Series Head
OS Giken was born in the early 1960s; Osamu Okazaki wanted to build a true high-performance Japanese race car to compete against the sports cars from Europe dominating the sport at the
Street Racer who killed two in Chatsworth gets 12 years
Karen Gary Balyan the man behind the wheel of a Ford Mustang that lost control during an illegal street race, killing two spectators, was sentenced to 12 years in state prison. The
The Fugu Z
If you have been following the SEMA show at all, you can’t have missed the story of actor Sung Kang’s 240Z project car the FUGU Z. The car has won numerous awards
NISMO N Attack Package to debut at SEMA
The “NISMO N Attack Package” consists of the dedicated parts that were especially developed through the time attack project at Nürburgring in Germany, where the Nissan GT-R NISMO recorded a time of
Japanese Classic Car Show, Long Beach
by Michael Satterfield It was a hot one in Long Beach for the annual Japanese Classic Car Show at the Queen Mary. This year the show included several rare factory owned cars
370Z NISMO racks up more podium finishes at COTA
Doran Racing’s two Nissan 370Zs started third and fourth in Friday’s Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge (CTSCC) race, and they finished in the exact same spots – although they swapped places and saw
Spotted on the Streets of Machida
By Roman Vanecek
R.A.C.E. Auto Club Speedway
by Michael Satterfield Racers Against Cancer Events or R.A.C.E. was held this past Saturday at Auto Club Speedway. Being just 15 minutes from my home I decided to run down and check
Japan Desk: Nissan At Le Mans
by Roman Vanecek Everytime I head over to Japan I think this is it, an actual vacation from the California car life. Time to take in the culture and just relax, forget
Project Z: BC Coilover Install video
by Michael Satterfield We found a welder (named Mean Gean) who for $40 and a case of beer was willing to help us weld the BC Racing North America coilovers to our
Fairlady Z432
The Fairlady Z was introduced in late 1969 as a 1970 model, with the L20 2.0-litre straight-6 SOHC engine, rear-wheel drive, and a stylish coupe body. The standard engine, based on the
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