Prior to the sale of Fair lady Z, a Nissan official was testing it on an American highway. And an African-American policeman ordered him to stop. Because the car was very rare. It was the car which he never saw before. The black policeman asked many questions and said, "when this car is sold, I will definitely buy it" (^^).
Ah man thats so fantastic! I feel so old being 30 and still doing living and breathing JDM cars haha, its really positive too see someone like yourself Steve still so passionate at 48 man :) What do you think the future is going to hold for manual transmissions ? More and more car companies are not even bringing out manual models! Iv always been a automatic guy , due to a crappy disability i have i simply cannot operate a clutch. As much as i like the modern DSG automatic gearboxes i will always love a high stalled built automatic :) Feels like somebody is kicking the back of your seat when my JZX100 Chaser shifts from 1st to 2nd :D
６０～７０年代の日本車はかなり露骨にアメ車のマスクをコピーしてサイズはドイツ車という感じなのが多かったが、そこは日本人らしく高次元でまとめられたデザインだったし、なにより優秀な性能でコツコツと「MADE IN JAPAN」の信頼を積み上げてきた時代だった。８０年代くらいから９０年代にかけて急激にオリジナリティーを進化させて、気が付くと海外の車が逆にらしさが失われていった時代でそれはとても寂しい現象だった。あまり日本車と輸入車に明確な差を見た目で感じなくなった。また最近ヨーロッパの名車リニューアルでヨーロッパらしいデザインが見られるようになったと思う。やはり安全性や走行性能は大事だけど個性はどこの国も失わないで欲しい。ま、ドイツ車はどこまでも貫いてる気がするけど。
