Great Cars: NISSAN Z 

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The Z cars rusted like crazy. The Supra was a much better automobile. But to each his own, both were fun cars. I'm 70 and just bought a Miata, a wonderful little English sports car made in Japan.

@@505197 they were, and still are very reliable. and tend to have long lifespans.

Yass Sadly they're quite underrated :C

I know i love my zx

I own a 83 280zx, red, black, completely restored down to NOS T-tops! Tons of thumbs up driving it.

@Tessa Rossa like it!

@Markus Patients that's what happens when you ride them hard and put them away wet

Do you mean a 260z? Or was it just another year

@@bradx2333 no I said a 1974 datsun 240z, that was the plate registration year in england

@@bongodrumzz That's really interesting, as far as I was aware the 240z only existed for the 1969-1973 model years. I knew there were some differences with the car in other parts of the world but I thought the 1974 switch to the 260z or 280z was universal.

I love it as well , its rivaled to its cousin , the Skyline GTR ( R32 and R33 ) , if the GTR was available at the Nissan dealership , would you buy one ?

@@hybridAbsol The R35? Because they have at least one of those.

I owned a 1993 300ZX I special ordered in 1992. It is my favorite car I ever owned to this day. I eventually lost it in my divorce in 1996! Miss that car more than I ever have what's her face...lol.

@@Roo2ooR Honestly, I love the 1993 models the most.

@@ominous-omnipresent-they My favorite too but I am biased...lol. Mine was Super White with the Tan leather and Suede-ish interior. Not actually the color I special ordered. I ordered the burgundy red exterior (can't remember its actual name now) with the black leather and suede-ish interior but after waiting 6 weeks (was originally supposed to take 3 weeks) Nissan sent my special order exactly as I had selected except in both the wrong interior and exterior colors. I was so disappointed and infuriated once I knew but went down to see the car anyway just because another 3 to 6 week wait was going to kill me not intending to take it but just trying to satisfy some of my impatience by experiencing my car just in the wrong colors. When I saw the car I knew instantly that the mistake was a blessing in disguise. The Super White was very glossy and bright unlike most whites and looked so much cleaner than the pearl white that had been overly popular on them. The pearl was very off white...more of a tan with pearl over it. That tan interior was absolutely beautiful with the white and made the cabin feel so light and airy and clean. If I had seen the color together prior to ordering mine I would have chosen the white /tan. I have forever since seen the Burgundy/black 300ZXs and just felt relief every time that Nissan screwed up. My car was so much better looking and aged better too!

Personally I don't like the hump in the back in the roof, and the seats are almost useless in my view - but everyone is different.

Simon Rileyn

Kevin Peterson: Actually you didn’t...in 1984 the 300ZX appeared, superseding the 280ZX.

Thanks. I thought so too. A great story.

Thought I was the only one who noticed. Just brutal!

Ummmm.... that mark was already there. I swear!

@@theodorebennett7938: That's because they did 3 takes and somehow, blind Ching Pow curbed it all 3 times. In Japan, they know how to make great cars, but don't know how to drive them so well.

Give him a break he was 95.

Maybe that is the "Tatiyama Test" The infamous curb check.

abolutely

ya we need the sx back

It does mention the independent suspension. I didn't hear mention of the inline 6.

11:20 “inline 6, overhead cam, and independent suspension” but no mention of trans, differential, brakes, or weight balance.

@@justinturner4850 fucking A let's just keep moving that goalpost eh? lol

When the 370Z came out , it was a nice car to have until Nismo ruined them

Nissan will never get its mojo back while it is being run by a French accountant. RIP Datsun.

The 370z borrows very heavily from the 240z with the long nose, canopy style roof and sloping rear end. I think it's a very beautiful car, the only Zs I didn't care for were the 280z and 280zx 2+2s.

Yeah, the new z body looks exactly like a turtle (and the Murano looks like a shoe). New z's can't hold a candle to the original. Nissan (and Infiniti) are irrelevant today. Boring. This was one long commercial with that original designer reading from a script at the end.

Hard to fit it all into 25 minutes.

Total different chapter - its about the Z

The video is about Datsun/Nissan of the US , not worldwide

This is about z's I think. Maybe I read the title wrong

That's why everybody does the tripple webbers, man.

Sorry but including the word EWW is INVALID

@@kaitospence18 Fair enough

Then comes the 2000s. Much better

Still better looking than the tasteless Skylines :p

@@thetreblerebel other way around, the 70s look pretty blah, 90's looks amazing and the 2000s look gay af

@@joshhall2323 will have to say the 2000s are hairdresser cars. 70s models look like actual sports cars. The 90s look like Ford probes

@@thetreblerebel I actually knew a male hairdresser that drove a 2000's 350Z...lol

nrken1 C6 zr-1 has more horespower, it's much faster and has quicker road race lap times than 370z....

you would think this would go turbo like the last time soon

370z is dated but is a powerhouse and is affordable. GTR is also dated but is godzilla. There are tuned Nismo versions of each. The new Altima is very nice...Maxima is decent. What exactly is the 'garbage' that you're referring to?? (I do concede that all SUV's suck).

Mitsubishi does it worst

In aus they sure did. Swapped to nissan in 84 i believe

My 78 280z says NISSAN on the valve cover.

Than...

I thought they quit making the 280ZX in 1983. Maybe you bought one in 1987. 🤷

Nissan was already going down. Without Renault, they probably would have gone under.

Always hated cats. That's why I don't watch or comment on videos about them.