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Why would anyone build a roadster production figures are low, they take additional engineering to do, and they lack the creature comforts of all kinds The answer to this question is simple, if you put it in perspective.
Why build Chrysler Viper All the same problems apply to it makes the Chrysler Viper because it attracts attention.
Nissan Roadsters built for exactly the same reason, to attract the attention of a hundred B210s car buyers could lead due and no one would notice Everyone notices a Datsun Roadster, even if they do not know what it is.
The story goes back roadster If you really want to be precise, the first Datsun roadster is Datson 1917-1918, the two places derived type DAT 51 also produced by Nissan Datsun roadsters 30 s, 15 000 being produced in 1937 only those cars were usually derived from other models roadster produced between 1935 and 1937 had a variety of engines, from 495 to 747 cc's, was derived from the first generation Datsun type 10 car in 1932.
The first roadster postwar appeared in 1952 as the DC-3 It wasn t very powerful and technologically advanced, with a 860cc engine, 3 transsexual speeds not syncromesh and suspension leaf springs worse, it is the maximum speed was 43 mph with good wind behind Some historians say it looks like a top model 1930 Ford was mechanically similar to the prewar Datsuns, sharing the same basic mechanisms that DB2 Datsun Thrift chopped If you look at the DC-3 next to the prewar cars, to assume that it was built in the 30s.
Built between 1958 and 1960- don t know much about this car.
Between the DC-3 and the next generation of real roadster, Nissan built some performance roadsters or limited prototypes, some with striking similarities to the retro car Figaro Nissan launched in the 90s.
The first new Datsun roadster was introduced in June 1959, model S211 Sports 211 roadster was based on the platform 210 sedan earlier, a car that was recently proven in a Rally Australia He presented a fiber glass reinforced plastic body, seated 4 and had a top speed of 70 mph Under the hood was a 988cc engine C 34 horses It seems to have taken its styling cues from Austin-Healey roadsters.
The S211 has continued until January 1960, SPL212 roadster took over it was a model for smoother looking, still 4 seats, but with coil springs in the front and side skirts It featured the engine of series Bluebird power of 1189cc 48 E and retailed for 1996 the USA.
The roadster became the spl213 in October 1960 with a 55hp engine E stroked and a host of new features its next evolution, Fairlady, appeared this year at the Tokyo Motor Show in many rave reviews Only 500 roadsters Series Sport 200 were produced, with continuous pattern of sales until the beginning of 1963.
The new roadster prototype became the new Fairlady SP310 Sport 1500 in October 1963, he was a redesigned 3 seater, which became a 2 seater halfway through the 63 production, SP310 was a 1488cc OHV 4 G that first brought 75 horses with only 61-63 SU, 64-65 and 85 horses when production doubles SU SP310 Fairlady 1500 continued until April 65, the total number of cars produced up to 6905 people wondering, the name Fairlady is rumored to have come from there Nissan President Kawamata, who had seen the musical My Fair Lady on a trip to America.
The CSP311 1500 Silvia Cup bcame in 1965 and was sold primarily in Japan with few cars making it a level of Hawaii production was stopped in 1968 with only 550 cars produced is a remodeling of the Roadster Fairlady 1500 made by Nissan staff under the direction of Albrecht Goertz.
Albrecht Goertz signed on as a consultant with Nissan in 1963, staying until 1965 primarily to help develop a sports car 2000GT in a joint venture between Nissan and Yamaha The project was scrapped after Yamaha's engine didn t live up to its billing, but if you look at pictures of this car, its pretty easy to see where the inspiration for the design came from Goertz 240Z is also said to have introduced Nissan engineers at the idea clay-sized models, the csp311 being the first car designed in this way.
The new 1600 Fairlady SP311 arrived in May 1965, he had a 1595 cc engine 96HP Type R, front wheel discs, and many trim and interior changes, it will continue production until the end of 1970.
Then, in 1967 Nissan tweaked the 1600 and introduced the roadster, 2000, or SR311 This car was essentially the same as the 1600, but with a new engine under 20. It was a pure fusion technology prince the existing engine Nissan's new combined Nissan engineering team has a Prince-based Mercedes head on a modified and stroked roadster based Austin 1600 block and came with a SOHC engine capable of 150 horsepower, but in reality, figures were probably as low as 120 He also received a much needed 5 gearbox production and SR311 SP311 continued, with small changes in the 67 October and September and 68 November.
The 1600 and 2000 s were by far the best roadsters Nissan produced The old joke is that the roadster Datsun were just MG rip offs The punchline is that, unlike the MG, the Datsun roadsters kept their oil in the engine at night , not all over the garage floor as two cars Brit Bob Sharp and Pete Brock's BRE ran roadsters in the late 60s with a handful of Nissan privateers went to set up an official competition of service to States States to supply parts for the team who have been racing roadsters Nissan Prince combined speed shops were also set up in Japan roadster with 410sss and 411sss Bluebirds were the backbone of the rally efforts Nissan Monte Carlo roadsters and their drivers have actually accumulated quite impressive number of race wins, including several SCCA titles.
For production time ceased in 1970, more than 40,000 in 1600 and 2000 Fairlady Roadster was built The 240Z was designed to replace Roadsters as marquee model Flagwaver Nissan's roadster technology was aging, like that of most of its competitors in a few years, very little roadsters remain in production as the GT style cars took the Roadster turns heads to this day, displaying a certain classic elegance that few other Japanese cars do.
No roadster site on the web with better information, photos and full coverage of the car.
For a car that had a distinct impression on the automotive world, its amazing how long it took to develop the original Z is actually the Fairlady Z, an extension of the line Datsun roadster, and has its roots in another Nissan project.
Back in 1963 Albrecht Goertz signed on as a consultant to Nissan He was there primarily to help develop a 2000GT sports car in a joint venture between Nissan and Yamaha The project was scrapped after the engine Yamaha didn t live up to its billing, but if you look at pictures of this car, its pretty easy to see where the design inspiration for the Fairlady Z has come Geortz left after the project was shelved in 1965.
The 2000GT prototype finished, next to a roadster wide as Geortz left to Nissan.
Clay model, front view and rear view of the 2000GT prototype is not a Z, but the resemblance is there.
Before he left, he made two important things The first received the Nissan designers to build their cars using full scale clay models, and get them to think about design in an international context, not only for buyers Japanese the second thing he did was design the Nissan Silvia Coupe help CSP310 1600 1964 Silvia was the centerpiece of the Tokyo motor Show this year, and is cited as another source of inspiration for Z.
contest fans warmly making designed Z, but Nissan has a letter to Goertz in 1980 giving him credit with the concept of Z, if not the actual design.
In the mid-sixties, Nissan was really starting to progress with its cars in foreign markets As a result, the models have been redesigned and upgraded to meet the unique requirements of each foreign market, but they weren t built to specific cars the market for Z would change that.
A major development in Nissan's ability to design the 510 and then the 240Z was the acquisition of Prince Prince Motors, unlike Nissan, was a very business oriented race car they had their own test track, started the Car series R380 see racing history, and they had a lot of car enthusiasts in the mix, something that Nissan was lacking.
Geortz disappeared when Nissan pulled the idea of a GT car back on the shelf 67 Mr. K has never stopped pushing for the development of Z, even though the project had collected dust and Kawasoe him, unlike other Nissan execs, had to watch the Americans speed along their roads in Mustangs and muscle cars and imported cars of European sport, like Alfas and Triumphs They needed a sports car, and the Roadster was not cutting it.
The roadster was good car for what it was, but it had an old design, an older technology, and had more room to improve what Mr. K decided, with input Kawasoe, was that Nissan had need a GT coupe that looked good, was safe and could go fast and that s what he said to the new design team that was responsible for the resurrected GT project.
Under the supervision of Teiichi Hara, a new design team was formed Yoshihiko Matsuo, chief designer; Akio Yoshoda, exterior designer; Sue Chiba, interior design; Eiichi Oiwa and Kiichi Nishikawa, technical design assistants was responsible for Hidemi Kamahara and Tsuneo Benitani The biggest influence on the unique design from beginning to end was Yutaka Katayama, and rightly altogether, he deserves the title father of Z.
Katayama had a very close relationship with Nissan designers for a number of years since Nissan sent him to America to try to sell cars designed for Japan to Americans who drove in much more demanding conditions Kawazoe counterpart, Mr K on the US east Coast, has the same relationship with the designers, and was an engineer himself they comment on all aspects of the design of the Z they demanded the performance American scale, not just the Japanese performance, they wanted a comfortable interior with room for larger drivers Americans, with the refinements that Americans mounted in their cars.
The design criteria for the Z were; 1 A cut design for safety and comfort 2 A style that distinguishes it from other cuts, something totally lacking sedan seems 3 A design that allowed the parties to share with other models to reduce costs 4 The innovative use of design and new technologies 5 it had to be functional and fast.
The car that would help pave the way to the Z was the 510 68 510 was still a car designed for the Japanese and US markets, but it incorporates many of the ideas that Katayama and Kawazoe had asked in a car, the most important driver 1600cc Mr. K was in love with two cars in the pre-510 and the first days 240Z was the BMW 1600, which was the reference he made during the review of the new 510 with the back of the designer in Japan the other was Jaguar XKE, which he saw as the sports car of the quintessential two cars he considered the ideal for each of their respective classes the 510 has shown Nissan that America would accept its cars, and many between them.
The 510 contained most of the main ingredients used in the engine cam head Series L 240Z, MacPherson strut and independent rear suspension It also contains lots of accessories not typically found on cars in the economy 510 were also the dimensions required for success in America, and is slowly gaining ground with US buyers While fans of Z deny death as the 510 helped lead to the success of 240Z or influenced design, it s not escaped the technical similarities cars.
The Z was supposed to have any; style, speed, technology and a bargain price as drivers and critics would find both the 240Z was all that and more There were actually two different Zs, the Japanese market 2 liter Fairlady Z S30, and the United States 2 4 liters 240Z HS30 the Japanese market two-liter engine Z had a double camshaft like that in the Skylines, designed to meet the FIA European specs race the 240z HS30 that America got had a large 2 4 liter engine that has not been designed with racing in europe head was the land of prestigious races, where Japan saw the United States as the land of the land track; So we consider that Z would be seriously raced there.
The Fairlady Z entered production in October 1969 with two versions there was the Japanese market S30 Fairlady Z with a double cam L20 6 cylinder 130hp And there was the 240Z HS30 with L24 SOHC 6-cylinder engine with twin SU s which produced 151 hp third Z, the 432Z PS30 released a S20 engine performance version with the Skyline GT-R.
In October 1971, another version of Fairlady was added to the posting, the slanted nose 240ZG This car was mainly used by runners.
Despite Mr. K protests, the 240Z fact came to America with badging Fairlady He didn t leave a SU dealer have one car until it had replaced all emblems Fairlady 240Z with those handcrafted after that Nissan has achieved success and began sending cars with 240Z logo on the mill.
On October 22, 1969, the 240Z was launched in America, where the 510 was poor BMW mans, the 240Z was the poor mans Ferrari beautiful green showcar had a fully independent suspension, 2 of 4 liter inline six double SU s that delivered 150 horsepower, and was a really beautiful car to look at Nissan USA presented as 2 fastback personalized passengers which are enhanced by luxurious spacious elegant lines down inside that was a slight understatement the 240Z was loaded with sport luxury car features, too many to list It's all GT cars long boasted of Europe were, but at a fraction of the price.
Its dimensions were quite close to that of the 911 he had the unit body construction, as opposed to part of roadsters introduced rack and direction of the gear was used in place of ball circulation system found on the 510.
1970 was the first year of real sales for Z in the States, and last year for 2 roadsters While the 510 was the bridgehead of the Japanese auto invasion, the 240Z was undoubtedly the car broke by US buyers z 33,000 cars were sold in 1971, 52,000 in 72 and 45,000 in 73 Thus began a wave of Japanese car sales reduce deeply in the American auto industry, cuts that would close 2 decades to recover from one Z has sold one million cars in just over a decade, that the Corvette has taken 25 years to do.
The 240Z was introduced to racing in the United States before he was supposed to be, because of an unfortunate or Bob Sharp Bob happy event had gone to the New Z car at the auto show in New York well before it becomes available for sale fell in love and called Mr. Kawasoe and asked if he could have one for the race, it was said, was not available, unless a salt damaged car is shown at the Salon continued Toronto While there is a model sitting on the roof and put it big enough dent in the car, he was immediately drawn to the publicity tour of Sharp received a call from M. Usami, who said to pick up the damaged car before Nissan execs changed their minds Pete Brock and BRE would wait two or three months to get their first car Z both teams have 2 240z everyone on the track by the end of 1970.
Datsun had already set up a service competition to meet the demands of fans of aftermarket performance parts for their 510's and roadsters, and much of this knowledge is now transferred to Zs But it wasn t just a street one way Datsun supported race teams, Brock Racing Enterprises and Bob Sharp Racing, has quickly become the testing ground for the 240Z performance parts you must remember that the Japanese Z had a different engine, a dual cam 2 liter BRE BSR to discover any problems with the line 6 sets the including asymmetric crankshaft least part of Z was developed as part of the performance of the roadster, it's durability was essentially unknown accordingly, experiences BRE and the BSR with the series crawled their way back to the Nissan design and the future generation Z balanced pedal happened exactly this way.
240Z S had an incredible amount of success in the race, and not only on the track In addition to SCCA championships C Production and championships IMSA, 240z's won two Safari Rally s and a rally of the US Championship for details see the history of racing and rally the pages of history.
The production 240Z continued until the end of 1973 Based on the success of the 240Z, the 510, and to a lesser extent, the microphones, Road and Track said Datsun would establish a specific market, one that will force other makers to come up with entirely new models for a share of it.
The 260Z replaced the 240Z in November 1973 and introduced a new engine 2 6 liter A 2 2 GS30 2 before more version 2 rear seats was introduced in January 1974 the engine 260Z, due to design changes to meet new severe laws of emissions, would not rev as high in L24, leaving a little short of the expectations of power, carbohydrates have also been passed to the higher platform of SU section needed to create 2 2 have also become this model a little styling.
The 260Z has been removed to the North American market in mid 1975 in other markets in 1978 and replaced by the 280Z The 280Z came with a new February 8 liter engine with Bosch L-Jetronic fuel injection instead of listening to disk SU s the 280Z lasted until August 1978, the 280ZX was introduced S130 GS130.
The 280ZX S130 is a completely different car than the 280Z The suspension is different in design, the body is much more of a luxury car than a sports car, and the interior is much more complex It has come first with an L28 engine with a turbo inline-6 became available in November 1980, the 280ZX was discontinued after the 1983 model year.
The first of the 300ZX's, the Z31 version was sold under the Nissan brand in 1984, sales continued until 1989, with standard versions available 2 2 You also have two engine options, both new VG30 v6, but being a turbo version up to 205hp.
1990 was the beginning of the end for the Z, with the new Z32 version of body style 300ZX The VG30 became VG30DE put in 222hp, or you could have the VG30DETT turbo, with two turbos that jumped power 300 standard and 2 are 2 versions available.
The 300ZX was arrested in 1996 because of low sales In the end, it was the Z own success that probably killed the Z car had gone from a simple sports car well designed, with a large sports car luxury high performance Nobody could afford more, and everyone in the high price range Z was the purchase by SUV this point, the Z became too big a monster for fans who originally was is a success.
The Z's story is a truly amazing car which was first launched with modest expectations continued to sell one million units in just over a decade, something the Chevrolet Corvette took 25 years to the Z cars have won many racing victories, including the rally safari 71 and 73, three titles straight to grand Prix s, and 10 consecutive Japanese SCCA C the 240Z and 510 have both been declared among the 100 best cars of the century by a road and track survey car magazine critics and fans.
An unsuccessful attempt to revive the original Z was launched in 1997 with the back of restored shop Z Nissan 240Z program to better than original condition and sold them to the public The new price tag was more than most people could rationalize, and the project was eventually scrapped.
Z story is not about Nissan launched a new Z in 2002, the 350Z, to rave reviews Nissan sales are up, and the new Z has already been adopted by Tuners like the new car of choice for the modification From many car experts consider the new 350Z to be the spearhead of a new era for Nissan, full of enthusiasm.
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