The Tokyo Auto Salon really is the Mecca of all things weird, wonderful and four-wheeled. Case in point: Road Star Garage’s Toyota 2000GT replica. Not only does this custom creation match the 2000GT’s legendary curves with double-take-inducing accuracy, but beneath that signature forward-hinged bonnet lies a motor that’ll have petrolheads panting and purists frothing at [...]

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The magnificent Daniel McCoey is a well-connected man, that nobody can deny. So when he throws 370Z images at us, we look. Dan’s email this morning said nothing more than “Confirmation image of 370Z”. A message which would generally lead one to assume that this must be a legitimate Nissan image, non?

But [...]

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There’s been a lot of talk about the styling of the  upcoming Nissan 370Z (does anyone else think “370Z” has a poor ring to it?). WHile most folks happily acknowledge the minor 240Z homage in the form of the beltline as it leads up along the bottom of the rear quarter window, there is, on [...]

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Oh dear. After speculative renderings of a facelifted 350Z surfaced in a Japanese car magazine earlier this year (below), many dismissed the images as being the product of a misinformed editor and a sleep-deprived graphic artist. Little did we know that the pictures of a be-fanged Z-car were actually well-grounded in fact.

The rather grainy picture [...]

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Classic Japanese cars, while enjoying a relatively small but enthusiastic following around the world, are never really near the top of Regular Joe’s list when it comes to the more literal meaning of the term Classic.

Ask Johnny Average for his idea of a genuine classic car, and you’ll undoubtedly get something European or American. [...]

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