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50+ Photos from the Japanese Classic Car Show

nissan zs at the petersen museum

40 Favorite Japanese Classics from the Petersen

the lamborghini miura

30 Greatest Classic Cars Ever?

1981 datsun 810 maxima station wagon in colorado junkyard

1981 Datsun 810 Maxima Is Junkyard Treasure

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1981 datsun 810 maxima station wagon in colorado junkyard

Brown Datsun 810 Is the Z-Car of Station Wagons

1972 gulf mirage m6

100 Stunning Vintage Racing Shots from Laguna Seca

japanese classic car show 2021

16th Japanese Classic Car Show Basks in Rising Sun

1976 datsun 710 aka nissan violet magazine ad

Datsun 710 Gives the Whole Family Upward Mobility

1983 nissan bluebird jdm tv commercial animated

The 1983 Nissan Bluebird Makes Us All Robot-Dance

1982 nissan laurel jdm tv ad

1982 Nissan Laurel Gets Full Givenchy Decadence

datsun 240z

Datsun 240Z Paved the Way for Japanese Sports Cars

nissan z car book cover

Celebrate 50 Years of Nissan Z Cars with This Book

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1980: The new Datsun pickups will pick you up, literally

Nissan could kill Datsun as it seeks to cut costs, report says

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1977: Datsun King Cab has room for your camping gear, mustache

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50 Years of Z

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Datsun 280Z/Mercedes V12 Empire Hill Climb engine swap update: Tick, tick, tick

Easter and Tung are toiling away with less than three weeks until the 2019 Empire Hill Climb. Some of these pictures are from a few weeks ago.

Datsun 280Z - Mercedes V12 swap for Empire Hill Climb

The first-gen Juke is still offered in several global markets and is due for a replacement, but does Nissan need both the Juke and the Kicks in its lineup?

If Nissan cuts models, here are 8 prime candidates

At least we know it fits!

Datsun 280Z/Mercedes V12 engine swap update: The biscuit is in the basket

This Datsun 280Z is getting a Mercedes V12 swap, in a 1.5-car garage in Michigan.

Engineering at its finest? Swapping a Mercedes V12 into a Datsun 280Z

This Datsun 280Z is getting a Mercedes V12 swap, in a 1.5-car garage in Michigan.

Gallery: Datsun 280Z - V12 engine swap

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Car Clock of the Week: 1978 Datsun 810 mechanical-digital

A capacity constrained 220 cars arranged around the edifice of Benedict Castle in Riverside, Calif., along with a who's who of hot rod glitterati, meant a great day in the Southern California sun, all for a great cause. Teen Challenge, the drug treatment center that is the beneficiary of the Concours, is a faith-based operation with a success rate of 85% five years after treatment. Pretty good number.

The 6th Annual Benedict Castle Concours

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1974: Datsun 710 is the driving man's economy car

Even though we are living in a global market, where so many cars are made in America, you still hear the generic term, "import" when talking about a make that originated in another country. Here are the imports we'd like to import to the Autoweek garage. Is this one an RX-3 or an RX-2?

SEMA Show 2018: The Imports

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Car Clock of the Week: 1980 Datsun 210 Kanto Seiki analog

Japanese cars continue their climb to respectability on the collector car scene, as witnessed by the more than doubling in size of the annual Japanese Classic Car Show in Long Beach, Calif. Over 500 cars turned out, every one of them cool in its own way. Here is a Datsun 510

Japanese classic cars come closer to collectibility at the Japanese Classic Car Show

Japanese cars continue their climb to respectability on the collector car scene, as witnessed by the more than doubling in size of the annual Japanese Classic Car Show in Long Beach, Calif. Over 500 cars turned out, every one of them cool in its own way. Here is a Datsun 510

Japanese Classic Car Show

After the war Japanese carmakers often started out making rebadged versions of European cars, in addition to making their own. Here are a few more. This is a 1957 Suzulight Model SL

More Japanese cars at the Petersen

A genuine Japanese-market right-hand-drive S130 Fairlady Z, now at the end of its life in Colorado.

Junkyard Treasure: 1979 Nissan Fairlady Z

A genuine Japanese-market right-hand-drive S130 Fairlady Z, now at the end of its life in Colorado.

Junked 1979 Nissan Fairlady Z

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"The light, it is so bright. Not even the new Bluebird can ease the pain of being alive."

1980: Nissan Bluebird is the choice of moody Japanese pop stars

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1982: Get into the Z Zone with the Nissan Fairlady Z Turbo

1983 was the last year for the Datsun name in the United States. This car has both Datsun and Nissan badges.

Junkyard Treasure: 1983 Nissan Sentra Station Wagon

1983 was the last year for the Datsun name in the United States. This car has both Datsun and Nissan badges.

Junked 1983 Datsun Sentra

Slowly but surely Japanese cars are being appreciated by more and more collectors and enthusiasts. The best place to witness this growing trend is every year at the Japanese Classic Car Show, held next to the Queen Mary in Long Beach California. Here are some of our favorites from this year's show. Here's a Nissan Skyline GT.

2017 Japanese Classic Car Show

The Nissan L16 engine, immortalized.

1973: Artist Robert Rauschenberg creates a portrait of the Datsun 510

Did anyone ever see a 310 in the wild with those striped side decals?

1979: The Datsun 310 offers luxury, front-wheel-drive

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1978: The Datsun 510 that wasn't really a 510

Are the 80s cool again? They are to a small but growing group of Japanese car fans who got together one weekend in Southern California for a Touge (rally) and car show that celebrated that seminal decade.

Totally '80s (and some '70s and '90s) weekend with Japanese classic cars

The Touge 80s assembles Saturday morning near Pt. Mugu.

Gallery 80s Weekend

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12 years, 300+ cars: Celebrating the Japanese classic car

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Touge California gives classic Japanese cars their spot in the rising sun