Growing up, my dad was a sports car guy and owned a small car lot. That meant he was constantly buying, driving, and selling Corvettes. One time, he went outside that niche he preferred and bought a Datsun 280Z. It turned out to be one of my favorite cars growing up.
At this year’s SEMA show, MotorTrend made a bunch of videos and the center of this one is all about Datsuns. The video has four different Datsun Z cars facing off at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, each with very different styles about them. One looks like a full-on racecar, one looks mostly stock, one other falls somewhere in the middle, and the last car is a complete beater that doesn’t even get out of the starting gate.
There’s lots of good SEMA stuff at the start of the video, but you can
Growing up, my dad was a sports car guy and owned a small car lot. That meant he was constantly buying, driving, and selling Corvettes. One time, he went outside that niche he preferred and bought a Datsun 280Z. It turned out to be one of my favorite cars growing up.
At this year’s SEMA show, MotorTrend made a bunch of videos and the center of this one is all about Datsuns. The video has four different Datsun Z cars facing off at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, each with very different styles about them. One looks like a full-on racecar, one looks mostly stock, one other falls somewhere in the middle, and the last car is a complete beater that doesn’t even get out of the starting gate.
There’s lots of good SEMA stuff at the start of the video, but you can skip right to 6:27 to check out the Datsun segment:
The competition between the cars includes a reverse burnout contest, drift parallel parking, and an autocross. The video is fun to watch and worth a bit of your time. You’ll have to watch to see who wins; I’m pulling for the black race prep looking Z car.
Source:: 95 Octane