Nissan

Nissan cars have been in the spotlight lately as Nissan motors has opened the doors to performance Nissan tuners fresh out of the movie, Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Quite popular with the import tuner crowd, Nissan has come forward as a high performance vehicle rather than just an economy box of the olden days. Of course Nissan is not all sports cars and high performance; but that is exactly where we are going to begin.

Popularized by the movie, Fast and the Furious; the Nissan Skyline (GTR) is a rather underrated vehicle on the street for the most part. This car is prepared at the factory for extreme sportive driving, with features such as an adjustable rear wing, underbody diffuser, and a host of other cool Nissan parts; the Skyline looks like a steadied Samurai warrior ready to pounce at just about every stop light. Of course the overrated Nissan 350Z is hard to miss these days, as just about every light you will find one revving its engines beside some poor Ford Gremlin, just begging to race. Not that 300 horsepower is anything to smack around, but nor is it anything to flaunt.

You really want a lovely car, might I suggest the extinct Nissan 300ZX turbo. These beasts were loaded with potential then; and guess what? They are still loaded with potential now. Rated at 300 horsepower in the late 90’s, which means that you have at least 100 horsepower waiting to be freed due to unperfected emission standards that can be easily altered with a few carefully purchased high performance Nissan auto parts. I am definitely not one for antiques; but in this case I will definitely make an exception. If you can’t find the 300ZX turbo, then might I suggest a late 90’s Nissan 240SX; which can be purchased these days for under $5,000.
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