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Should revive the Fairlady line of cars if its going to look like that (after all, silvia's started with Fairlady's waaay back in the 60's)

For reference, i don't mean the z cars, i mean these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datsun_Fairlady

Oh what the f**k every iteration of the Silvia has been a good looking thing to look at except for the s12 saw a few of them at drift events they dont seem right, but that said others will say its a good looking car.

If they're making them cheap to sell to a younger audience they have to revise the styling or no one will buy them no matter how cheap they are.someone mentioned above its only a concept but so was the GTR and the new GTR doesnt look too dissimilar to the concept .

Hahaha thats red hot joey. :) They canned the sr20 and rb26 because they could not meet emissions targets. Thats why the x-trail got a qr25 motor and skyline got a vq35 motor. All good things must come to an end and sadly, thats whats happened to the silvia :mellow:

meh the power is fine according to that article. 1.6l turbo, 147kw. exactly the same power as the aus s14s had, and it should be lighter.

I'd be happy to be able to buy a convertable nissan cheaper than a 370z. should save me $20k on the next car

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