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THis turned up in the Pitstop bookshop spam today. Does anyone know anything about it?

Aussie Godzilla - The R32 GT-R Arrives Downunder

By Damian Kringas

Paperback, 148 pages

Code 24532, $19.95

A great little book full of stories and anecdotes about how Nissan brought the awesome R32 GT-R to the Australian market and the feathers they ruffled in Australian touring car racing, ultimately causing the governing body to change the rules to exclude the model.

Australia would be the only country outside Japan to have the honour of racing it, and for Nissan Australia it was a period of corporate turmoil and they, as a brand, would also never be the same.

The R32 GT-R was dubbed Godzilla, after the city stompin' monster and culturally was compared to as an invasion - it was.

The production of this little gem isn't flash, but it's an interesting part of Australian motorsport history that any touring car fan should read.

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hmm, interesting. not sure about this bit: "The production of this little gem isn't flash," not exactly compelling me to buy a copy. also listed as paperback, would be keen if it was hard cover.

been reading my senna 'lotus years' book btw. good book with lots of nice pics.

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hmm, interesting. not sure about this bit: "The production of this little gem isn't flash," not exactly compelling me to buy a copy. also listed as paperback, would be keen if it was hard cover.

been reading my senna 'lotus years' book btw. good book with lots of nice pics.

Well for $20 it is not going to be top notch production.

As long as it has some content I dont really mind if it is stapled together dunny paper. I get sick of buying supposedly brilliant books that have nothing new to say.

Yeah the Senna book has brilliant photos & anecdotes etc all through it. Lots of good content too - a world a way from the sort of coffee table shite you so often see. :cheers:

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If the "interesting part of Australian motorsport history" is as one sided as I suspect it will be, and I am judging the book by it's cover here, I'll give this one a miss.

Who am I kidding, I probably wouldn't read it anyway lol.

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