Fell down the obscure Nissan rabbit hole this morning, found a few things.

"Noah - Now with more boost." (antriebverliebt) 08/19/2016 at 10:11 • Filed to: None

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Late eighties/early nineties Japanese cars like this R31 Skyline are pretty fascinating. It was a time when you could buy all kinds of strange and wonderful F/R layout sedans and coupes from Toyota and Nissan. To an extent though they all blend together. Nearly everything that falls under this category is boxy in a rather nondescript way. And that makes this era of Japanese cars pretty exciting IMO.

This is a Nissan laurel. Look at how sporty it is! With the beige 2 tone and the spoiler! It’s magnificent. I think this was available with an RB20DET, which would be a lot of fun. This is the kind of thing I’d love to import. It’d be really strange, light, fun to drive, and most likely dirt cheap too. In case you haven’t heard, old cars are so undesirable in Japan that you can buy halfway decent examples of cars like this Laurel for around the same price you’ll pay for the importation process.

This thing is killer. It’s a late eighties Nissan Leopard. Look at those wheels! And that paint! You could spec these with a 3.0 turbo v6, which is awesome - that would be another car to blow minds with at a Japanese car show. I wasn’t even alive in the eighties but it’d be SO COOL to take this little JDM GT car on a road trip, blasting Van Halen and Michael Jackson the entire way...

This is a leopard too. Except the nineties turned it into a comically ugly melted jellybean. Look at that rear light assembly! It’s hideous...

This is a laurel too. Side mirrors FTW.

phenotyp > Noah - Now with more boost. 08/19/2016 at 10:16

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I love this era.

See also: Toyota Soarer.

Noah - Now with more boost. > phenotyp 08/19/2016 at 10:17

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Wheels are 10/10 eighties goodness

Nauraushaun > Noah - Now with more boost. 08/19/2016 at 10:21

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Side mirrors? They’re fender mirrors, as opposed to door mirrors. Both are on the side ;)

The problem with this rabbit hole is it goes on forever. Can you tell me the difference between the Cedric, Gloria, Cefiro, Laurel, Skyline sedan, Bluebird, Maxima...no? You never will be able to. I don’t know how Nissan got away with producing so many 4 door sedans at the same time. But I think they all contributed to the near-bankruptcy that Ghosn saved them from.

Roadster Man > Noah - Now with more boost. 08/19/2016 at 10:27

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Also the JZX81 Toyota Chaser is a pretty sweet looking car. I love the JZZ80 Soarers, but for sedans the Chaser is pretty sweet.

Someday I’ll have a DR30 Skyline Turbo, that’s my absolute favorite. So 80's it almost hurts:

Maxima Speed > Noah - Now with more boost. 08/19/2016 at 10:29

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Here in Ohio I see the Infiniti j30 (the US spec Nissan leopard) all the time. It looks so refined and elegant from the front but you get behind it and everything changes.

phenotyp > Noah - Now with more boost. 08/19/2016 at 10:32

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There will always be a place in my heart for waterline 2-tone white/grey/beige paintjobs.

Amoore100 > Noah - Now with more boost. 08/19/2016 at 11:48

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Nissan Presea! What the Infiniti G20 really should have been instead of a Primera...

Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > Noah - Now with more boost. 08/19/2016 at 12:15

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I need some R31 in my life.

Noah - Now with more boost. > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy 08/19/2016 at 12:39

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The sedan is my favorite, great paint

Noah - Now with more boost. > phenotyp 08/19/2016 at 12:44

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Yep Ls400s from this era look great with the 2 tone

TA4K > Noah - Now with more boost. 08/27/2016 at 03:34

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I might be about to break your heart, or make you really jealous. Those Laurels are usually used as dirty skidhacks down here. It’s pretty common to see one with a crappy RB20e (single cam, N/A) that would be at home doing doughies with a welded diff, dented panels, broken light housings, one headlight, fence paint, a cheap drift wheel and some 14" skid wheels on it. Usually they are also accompanied by a police sticker ordering the vehicle off the road, unsafe etc. RFB life, yo.

RFB.