MotoMan - What Do Zs And Sharks Have In Common?

[warmmail]

Should this show be called Automan? He is dealing with automobiles after all not motorcycles...

[baldbollocks]

nice show

[PkBooYa]

I buy Japanese car to have the Japanese's influence. I'll buy American when i want American's influence.

[BeerMagazine]

Nice cars.

STOP TALKING OVER PEOPLE YOU ARE ASKING QUESTIONS TOO...

[06109633]

Just love this cars.. the Z family..

and that's why I have one :P

[saadmanh]

u own both an rx-7 and supra. Bro you are the motorhead voice of a new generation. top gear america needs you.

[hilooney]

@saadmanh i so agree with you.

[kkoommnniinnooss]

Apart from you, who do i have to kill to get your job???

[liuping999]

Well said.

[AdmiralArcher]

Nissan/Datsun! Did Datsun make the Skyline, too?

[gypsyvince14]

the very first skyline was made in the 70's so yes

[wcexperience]

@AdmiralArcher

Yes and No. The original Skyline models came from a Japanese car-brand called "Prince". Once Prince got taken over by Nissan it was branded from Prince Skyline to Nissan Skyline. However, eventough in those days the company was already called Nissan in Japan, in other parts of the world it was still called Datsun and some (but not all) Skyline models were sold under other model-names as Datsun. But a real Datsun Skyline has never excisted.

[AdmiralArcher]

B4 Nissan, Datsun was here. TRUE?

[mtktm]

@AdmiralArcher In the "Western world," Yes. Reason behind that name, is that Nissan wanted their "western" market to be distant from them, so if they didn't sell well and "datsun" went bust, Nissan could just cut ties with them.

And yes, "datsun" did have a skyline. It was called the 120Y in the western world. Its the same chassis as the skyline 2000, but didn't have the same engine.

[mtktm]

@AdmiralArcher Because of the early Z's success, nissan made the push to change Datsun's image to "Nissan".