Frankie’s Garage: NISMO 400R!

nismo400rThis legendary street/track ready car was available to play in the first Playstation Gran Turismo video game.  Only 44 Nissan Skyline R33 GT-R NISMO 400Rs were produced, making this a very rare and special kind of automobile.  Carfection takes a ride in this Godzilla.

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Frankie’s Garage: JDM 1990 Nissan Skyline R-32 GT-R Review

smokingtiregtr32The Smoking Tire host Matt Farah reviews his own imported 1990 Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R.  Nothing more to say, than then just watch the video.

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Frankie’s Garage: Godzilla 2017 Mini-ReDesign

nissangtr2017Every die-hard GT-R fan maybe waiting for the next R36 GT-R, will you have to wait for a couple of years.  But for 2017, Nissan has done a mini-redesign for the 2017 Nissan GT-R.

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Frankie’s Garage: Tomica’s Premium Line R34 Z-Tuned

skylinetomicaprimoThis new Tomica 1/64 diecast car line is shooting for the adult toy colltector.  The Tomica Premium line kicks-off the series with the iconic NISMO R34 Z-Tuned sports car.

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Frankie’s Garage: A Legit Skyline R32

SFAS15056Unlike other countries, the USA is very strict on importing Nissan Skylines, but now the Nissan Skyline R32 is legal to import now.  The Smoking Tire takes a look at a owner’s ride, a right-hand, 1989 Nissan Skyline R32, rear-wheel drive GTS-T.  A 2.0L V6!

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GreenLight Collectibles 1:43 Fast & Furious Collection

fastfuriousgreenlightcollectionYes, I admit, one of my guilty pleasures is watching the Fast & Furious franchise movies.  The Fast & Furious have licensed many diecast approved collectible cars over the years, but this 1:43 scale diecast collection from GreenLight Collectibles is pretty sweet.  I just picked-up several of these cars at Toys’R’Us.

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Frankie’s Garage: GT-R N Attack Package @ 2015 SEMA

nissannattackpackNissan has released various special editions of it’s GT-R in over the years, now comes the 2015 NISMO Nissan GT-R N Attack Package available in U.S. through aftermarket tuning company Stillen.  This ultimate track package GT-R variant attacked the famous German track Nürburgring in a record 7 minutes and 8 second lap time.

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Frankie’s Garage: Tuner Club Ep. 2 & 3!

tunerclubskylineGT Channel’s newest Tuner Club is for JDM fanatics and here’s episode 2 & 3.  In episode #2, Tuner Club profiles Global Auto’s ’99 Nissan BNR34 GT-R and boss Hiroyuki Yasui.  A 900hp track-only Skyline.

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Frankie’s Garage: NISMO Festival 2014

NISMO Festival 2014 was a roaring success with 35,000 fans at FuAnother year passes, and another NISMO Festival 2014 at Fuji Speedway takes place.  If you’re fan of Nissan cars and NISMO tuned rides, then this is the festival you need to go.  Here is the highlights from the event:

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Frankie’s Garage: The Future Nissan GT-R for Gran Turismo

nissangtr2020Designed in Europe and Japan is the Nissan Concept 2020 for the upcoming Gran Turismo video game.  The virtual supercar might be the design for the next Nissan GT-R.

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Frankie’s Garage: The Future 2020 Nissan GT-R?

nissan 2020Built for the Sony’s iconic driving-game franchise Gran Turismo, this a sneak tease of the Nissan Concept 2020 VISION.  Is this next generation Nissan GT-R?

Frankie’s Garage: The NISMO GT-R on ATTACK!

nismogtrpassingThe setting is the 2014 Blanc Pain Endurance series.  The NISMO team started the opening lap at grid 32, that’s 32 of out 44 cars in the race.  In this one lap, Al Buncombe climbs 17 places for the 13th position by the second lap.  Now that’s just crazy.

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Frankie’s Garage: NISMO Festival 2013

nismo festivalThis past November 2013 in the “Land of the Rising Sun” Japan, the NISMO Festival 2013 took place at Fuji Speedway.  Over 30,000 Nissan fans gathered at this annual special event.  NISMO TV recaps the festival with some amazing highlights and classic iconic Nissan rides.

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Frankie’s Garage: Nissan @ 2013 Tokyo Motor Show

nissan bluebirdThe 2013 Tokyo Motor Show recently took placed in Tokyo, Japan and Nissan unveiled a couple of street montsers.   First, everybody thought Nissan was going to bring back the Silva (240) or a replacement model of the 370Z, but instead Nissan brought out 2 concepts.  The Datsun 510 Bluebird is back with these two models:  Nissan IDx Freeflow and the NISMO tuned IDx.

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Frankie’s Garage: Nissan Skyline Artwork by Eizin Suzuki

nissanskyline001Nissan celebrated it’s 55th year of the iconic Skyline in 2012.  Nissan Japan teamed up with artist Eizin Suzuki to depict every generation of the Skyline with a cool scenic background.  The 12 wallpapers can be downloaded for your PC or smartphone for free on the 55th Anniversary website.

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Viral Video Friday: Nissan Family Inheritance

A father’s last will request – a super speed auto race around the family’s grounds and the winner will collect the inheritance.

Frankie’s Garage: JDM Supercars

Once again, talk show host Jay Leno is in Japan test driving a pair of Japanese supercars – the Lexus LFA Spyder & the Nissan GT-R.

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