Built 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 Future 2020 Nissan GT-R?
June 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Frankie’s Garage: The NISMO GT-R on ATTACK!
April 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The 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.
Frankie’s Garage: Drifting a classic Datsun 280Z
April 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
This maybe just a Clarion USA ad, but it’s a cool drift vid with Chris Forsberg. He drives a classic 1975 Datsun 280Z powered by a Skyline engine, the RB25DET. And that’s all you really need to know, just watch the car-porn.
Frankie’s Garage: Jay Drives the NISMO IDX
March 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
When Nissan unveiled its top-secret concept at last year’s Tokyo Motor Show, it blew Nissan fanboys and auto fans away that Nissan would bring back the iconic Datsun 510 back to life. And now even Nissan fan Jay Leno gets to take a look at the one of the concepts, the NISMO IDx.
Frankie’s Garage: The Nissan Sports Sedan Concept
January 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
With the 2014 Detroit Auto Show already off and running this week, Nissan unveiled their Nissan Sports Sedan Concept which might be the next Maxima. The last couple of generation of Maximas have been kinda of boring and tame. Hopefully, a Nismo tuned version will be down the line.
Frankie’s Garage: NISMO Festival 2013
December 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This 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
November 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The 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.
Automobile Drawings by Makoto Komori
October 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Japanese artist Makoto Komori is well known for his children’s illustration books and his Datto-san series is popular with kids in Japan. It’s kinda of like Pixar’s Cars, but with Komori’s own sense of style and flair.
Frankie’s Garage: JDM All Day and Everyday!
August 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Anybody can put a wing, aero-kit and turbos, but it’s also about passion and the love of just driving the car as a every day driver. Import Meet Street Car Competition (IMSCC) has put out some cool profiles of JDM builders and their cars for 2013. The IMSCC contest will take place in Seattle, WA running August 9-11, 2013.
Frankie’s Garage: Datsun is Back … well, sort of …
July 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Gearheads and fans of JDM cars will probably remember the brand Datsun and cars like the 510 and 240Z. Nissan discontinued the Datsun brand here in the U.S. (1984) and now is bringing it back as a budget car brand.
Frankie’s Garage: Retro Car Tuning in Japan
June 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
A look at classic car tuning culture in Japan on tuning, restoration and restomodding from 5 of Japan’s legendary retro tuners.
Frankie’s Garage: The Toyota Supra & Nissan Silvia
May 20, 2013 by 1 Comment
Xcar takes a look at two iconic JDM cars, the Toyota Supra and tuned Nissan Silvia. The Toyota Supra was made famous by Fast & the Furious films and Playstation’s Gran Turismo video game series, Xcar takes a look back at the legendary Toyota Supra. And my grandma can drive this – a tuned automatic Supra!
Frankie’s Garage: JDM Inspiration
May 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This is one insane Mad Max-style Nissan Silvia. The car was dreamed up by Sataomi Nakawatase with a tribute to Japanese robots, military tanks, old factory walls and California license plates. The Silvia is fitted with a Greddy turbo, Stance Japan suspension and Mickey Thompson wheels.
Frankie’s Garage: Nissan Skyline Artwork by Eizin Suzuki
January 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Nissan 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.
Spotlight #9: 2012 Japanese Classic Car Show
October 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
On September 15th, 2012, the annual Japanese Classic Car Show (JCCS) took place in Long Beach, California. The show features classic JDM rides like Toyota’s AE86 and cool Datsun cars from a bygone era. Here’s a video highlight of what took place at the event. Videography and editing by Richard Sze for Project 760 Productions.
Contributed by Ray Nagar, Executive Producer, Project 760 Productions
Frankie’s Garage: JDM Supercars
October 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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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