If you’ve read Jalopnik for a while, you may know that the original Datsun Z is my all-time favorite ... and you’re going to paint it red. Just a standard paint code, no flashy Soul Reds ...

Nissan unveiled its Z-series sports car to the world in the fall of 1969. When it arrived on American shores, the car known in Japan as the Fairlady Z, had become the Datsun 240Z. The Z has since ...

And that's when a modest Datsun 240Z began its transformation into the ... I had an immediate visceral reaction to it. It was curvy, red, and looked incredibly sexy. We needed to get this kit." ...

Prices shown are the prices you can expect to pay for a 1971 Nissan/Datsun 240Z 2 Door Coupe across different levels of condition. Edit options.

The Datsun 240Z story starts with Yutaka Katayama, tasked with bringing the Datsun brand to the United States in the early 1960s. Early products, mostly small utility vehicles, sold slowly ...

Yet the 240Z was seen as a bit of a risk at the time. Its success can be traced back to Yutaka Katayama, who became responsible for sales of Nissan cars under the Datsun name on the West Coast in ...