The Transformers characters of "Prowl" and "Bluestreak" were 1980s Nissan Fairlady models as well.

That was how I know about that car model name.

Transformers character Smokescreen was a Nissan Fairlady model too, Hasbro used the same molds for all 3 of them only changing the colors and some minor details.

Call Prowl, Bluestreak, and Smokescreen "Fairladies" in front of them...and expect a lot of laser fire in return.

Noice, mate!

I had a bandmate who had that car, and we toured in it. I actually slept in the back seat of that coffin.

This picture looks great!

I always preferred the 1970's model Datsun 240Z, personally. :)

Nissan/Datsun actually used the name 'Fairlady' for their 1960s roadster, then 'remade' the marque with the S30 series (released overseas as the 240z, then the 260z, 280z, 280zx, etc...) each of which were called Fairlady in Japan.

I actually was a member of the local Z club for several years, met Mr. K ('The wizard') at one of the California events in one of his periodic return trips to the U.S.. I've owned a 240, a 260 with a 280 engine transplant, a 280, and a 280 with a 350 chevy transplant (Scarab Z).

They are phenomenal cars to drive. Sportscars, NOT muscle cars, able to carve curves like nobody's business...But they can be carefully upgrade to be terrors in terms of Hp/weight as well. A LOT of bang for the buck. I'm a big fan of them.

Heh, the sad thing is that I only know of the Nissan Fairlady through the game "Initial D". I think it's a 300ZX that's the "Devil Z", a mysterious car that's one of the main themes of the story (which I never actually bothered to learn, only heard others talking about, since I wasn't good at the games or interested in the series behind them)...

Yeah, I know nothing about cars... ^_^;; But at least I can tell that it looks nice!

Wangan Midnight is the manga/anime with the Devil Z. It's an S30 Fairlady Z, with a twin-turbocharged L28 engine.

Oh, oops. I got them mixed up because we had the Initial D machines sitting side-by-side with the Wangan Midnight machines. ^_^;;

Very nice. Two very lovely figures.

Love the Fairlady series, especially the Z32 with a twin turbo VG30DETT engine.

You know, I'm not sure why, but I think this is one of your cutest girls ever. I love her hair. But I've always loved big hair. There's something about her face, the little muzzle... I really just can't put my finger on it exactly, which I know is useless.

Okay, I'm not into cars. But there's something irresistably cute in the design of this girl.

Very cool, does the care come with the girl? hehe

*car

Very nice =0)

Brings back memories of my 200SX ("Sylvia" in Japan). Same engine, but with two fewer cylinders. Incidentally, the Z engine is based on vintage Mercedes SOHC inline 6 design...

Awesome sketch, Taral. Very beautiful, sleek and sexy, so is the car.

Wait, there's a car in this picture? ;p

Nice one, TW, but that hood's going to be pretty hot to sit on like that, unless it's parked in the shade.

Or indoors at the car show, which it probably is.

Ah, that hadn't occurred to me. Do they still have those big car shows like they did up through the '70s anyhow?

Yeah. Not as popular as they once were, maybe, when every year's Ford and Chevy was radically different from last years, and new fangled gadgets like cigarette lighters or padded dashboards created excitement among the public. But there's a large show in Toronto annually, and the biggest of all every year in Detroit, where they get out all the concpets and halo cars. I'm pretty sure there are some big ones in Europe as well. This year, though, the manufacturers have been pulling in their horns. Japanese auto companies almost all announced they weren't attending the big Detroit show. Wondery why... ?

Well, any one who cares. The Fairlady started in 1966 under the Datsun name. The Datsun 1600 then the Datsun 2000. The first 'Z' 1970 the 240z then the 260z then the 280z. Next generation the 280zx after this then you have the first gen 300zx. 1984-1985 narrow body. 1986 the first wide body. 1987-1988 the faclift z31.
1990- 1996 north america the Nissan z32 second gen 300zx. The second gen was made until 1999 in Japan. Then came the Z33 in 2003. the 350z.

The one in the picture is a 1987-1988 model.

I own a 1986 and 1990, you can see them in my gallery.

I noted the date from the photo I downloaded. If you give me that link again, I can update or change the sketch to better match your own, if you like. Or is there much difference? That's often the case with Japanese cars.

I'm not well informed with that particular field. Japanese sportscars seemed to be underacheivers for a long time, with wedge shaped styling that all looked the same, I thought. The Miata seemed to break from that mold, but only to capture the British MG/Triumph/Sunbeam look.

(Good for it, mind you. It's a sportscar type that has largely faded behind the dazzling facade of halo cars like the Murcielago and Pagani Zonda. But with traffic what it is, and the price of oil bound to go up when the recession is over, do we really need lumbering 200 mph supercars? Weren't affordable, agile cars like the Spitfire and Elan more fun anyway?)

There was the Acura NSX, of course, which acheived supercar status, even if a triffle conservative in the looks department. It compared well the Ferrari Testarosa, though, and similar era cars. And then there were the modern Japanese sportscars, like the Honda 2000 and Nisson 350 "Nizmo". No problem distinguishing them from their competitors!