The S30 chassis Datsun Z car includes the 240Z, 260Z, and 280Z. Known overseas as the Fairlady Z, this car is the birthplace of the lineup of Z cars that continues production to this day with the ...

Datsun’s 240Z was one of the company’s most successful ... the first-generation car up with the mechanically-similar 260Z and 280Z. Unveiled in 1970, the Cherry was Datsun’s first front ...

Japan’s Nissan Motor Corp., founded in 1933, began production of the Datsun 240Z in late 1969 for the 1970 model year. It was produced through September 1973, when it became the 260Z with ...

The Datsun 240Z story starts with Yutaka Katayama ... Nissan worked on upgrading the 2.4-litre engine, with the 2.6-litre 260Z arriving in 1974. The power increase was modest and the performance ...

That car was the Nissan Fairlady Z, or Datsun 240Z as it was known in the USA and ... first to 2.6 litres for the 260Z in 1974, and then to 2.8 litres for the 280Z’s L28. Wisely Nissan left ...