1984-1989 Nissan 300ZX/Fairlady Z (Z31)

When Car and Driver started labeling the S13 Nissan 180SX/240SX as the spiritual successor of the original Nissan Fairlady Z/Datsun 240Z, somebody screwed up. Why? Because the descendant of the Z existed. Why couldn’t the descendant of the Z be the spiritual successor of the Z? Somebody screwed up at Nissan.

Or did they?

We have to go back in history to get the bigger picture, an exercise worth applying to most things in life. In this case, the life and times of the Z31 Nissan 300ZX/Fairlady Z.

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