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1981 Datsun Stanza “510” “Jenkins! Get in here!” Yes, boss? “What is this, Jenkins?” What’s what, sir? “What’s with this shot for the ‘81 510 press kit?” Is it out of focus? You don’t like the models? I knew I should have got the blond but Rothschild said that would have been cliche… “No, Jenkins, it’s boring. The old 510 was a great sports sedan. We practically created that market after we stole the idea from BMW. And here you’ve dressed the car in pie-dish hubcaps and white-wall tires!” Have you driven the new 510, sir? “That’s beside the point. You’ve put it in the suburbs with people wearing tweed.” Well, sir, our research has shown that buyers aren’t interested in sports sedans any more; they want good fuel economy and a feeling of reliability. “I don’t see economy and reliability in this shot, Jenkins, I see the crushing grind of the everyday. It looks like she’s telling him that she’ll be making meatloaf for dinner.” Meatloaf tracked very high in the focus groups, sir. “Meatloaf and tweed and the suburbs. This is the beginning of the end, Jenkins. The beginning of the end.” Yes, sir. (pic via productioncars.com) Click for high-res photo

1981 Datsun Stanza “510”

“Jenkins! Get in here!”
Yes, boss?
“What is this, Jenkins?”
What’s what, sir?
“What’s with this shot for the ‘81 510 press kit?”
Is it out of focus? You don’t like the models? I knew I should have got the blond but Rothschild said that would have been cliche…
“No, Jenkins, it’s boring. The old 510 was a great sports sedan. We practically created that market after we stole the idea from BMW. And here you’ve dressed the car in pie-dish hubcaps and white-wall tires!”
Have you driven the new 510, sir?
“That’s beside the point. You’ve put it in the suburbs with people wearing tweed.”
Well, sir, our research has shown that buyers aren’t interested in sports sedans any more; they want good fuel economy and a feeling of reliability.
“I don’t see economy and reliability in this shot, Jenkins, I see the crushing grind of the everyday. It looks like she’s telling him that she’ll be making meatloaf for dinner.”
Meatloaf tracked very high in the focus groups, sir.
“Meatloaf and tweed and the suburbs. This is the beginning of the end, Jenkins. The beginning of the end.”
Yes, sir.

(pic via productioncars.com)

Nissan Sentra SE-R Drift

Brown Nissan Sentra SE-R drifts the ‘burbs.

(via Cameron Moll, via nissancanada)

1980 Skyline 2000GT-EL HGC211 You need to click through to Hemmings Motor News because the 200GT-EL above is the least awesome of the C210-series Skylines they’ve featured. I particularly recommend the awesome ‘79 wagon and the blue ‘77 GT-ES coupe. But I think this rather dowdy sedan could be redeemed. You could go two ways. First, you could take an OEM+ “Euro” route, with low-offset gold-centred mesh alloys with a fat chome lip. Drop the car into the weeds, naturally, and cram in some sort of RB20T for extra cred. Or, you could embrace the era with carburettors and graphics. I would emphasise the cool wedgy flare over the rear wheel arch and add a fat stripe like on this black and gold GT-ES coupe. Triple webers on the L20, or course. Yeah, now you’re cooking with gas. (Via Friendship Classics, who you should totally follow and Hemmings Motor News’ Blog) Click for high-res photo

1980 Skyline 2000GT-EL HGC211

You need to click through to Hemmings Motor News because the 200GT-EL above is the least awesome of the C210-series Skylines they’ve featured. I particularly recommend the awesome ‘79 wagon and the blue ‘77 GT-ES coupe.

But I think this rather dowdy sedan could be redeemed. You could go two ways. First, you could take an OEM+ “Euro” route, with low-offset gold-centred mesh alloys with a fat chome lip. Drop the car into the weeds, naturally, and cram in some sort of RB20T for extra cred. Or, you could embrace the era with carburettors and graphics. I would emphasise the cool wedgy flare over the rear wheel arch and add a fat stripe like on this black and gold GT-ES coupe. Triple webers on the L20, or course. Yeah, now you’re cooking with gas.

(Via Friendship Classics, who you should totally follow and Hemmings Motor News’ Blog)