While the Nissan Z car, and in particular this JDM Fairlady Z, has always been definitively Japanese, it was the US that inspired the original, and in fact it was Nissan’s California design studio that came up with the shape of the Fairlady Z (known as the 350Z in North America). The GT-R also broke the eight-minute barrier when it registered the world's fastest lap time for a mass-produced supercar at the Nürburgring circuit.
The GT-R supercar was named the 2009 Motor Trend Car of the Year. The Skyline has continued to be refined over the years. In 1969, Nissan introduced the potent Skyline GT-R, sports sedan and coupe, powered by a long line of inline six-cylinder engine. These cars gained Nissan worldwide recognition for their low cost and high performance. In the late 1960s, Nissan developed potent overhead cam four- and six-cylinder engines, and used them to power two extremely successful new cars: the Datsun Bluebird/510 sedan and the Fairlady/240Z sports car. After a 1933 merger with car manufacturer Nihon Sangyo (popularly called 'Ni-San'), the company changed its name again to become Nissan Motor Company, and is now one of Japan's biggest and most successful car companies.
Respelled as Datsun, the name was used on the company's cars until 1983. During the 1920s, the company was reorganized as the DAT Automobile Manufacturing Company, and its new car was called the 'DATSON'-son of DAT. DAT is an acronym for the names of the company's three principal partners. Nissan Motor Company was founded as the Kwaishinsha Motorcar Works, which produced its first car, the DAT, in 1914.
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