The Datsun/Nissan Z-Car, introduced as the 240Z as the 1960s sputtered to a close, now ranks in the pantheon of great Japanese things, right up there alongside Nikon cameras, fatty tuna sushi, Katana swords, and Mothra. Here are the ABCs of the seminal Japanese sports car, its antecedents, its gooey successors, and its eventual resurrection as a true sports car again.
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