Friday, September 26, 2008

Japan Trip 7: Nissan Gallery

One thing that I really wanted to do in Tokyo was visit the Nissan Gallery. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a huge car guy and I especially have a soft spot in my heart for Nissan sports cars. I myself own a 1973 240z that I am currently working on.
I read on the Internet that sometimes the Nissan Gallery displays classic vehicles. I hoped to get a peak at an old 240z or Datsun roadster in pristine condition.
I knew that the Nissan gallery was in the Ginza area which was a few blocks away from my hotel. So I left my hotel and walked around for a while with directions I memorized from the Internet. Needless to say I got lost. I didn't want to walk back to the hotel to look it up again so I decided to just walk around and look at other sites. I walked a few blocks and then looked up and saw this:


I knew that must be it so I walked in that direction until I came upon it.
I was very disappointed because they were no longer showing their classic cars. However, they did have a couple of Nissan's new super car the GTR. This is one of the fastest production cars today. I had read a lot about them on the Internet but never saw one in real life. This car is beautiful. Here are some pictures of the silver and red versions they had.


One of the ladies working there noticed me taking a lot of pictures and asked me if I wanted to sit insideone. I said "no". Just kidding. The seats fit like a glove. I guess they would have to when going 0-60 in 3.3 seconds. I would love to have one but I think I will have to wait 25 years when the price has gone down from the current price of $80,000. Of course by then I don't think I would want to restore all the electronics and computers that help this car go so fast.

1 comment:

Kimberly Nicole said...

that's strange to see the steering wheel on the right in a nissan... but i guess it makes since, it's not US.