Rezz

Have some faith in your Japan dwelling SAU brothers... The Evolution "IX" (not VIIII)... And the Evo 9 is just a minor face lift, 18" wheels and a couple of other nik naks being changed, slated for an early 2005 release... just coz it ain't been reported in the Sunday paper, don't mean it doesn't exist.

I'm getting 2(!) V35 Coupe 350GT Premiums... oh, and by the way lads, an R32 GTS-T Type M is just around the corner too... Yes, I know what you're talking about (sedans). I believe the base spec 250GTm model has the large letters across the boot, and the 300GT and 350GT's have the handle... but don't quote me, a couple of months back, what I thought was a 250GT with the small handle on the bootlid turned out to be a 300GT :Oops:

Theres two "specs", the 350GT, and the 350GT Premium... I'd say you saw the 350GT with the smaller wheels, non-brembo brakes etc. The V35 Skyline Coupe only comes with a 3.5L VQ35DE.

I may have beat Troy (Evo_Lee) to this one... Details are pretty thin due to the fact that I haven't translated the whole article yet, but here goes the important stuff: New Mivec 2000cc turbo engine with aluminium block Power over 320ps Torque "over" 44kg/m... All-new platform Front active LSD Looking at a late 2006, early 2007 debut... The pics: Sorry about the pic, but this is apic of the full size concept model. I'm sure Troys got more info on this car...

Whats thet you say? Rims are bigger, the kit is better, the G35 looks better than the V35???Look again, they're almost identicle bar the badge: V35

And the brochure was titled "Ken and Mary" because of the TV ad!

Ah, I see... when you made mention of the Ken Meri I thought... anyway, no probs about the Ken Meri info

... and a bit a cash for trasportation!

UK plates don't have two rows of numbers do they Dave? I think it's from Taiwan...

Don't you mean "KPGC110 Skyline"??? "Ken and Mary" were a 60's and 70's singing duo who were chosen to appear in the early 70's Skylines ads on TV, in magazines and newspapers and that meant that the KPGC110 was nicknamed the "Ken Meri" after the advertisements.Guys in Japan know don't even know who Ken and Mary are, yet they call the KPGC110 the Ken Meri... go figure.

Luvly pics there mate! I'll do the same soon...

Troy: Just you wait... she's 45kg's of Pool shark grunt. Dave: Sorry about the mess up, I've just about got my hands on the V35 so it shouldn't be long now... your right about the rainy season though. Bleeeegh!

Quick!! Someone snap it up before it gets shipped off to, god forbid... the US of Ghey... Save a poor R33s life.

This reply is WORTHLESS without pics!!!! Bloody Aussie tourists...

Shall do... but I'm only gonna do Impul filter and steerring wheel, the kit will be "R-Spec Datasystem" y'know the one? Oh and some gunmetal Work Emotion CR Kai's...

Thats what I'm doing with my one, keep it for a year here and then ship it to AU.

Brian, check out the latest "Japanzine" (you know the one?) theres a pic of an old Japanese dude asleep on the floor of the train... a tourist took it.... and heres Andrews mate thinking he's found a way to out do the Japs/do something funny!!!

I'm now officially in the process of getting a V35 Skyline 350GT Coupe... I luv em.

Mmmm, good facts there... I still can get over the cars left running on the side of the road withe A/C on while the driver ducks in to a konbini to get some ciggies. DEFinately a different world!

You know, you can really damage the wheels, hubs etc if you do that too often... tsk, tsk.

Hahahaha! Look at all you "Otaku" coming out of the woodwork!!! About 4 years ago I got some Initial D goods... and my Japaneses girlfriend at the time (this is in Japan remember) LAUGHED at me and said that shit was for kids. ... never underestimate the power of a Japanese hottie laughing at you...

You tryin' to trip me up there man? I said "The Japaneeeeeeeeeese" wouldn't care what Race Bread meant ... if anything, the guys (there you go mate ) at Nissan would've thought the "R" meant "Refined" and the "B" meant "Benelovent" or some shit.

He's sleeping... I thought they only did that on country trains, but I've been enlightened.

Heres some different shots I took on Saturday. I only 3x optical zoom on my Canon Ixy 500, but I tried to make good use of it with these "spy" shots...if you can call them that! I didn't go after the big modified cars (Troy can attest to the abundance of modified cars going past my house on Route 2) but I went after every day cars instead, and a suprise car... Thats the big bridge down by Sushine Wharf where SuperAutobacs is. Just a typical Saturday morning in Settsu Motoyama. Same as above but looking west. This is the Bridgestone (pronounced "Bu-ri-ji-stoe-n" in Japanese! There you go!) Gasoline Satnd directly across the road from me. Just shortly after this pic was taken, that dude creaning the windscreen ran out onto the middle of the road, and waited there, holding up traffic long enough for the March to come out and drive off... can you imagine that happening in AU/UK/NZ/US??? If I'm not mistaken.. this is a CITROEN 2CV!!!!! WTF??? ... and you thought Japan was high-tech! Theres that dude again holding up traffic... A Celica and Civic just cruising along... the ZZT231 Celica is pretty popular around were I live, theres no less that 3 mildly modified SS-IIs on my block and adjacent blocks. Alright! This is more like it... Stagea 2.5 25RS that had a nice burble to the exaust. Mitsubishi Grandis van, and a DC5 Integra Type R (the good JDM version... not the barebones AU version!) At first I thought this was a "Honda Legreat", but now I'm not sure... anybody know what it is? I think the fact that you can get a carbon bonnet and decent kit for it must mean it's at least mildly popular. Toyota Landcruiser 4.7 "Cygnus" (the Lexus version in AU?) with all the fruit. That dude on the little motorbike thingy are a dime a dozen too. One for Troy... Evo 7 in it's home environment... chugging around at 50km/h stopping every 100m for the traffic lights. Sweet, I love 'em though. Probably the only other car I'd look at other than a Skyline. What are the chances of seeing a Y33 and Y34 Gloria side by side on the street? They weren't friends either... the Y33 came up real quick the overtake the Y34 on the right side.

Another thing too... I can ASSURE you, the Japanese guys at Nissan who designed and R+D'd the RB series of engines wouldn't know (or even care) what "Race Bred" meant. They're Japanese for christs sake!