Indy drive Alex Lloyd is given the opportunity to take the Brock Racing Enterprise Datsun 510 out for a spin. He goes into the historical significance of the car and it’s victories in its class of Trans-Am racing. He then goes onto highlight the car’s quirks and how they relate to the romanticism of vintage race cars.
Jay Leno lets us in on some of his VIP treatment by bringing his camera crew along with him on his recent trip to Nissan’s Technical Center in Japan to film these two videos. In the first video he gets to tour all of Nissan’s zero emissions and fuel cell vehicles. Jay checks out some of the electric vehicle concepts and then he gets a pleasant surprise from Nissan’s Chief Creative Officer, Shiro Nakamura, who gives him a sneak peek of the Terra fuel cell compact SUV that was debuted last week at the Paris Auto Show. Unlike some of the quirkier cars in the room, the Terra actually looks like it could go into production. I’m glad to see zero emissions vehicles starting to branch out into markets beyond funny looking compact cars.
This is the latest coverage of the Japanese Rally Championship Association season in Hokkaido.
Check out 7Tune‘s coverage of the DUMP’d car show in Holland:
Honda posted this story of Tim Mings, the only full time Honda N600 mechanic in the US. Not only does he work exclusively on N600’s, he has the first car that Honda ever made for the US, serial number 1. It’s always interesting to see these niche specialists who make a living on rare quirky cars.