Quick Question: Fairlady -vs- 370Z
 

Why do some cars show one thing on the rear and others show another thing...(refer to subject)?

in Japan their known as Fairlady and every other place it's 370Z. you might see some Fairlady emblems on US models but that will be, majority of the time, a replacement emblem

oh, another thing. a real Fairlady Z will be right hand drive

If you read wiki, they tell the whole story of the CEO and how he saw the my fair lady movie and thought the car should be named after that, but someone told him it wouldnt sell well in america with that name, blah blah blah.

Thanks for the reply. Saw one from an Austrailain member with it on it (Fairlady) and race in Forza with that kind of car, but then I see other people with 370Z emblem.

Not new to badging...with my Acura and knowing a bunch of RSX peeps, there are a lot of people removing the "A" and putting on the red "H".

Well, that's an interesting fact. (thanks !)

Oddly enough, it seems to be the Americans who "demand" a name on their cars while Europe is content with numbers and letters. LOL

You're preaching to the choir, if you know what I mean ...


http://www.the370z.com/members/frost...fairlady-2.jpg

Dang ! I'm probably wrong but you're not the guy who traded in his RSX, are you?

No, I'm the guy who traded in his c6 vette.

Hehe, figures I'd be the newb who popped in and read over a few threads and looked over a few photos and would make a mistake right afterwards.

Too many names (nicks) and too many views and as an old man ( sigh... ) figures I'd screw up.

So, Vette --> Z. You must be un-American! (J/K)

I've had quite the collection of American cars (3 vettes, camaro SS, trans am ws6, 06 gto, so on and so on), just got tired of the lousy quality of everything other than the engine. The gto was the highest quality "american" car I owned, but that's because it was built in Australia, rofl.

Well, surprised by the "goat" quality. (yes, I'm old enough to remember that name).

The Vette, though, in another discussion. It has an incredible history. While I always loved the style of the car, didn't learn what the Vette was till I went to the museum (in Bowling Green, KY) this year. Sad to hear that a car with such a history has been such a letdown in quality.

Then, again, maybe that's the same reason I've been a "tuner" for many many years.

I think corvette is on the way up. The last year or two they have been offering an interior enhancement package that at least makes it look somewhat decent (not the embarrassing interior my c5 had).

just think of it as:


RSX = Integra in japan
370z = Fairlady in japan

I just checked out the zr1 3zr vette! WOW! 2.8 seconds 0-60? Seriously? I know what I want when I get rich!

Love the engine, just put it in a Z :tup:

North America wasn't happy driving Toyota's so the company made luxury versions and called them LEXUS and just marketed them against BMW, etc. (Luxury EXport United States)

That's how the story goes anyway...

I love MY Fairlady Z :)

That pretty much sums it up in a few words. :D

:rofl2:

Isn't that interior upgrade really expensive?

its JDM!

Japan loves to change the name of their cars before they bring them over here. To be honest I prefer the Japanese names most of the time over ours. Like the Soarer over the SC300, Altezza over the IS300, and of course the Fairlady Z. They even dumb down some cars on top of changing the name like the Silvia S13/S14.

I did the same thing as you...traded in a Shelby Mustang GT for my 370Z. The Mustang was just too raw and unrefined in looks...great power...but power just isn't the sum total of a car which totally escapes comprehension by the power-heads.

I just laugh now given the piss-azz ugly design of the 2010 Mustangs. And its no secret that Ford knows they made a huge design mistake changing the rear-end design of the 2010. But that is what happens once a car's design is old and tired...there is no place to go with the design....

In Japan they don't even pronounce it fairlady.

Its "fair leady" or "fair ready"

So it sounds ready to go.

Fear Ready!

:iagree:

:roflpuke2:

frost, where can i get that tag frame?

I beieve i got it at autozone. But that was a couple years ago.

it looks great, but it really is sharp as hell, cuts your hands all up with you try to wash around it. And it eats whatever towel gets near it, rofl.

You never owned a real GTO then. :D J/K

Both the GT-R and the 370Z are called Fairlady in Japan? Weird.

Only the 370z is called "Fairlady" in Japan. The GT-R comes from the Skyline family, but no longer carries that name. It's nickname is Godzilla.

I could be wrong, but that's what I was able to pick up from the web.

Here are the cars in Japan:
GT-R (Japan) - GT-R (USA)
Skyline Coupe (Japan) - G37 Coupe (USA)
Fairlady Z (Japan) - 370z (USA)
Skyline Crossover (Japan) - Infiniti something (USA) not 100% sure which one

Note: This is not all of them, these are just the top 4 in sport car drop down, there are two more but not even sure if they are sold in the USA.

We should specify that the the GT-R you mentioned is the R35. The R34 and earlier model GTRs where Skylines.

we have real right hand drive and they are called 370z, thank goodness.

G35's and G35C's are both skylines and skyline coupes respectively. Just makes it more confusing...

Are sentra's still called sunny? Lol :D
They call them 'baldhead' in mexico "Tsuru". Well, it means crane but in J-urban slang, tsuru means baldy. :D

"The Nissan Sentra is a compact car produced by automaker Nissan Motors and is generally a rebadged export version of the Japanese Nissan Sunny. The name "Sentra" is not used in Japan, where it is currently known as Bluebird Sylphy."

Thanks, dudes! I was all confused on that. All those corporate strategies to rebadge the same models is baffling, at times. BTW, although the "Godzilla" is the fastest of the two, the looks of the 370 are more appealing to me, besides the sticker price, obviously!

Every time I look at the GT-R, I think the looks and performance somehow got switched at the factory.