Video Quickies: 2023 Nissan Z (w/6-Speed Manual Transmission)
One of the vehicles he drove…well, I actually drove it before him. The 2023 Nissan Z.
One of the vehicles he drove…well, I actually drove it before him. The 2023 Nissan Z.
That is why it is one of the most special vehicles that are – thankfully – still around.
The one car that is either is a constant garage project or a show star with more awards than a Westminster Kennel Club champion.
The idea of slotting a key into an ignition, turning it over, depressing the brake, shifting a gear and opening up the throttle was magical to this child of the 1970s.
Buying a new vehicle should be reserved for those who have better than acceptable credit and can guarantee making those payments for the entire term.
Now that I took a summer drive to the Midwest Automotive Media Association Summer Drive in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, let’s talk about what I drove at the Summer Drive.
Those of us who are not working for an automaker or supplier to the industry think we know better than any of these people. We think we know how to improve upon a vehicle. The way it looks, operates, how some functions should work, how it should perform, and so forth.
Perhaps this is a good time to even discuss this vehicle. You have heard that inventories are low on new vehicles around the world. The microchip/semiconductor shortage has slowed down and shuttered new vehicle production throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the most popular vehicles that consumers want are simply not there to fulfill a huge demand for them.
At the State of California's Department of Motor Vehicles office in Canoga Park, I became a licensed driver. It took that second time to do it, but it was complete. Thanks to the California Driving School and the help of a 1977 Datsun B210 sedan, this history I embody had a real genesis.