the 300ZX Fairlady has this fucked up vibe where it looks like something a secret agent would drive and like it's got all sorts of hidden bullshit utilities like surface to air missiles and maybe a laser,
This is an entirely apt description for this beast of a car... As we see...
Part 91 - the 300ZX Fairlady
At it's heydey, this was one the fastest production cars in the world. Certainly one of the fastest that wasn't some exotic European supercar, most of which this thing ate for breakfast.
This car was hugely over engineered, which means they were expensive to run and maintain, but boy. It was worth it.
My one time when cruising with a friend who had one of these, their radiator hose split and coolant was flying all over the place.
But man was it cool...
But of course, cool is subjective. And one of the best indicators of cool... is television commercials.
But for a change, we’re going to focus on the American commercials, because the 300zx has, not one, but two incredible commercials.
For example did you know, that the 300zx had its first commercial, directed by Ridley Scott?
You know, Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator...
That Ridley Scott.
It depicts the 300zx in a futuristic wasteland... Insinuating that it indeed, does have lasers and surface to air missiles.
It was ever only shown once at the Super bowl, then quickly cancelled, as there were concerns that it promoted street racing and insinuated that this car could outun motorbikes, F1 cars and jets.
But the cool commercials didn't stop there.
They somehow managed to follow that one up with one of the best car commercials of all time.
It speaks for itself...