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Car of the Day: March 22, 2015; Hot Wheels '79 Datsun 200 SX
Topic Started: Mar 22 2015, 02:09 AM (546 Views)
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Today's car of the day is Hot Wheels' 1979 Datsun 200 SX

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This iteration of the Silvia (sold in United States and Canada as the Datsun 200SX and in Mexico as the Datsun Sakura (Japanese for cherry blossom)), available as a 2-door hardtop coupe and a new bodystyle 3-door hatchback. The Japanese market version of the hatchback was called the Gazelle and was exclusive to Nissan Bluebird Store locations sold alongside the Fairlady Z, while the coupe bodystyle Silvia remained exclusive to Nissan Prince Store locations alongside the Skyline. Its sharp-edged styling was shared with the new Nissan Leopard sedan and coupe, also exclusive to Nissan Bluebird Store.


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For more information and pictures of the real car, please visit: Datsun 200 SX

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This was a Canadian market exclusive from Hot Wheels, and the race livery really stands out. The gold Hot Ones wheels always look good on the blackwall era Hot Wheels.

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This generation Silvia was uniquely progressive in that it was originally intended to feature a rotary engine, designed and built by Nissan. The resulting unit was fairly unreliable, and forestalled production. Coincidentally, it shared a chassis code with the Mazda Cosmo, the first Japanese production car to feature a rotary engine. The chassis was no longer shared with the B-series Nissan Sunny, and was upgraded to the larger A-series Nissan Stanza platform.


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pjedsel
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This is a great design on this car - really makes it stand out. I am a bit surprised as I don't recall ever seeing it back in my days of living just south of the US-Canada border and making frequent trips north and buying most every "Canadian Hot Wheels" I saw. :D
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Love this model and livery ;)
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juantoo3
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A model not often seen here, and then usually in a dark gold color as I recall. This burgundy color was certainly not released in the states, making this a highly sought variant.
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Guntownal
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Minivan
A model you don't see to often. Few pics of the gold one.


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Hobie-wan
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SUV
I have the white and gold ones, but that maroon is so nice looking. :drool:
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JustDavid
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SUV
I've got a yellow playworn version of this Datsun. The maroon sure looks good.
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Stampede
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Team Canada
A Canadian Market exclusive... must have been before my time. Too bad they don't do these exclusives anymore.

An interesting model, no doubt!
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toyotageek
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Japanese Minicar Maniac
I have these two that I recently acquired from Brett.
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Would love to find others.

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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
All look good!
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