Driving a Calsonic Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 on a Nürburgring road trip

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Godzilla versus Godzilla | 2018 Nissan GT-R meets R32 GT-R in Australia

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It took 25 years for our author to drive this classic Nissan GT-R.

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Pot-growing neighbors blamed for fire that killed Skylines, dogs

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A few days ago, we brought you news on marijuana's danger to drivers. Today, we bring you news on marijuana's danger to cars.

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Fire destroys warehouse full of Nissan Skylines

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A fire broke out at the Ontario, CA location of International Vehicle Importers. 24 cars were destroyed, and sadly two dogs perished.

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Fire destroys warehouse full of Nissan Skylines originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 03 May 2016 10:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Watch Formula Drift Championship leader Chris Forsberg drift a 1975 Datsun 280Z

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Screencap of a Clarion ad featuring Chris Forsberg drifting a custom Nissan 280Z

Chris Forsberg won the Formula Drift Championship in 2009, was in the catbird seat to win it last year until the final race of the season and started this year's season with a win at Long Beach. That is how he can be provide the example for Clarion USA's tagline, "Dream like a champion."

In this three-minute video for the audio components manufacturer, Forsberg gives up the race suit for a corporate suit, then takes time out of his commute to think about what he'd rather be doing. In a 1975 Nissan 280Z with a turbocharged 2.0-liter Skyline RBDET20 engine. We're sure this has never happened to any of you before.

You can watch how dream begins - and suddenly ends - in the video below.

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What does a world-class downhill skateboarder drive? Something very cool

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Kevin Reimer has an interesting career and a fascinating car. The resident of Vancouver, BC is a professional downhill skateboarder - which we now know is a thing you can be - who sees a lot of commonality between his extreme occupation and his cherry 1991 Nissan Skyline GT-R.

The subjects of the latest Petrolicious joint, Racing Champions, Reimer waxes philosophical about skateboarding and driving down some of the same routes. You'll not be surprised to hear that riding the curves of a mountain slope, be it on a deck or in a bucket seat, both rely on grip and nerve in various measure. Scroll down to see for yourself, and don't miss the rest of our Petrolicious library when you're done.

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