Japanese Supercars in Print and on Film

by David Allen on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

A good place to get started without even owning a car is by reading a decent book or watching a good DVD. A lot can be picked up through watching someone else do the work in front you. It is like many things, it is the little bits that count.

 

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A-Z Japanese: Performance Cars (Hardcover) by Chris Rees (Author)

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Hardcover: 192 pages

Publisher: Herridge & Sons Ltd; illustrated edition edition (8 Dec 2005)

Language English

ISBN-10: 0954106377

ISBN-13: 978-0954106379

Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.4 x 2.6 cm

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Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 131,719 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This book covers all of the Japanese performance cars since the 1980’s and that means a lot of cool looking machines that have been exported to all countries. This book has a profile on all of these models, some very popular and some of the not some popular ones.

 

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The Nissan Skyline Story [DVD] [2003]

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Format: PAL

Language English

Region: All Regions

Number of discs: one

Classification: Exempt

Studio: Duke Video

DVD Release Date: 16 Feb 2004

Run Time: 90 minutes

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Main Language: English

ASIN: B00008N73I

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 53,741 in DVD

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This DVD of the Nissan is something all fans of the beautiful and yet seriously powerful car that has become known as the “Skyline” owning one of these machines is the pinnacle of driving experiences and would see off some of the most spectacular and much more expensive competition.

 

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Skyline GT-R: The ultimate Japanese supercar (Hardcover) by Andy Butler (Author)

About the Author – Andy Butler contributes to a wide range of motoring magazines, and is the author of Haynes’ well-received You & Your Golf GTI, You & Your Mitsubishi Evo and ICE Manual. He lives near Appleby, in Cumbria.

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Hardcover: 160 pages

Publisher: J H Haynes & Co Ltd (1 Feb 2006)

Language English

ISBN-10: 1844251055

ISBN-13: 978-1844251056

Product Dimensions: 27.2 x 21.2 x 1.8 cm

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The GT-R through personal choice has to one of the best Japanese cars to hit the road, it has pedigree, but more than that it has 1000 bhp performance and style in huge quantities. Anyone who sits behind the wheel of this wonderful machine will think that that they have gone to petrol head heaven.

 

This book is there for the huge following that this car a history has, there is no other car around that demonstrate sophistication shaped in metal and power with ice cold fuel.

 

 


Categories: Books, DVD's, GTR, nissan.

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