Wangan Midnight character Akio Asakura used to drive a red Nissan 300ZX (Z31) until he was defeated by Tatsuya Shima's Blackbird.
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The Z was very successful in racing in the 1970s: Bob Sharp Racing in the eastern US with first Elliot Forbes-Robinson and later Paul Newman as some of his drivers; and Brock Racing Enterprises (BRE) in the western US with John Morton driving a Datsun 510 and 240Z (#46).
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The restyling was executed in part by Count Albrecht Goertz, who would later be involved with designing the first Fairlady Z.
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The series was a predecessor to the Z-car in the Fairlady line, and offered an inexpensive alternative to the European MG, Triumph, Fiat and Alfa Romeo sports cars.