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The Nissan 370Z traces its roots to the legendary 240Z that took the world by storm with its exceptional looks, powerful performance, and incredible value. Over 45 years on, the legacy lives in today's Z.

The original Z was sold from October 1969 in Japan, as the Nissan Fairlady Z, at Nissan Exhibition dealerships that previously sold the Nissan Bluebird. It was exported as the Datsun 240Z.

Nissan was a relatively small automaker when it entered the international market in the 1960s and partnered with Yamaha to design a new sports car prototype to update the Nissan Fairlady. It resulted in the prototype Yamaha YX-30 from 1961.Nissan executives saw the prototype as a halo car that would improve their company's image in the minds of consumers. By 1964, Nissan realized that Yamaha's DOHC 2.0-liter engine was not meeting Nissan's expectations and the project was scrapped. Yamaha later finished a prototype and took their design to Toyota, resulting in the Toyota 2000GT.

By the mid-1980s, the 300ZX became the car of choice for Hollywood superstar and BSR racer Paul Newman, the star of films like Cool Hand Luke and The Hustler, whose performances behind the wheel are as legendary as those on the screen. The 300ZX partnered with another pair of Hollywood superstars in the 1987 film Blind Date, appearing throughout the film alongside stars Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger.

It can also be seen in several of the mega-successful Fast and Furious franchise movies including Fast & Furious in 2009 and Fast Five in 2011. A modified Fairlady Z33 (the Japanese name for the 350Z) is prominently featured in The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift as the ride of “The Drift King.”