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This is my mum's new car, a Nissan Cefiro we imported from Japan. What's a Cefiro, you ask? Well, what you call a Maxima in the US is called a Cefiro in Japan, so that suggests its lineage. I'm about 99% sure you guys didn't get these in the 'States, right?
It's a bit of a Nissan parts bin special, the chassis and suspension is S13 Silvia (the chassis is longer though), while the engine is an RB20DET (ceramic turbo) from an R32 Skyline. The headlights have an awful lot of S13 in them, and there are bits I recognise from a few Nissans, including some interior trim from the Z32 :)Check out the difference in height
 What does my mum need a turbo charged, Skyline powered car for? Well, nothing, but when you come across a 1988 car with 1,200km on the clock, and it's GENUINE, you have a hard time saying no. It even had the clear plastic cover on the rear seats. God knows what it was used for, but according to the books the previous owner in Osaka still serviced it at regular intervals by time rather than mileage. There are some services with 40km between them, one would assume they lived 20km from the Nissan dealer where it was serviced!
 They are popular drifters in Japan on account of them essentially being a long wheelbase Silvia with a bit more poke under the bonnet, though I have to say it's not too cooperative as is with luxury car suspension and the diff knows how to give you a heart attack when you try and get it going. That said, in a straight line it can (and has) taken a WRX, so it's not all bad :)
 
And with my mum now taking the Cefiro, guess who inherits the Magna.
 Check it, 2 distinctively different types of lichen. If you're going to own a beater, no point in being half assed about it :)
 And finally, check this ridiculousness out.... for Australian compliance you have to have indicators which meet Australian standards. Since the Cefiro indicators have no markings on them, ones with Aus standards had to go on. Yah, right.
 Even the engineer who signed the car off admitted he didn't expect them to stay on for long.
 Ben
Australian 300ZX Owners Association
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