Motor Trend Drives a 1971 Skyline 2000

The original Godzilla with the awesome fender mounted mirrors (how have these NOT made a comeback on modern cars?!?!) and in a classy silver-grey.

The car has been kept in meticulous condition though it is still a vehicle that is out and about which is great--all great cars deserve to be driven.

The owner estimates that it is worth in excess of $100K and I would bet that this figure is only going up at this point as classic Japanese steel is becoming more and more desirable.

Motor Trend Drives a 1971 Skyline 2000...

Nissan Xterra Aces Long Term Test Report...

From 4Wheeler Magazine.

I'm not sure their praise could have been any higher.  Just goes to show that Nissan got it very right with this platform and made an excellent vehicle that soldiers on seven years after its introduction virtually unchanged.

I can only hope that the Xterra is continued in some form into the future.  Given the number of new models Nissan has stated it wants to introduce over the next few years, not replacing the Xterra would mean they would need to come up with two brand new models to gain the addition of just a single one overall.

I see some sort of platform sharing again between the Frontier, Titan, NV, Pathfinder, Xterra, etc. that will allow them to keep development costs low while appealing to as wide a market as possible.  Fingers crossed!!

4Wheeler Magazine's long term road test of Nissan Xterra...