Tokyo Auto Salon Nissans...

Focus here is currently on the Detroit Auto Show and we'll turn to that soon with Nissan news this week but here are a couple of the Nissans (and a Subaru) from the Tokyo Auto Salon that has been occurring over the past few days and is Japan's version of SEMA (more or less...)

1976 Skyline

2015 WRX STi in full race trim..

GT-R NISMO

1996 Nissan 180SX as Lightning NATSeen...

180SX Custom Drift machine...

2014 Tokyo Auto Salon--Nissan Models

 The Tokyo Auto Salon takes place the weekend of 1/10/14 and is Japan's answer to SEMA, showcasing not only concept and tricked out versions of vehicles from the major manufacturers but those from aftermarket companies as well.

Nissan is a regular attendee and '14 will be no exception.  As is typical the models being presented range from the hardcore race ready to the merely whimsical.  Japan has a love for what we probably would deem to be "silly" vehicles (Hello Kitty adorned kei cars for instance) but...it sure keeps things interesting.

Two GT-R models will be present including the GT-R Nismo GT500 racer that competes in Japan's Super GT Series and a GT-R Nismo with a special option package tuned for the Nurburgring.

The Deltawing derived ZEOD RC that is due to enter LeMans will be present as will the X-trail X-tremer concept (the future Xterra here in the States??  Perhaps).

Less hardcore are the Aero Style Leaf, Nissan March NISMO S and a gold and pink accented Dayz Roox Highway Star (a Mitsubishi co-produced product) amongst others.  So, if this isn't anything revolutionary at least it gives us something to look at direct from Nissan.  Hopefully there will be some other non-factory related showings as well.

New Nissan Only Sportscar Series and Japan Auto Salon...

Two fairly noteable announcments from Nissan today.  The first and more interesting is the announcement of a 370Z only series.  Dubbed the "Nissan 370Z Nismo Z-Challenge Spec" indicates that it will also be a spec series with cars likely all being produced by Nissan in house and sold to the race teams.  At $165K a pop for the 370Z racecar shown by Nissan in '12 it won't be cheap and I don't think it will be in the US either given the photos of the car given as an example are right hand drive.  Additionally, Nissan already has the NASA 350Z series here in the US so adding a 370Z spec series really wouldn't make much sense.

Where more details and an example of the 370Z racecar will be found centers around the second piece of Nissan news.  The 2013 Tokyo Auto Salon will see Nissan bring out a handful of custom vehicles for display.  This years Nissan provided vehicles will include 10 vehicles to include the Deltawing racer making its Japanese debut, a Leaf with a NISMO performance package, the Motul Autech GT-R racecar, a GT-R GT3 race car and the aforementioned 370Z spec series racecar.

Catch it if your in Japan and we'll see where this 370Z series ends up.

Nissan Announces 370Z only series...
2013 Tokyo Auto Salon lineup...