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    Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!

    Two-Tone Roller Coaster Of Malaise: 1979 Datsun 200SX!
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/08/09

    In reply to Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!
    I liked, and still do like, the later version of this car with a four-headlight treatment.

    Gotta love a 2-door car with not only the requisite A- and B-pillars, but also C-, D-, E-, and possibly F- is you want to get picky.

    Always like the tail light treatment on the later ones, too. Everything was angular, but not in a CTS-sorta way. #1979
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!

    They called it 200-SX so we Americans would think of sex...
    Had they kept it Silvia, we'd have pictured Sylvia Miles from "Midnight Cowboy"... #1979
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!
    GM's legendary but rather old-school styling chief Bill Mitchell hated small cars. He once said that styling them was like tailoring a midget. The Japanese proved him wrong.

    Nissans and Toyotas of the 1970s were like shrunken American cars with an extra serving of whiz bang. The 200-SX is a good example, because it looks a whole lot like a 1968-72 mid-sized GM coupe but with exaggerated features such as an exceptionally sharp fender crease, extra-large stretch pants taillights, and a swept-back C-pillar with requisite "head wound" plastic vent.

    Sure, the 200-SX was awkward and overstyled, but it helped prove that small cars could be as baroque as big ones -- and that the Japanese could dish out cheesiness even better than the Americans. #1979
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    11/08/09

    @DrLemming: But even in the seventies, did anyone find that kind of styling sexy, or did it really need the little extra -SX in the name? #1979
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!
    OK, Toyota was looking at the Mustang when they designed the Celica in the next post - what was Datsun looking at when they designed this, the Avanti? #1979
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    11/08/09

    @62imperialcrown: I'm thinking more along the lines of Citroen or something. #1979
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!
    Imagine pitching a car to the general public today with "5 forward gears." Of course, back in the day, a 4 or 5 speed = "sporty," no matter how tiny the mill was. #1979
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!
    It was a hard time for cars of all kinds. This was a fairly good attempt for the era. #1979
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!
    97hp + 2300lb is positively driveable by today's standards, really (not fast, but in real-world driving, you'd never notice). A bit more compression and less emissions controls could probably make that Datsun a lot of fun. #1979
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Very Much Unlike A Turtle With Bad Knees: 1977 Datsun 200-SX!
    A turtle with bad knees? Weird. A hyphen does not make me think about sex. But it probably will from now on. #1979
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    11/08/09

    @skaycog: Though, it might have if the hyphen was between the "S" & the "X". #1979
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    11/08/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: S-X? Maybe. Well, actually, probably. But, of course, it would depend on the context of the sentence. There is SIX, SAX and SOX. #1979
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