My first car was a 2004 350Z and it was modified to no end. Vortech supercharger, carbon fiber hood, body kit, Racing Hart wheels – it was the quintessential definition of import tuned.

If you'd only been exposed to drifting through its origins — touge canyon racing in Japan or grassroots parking lot dorifto in AE86 Toyotas — you may not know most competitive drifters swap V8s into their Japanese compacts. Like Corey Hosford's blown, 800-hp, LS3-powered KSport Nissan 350Z.

The original Datsun 240Z is considered one of the most iconic and important sports cars ever made. The two-seat coupe offered great performance, exotic looks, a reasonable price tag — and it didn't leak oil on the showroom floor, unlike some of its European competition. The car hammered its British and Italian…

As we look at these first live photos of the newly-defanged Z taken here at the Chicago Auto Show this morning, let's also take a quick recap of the differences between the 2012 Nissan 370Z and the new 2013 Nissan 370Z. All, like, two of them.

Those pondering why you'd launch a sports car in Chicago in the middle of February will get their answer when they look at the photos of the 2013 Nissan 370Z. This is the least you can do to a car and call it an upgrade. Look, vertical LED daytime running lights!

We wonder how many takes they had to do in order to get the skier to jump the Nissan 370Z pulling him.

A Nissan 370Z takes a break in a field of yellow wildflowers. [dogsy on Flickr]

The owner of this Honda Accord Hybrid seems unaware or unconcerned she just parked on top of a rare 40th Anniversary Nissan 370Z belonging to a member of The370Z forum. Hey, welcome to your new club.

Nissan's 40th-Anniversary 370Z BRE — as in Brock Racing Enterprises — Edition was unveiled last night at the Classic Motorsports Mitty at Road Atlanta. Did we mention how much we love John Morton? [AutoTrader Classics]