FoxyRoadster Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Why no dedicated Datsun magazines? Seriously, I mean hell the Vdub crowd has a few rags to look at.. Why don't we datto owners have something to stare at when we are bored with the interwebs. Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 I thought the Z guys had a magazine out there. Quote Link to comment
HRH Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Cheap Datsun owners, that's why. Owning Datsuns has never been about prestige, really. Its all about the underdog overachieving. Otherwise we'd be right up there with the Cavalier/Focus crowd. Yuck. Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Its limited here in the US but there out there. Nissan sport covers newer cars, a lot of dattos, and even has sections for drift and 4x4 action Z Sport usta be an all Z mag but its not around anymore and then theres JNC of course wish we got Nostalgic Hero in english Quote Link to comment
FoxyRoadster Posted July 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 I know about most of those, but really with fanbase all datsuns have from trucks to cars I'd figure there would be something for just dattos. Quote Link to comment
djlotus Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Aside from the Z cars I don't think that Datsuns have as big a following as you think. Having said that I really need to subscribe to Nissan Sport one of these days. Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 I love Nissan Sport Quote Link to comment
pharouh Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 Yeah,most Datsun stuff is on the west coast. Very small market. Have you ever heard of Datsun meet on the east coast? Or even the Midwest? Sadly,no. You get out here and hardly anyone under 30 has heard of them. :( Quote Link to comment
darrel Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 It was tough just to have a z only magazine. Two magazines went under, zcarmag then changed names to z car and classic datsun or something like that. Left a lot of subscribers and sponsors in the lurch. Then a few years before the 350z came out, a few of the writers of the those mags got together and put together sportZ magazine. They saw the writing on the wall and decided to incorporate all nissans and datsuns into the magazine. Of course you will always have the detractors wanting a z only magazine, but guess what, there isn't the support out there for just one model line. If it wasn't for the people that resurrected sportz and nissan sport, we wouldn't have anything Nissan only related here in the states. So what if it won't have your model featured each month, some is better than none. Write the staff at sportz, see about doing your own write up on your build thread and sending it in. It may take a while, but eventually it might make it in the magazine. Quote Link to comment
burrito213 Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 mini truckin magazine gives love to datsuns every once and a while. Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 Yeah,most Datsun stuff is on the west coast. Very small market. Have you ever heard of Datsun meet on the east coast? Or even the Midwest? Sadly,no. You get out here and hardly anyone under 30 has heard of them. :( sure there is, some large ones in fact. the Branson Z fest the International Z car convention (held at Nissan USA HQ) the annual East Coast Datsun 510 Meet the Mitty (not datsun specific but theres a ton there, including BRE Quote Link to comment
FoxyRoadster Posted July 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 There are a few small publishers that do on demand printing, I'm sure people would least look at a PDF format magazine and buy the issues they liked or wanted. Not saying it could be a big deal but a few bored datto owners could throw together a rag fairly easy Quote Link to comment
KC30 Posted July 29, 2011 Report Share Posted July 29, 2011 I've picked up a few of the NIssan Sport mags and find they are very good. I think it's a great format and hopefully become the premier Nissan/Datsun/Infiniti magazine. Honestly, for as much of a Datsun following as there is, part of the problem is how some of the owners/groups/followers organize themselves. From what I've seen in the short time I've been looking for events, info online, car clubs, etc. for the most part it's a splintered group. There are LOTS of Z car clubs... some do this so that old Datsun Z's and new Nissan Z's are together, some were originally only formed for newer Z's and the older ones joined in, and I've even meet some who choose the "Z" club because they don't view it as a Datsun (as one said... "it's better than that"). The examples listed above kinda show it as well, the Z fest or Datsun 510 meet (I really hope more than those 15 just showed up)... As the cars become old and fewer, the various Datsun car specific (roadster/510/Z) owners/groups really need to combine the events for their success. Quote Link to comment
Edz280zx Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 the Branson Z fest Try and make that one every year myself...lol....won 1st place in my class one year! Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Don't care for magazines. Maybe if exclusively for pre 80 Datsuns but seriously who want's four pages of pictures of a 390 Z TT intercooler turbo or the latest skyline rocket car? Who the hell is ever going to afford to buy one anyway? Comparing the new Murano to the original??? Comparing the 2012 Nissan/Honda/Toyota Hybrids??? Cube owners jamboree pictures!!! One a half pages on the 510 near the back mixed with 20 pages of ads for hideous rims, wide body kits, Mac tac carbon fiber peel and stick, Faux HID conversions...... <_< Quote Link to comment
FoxyRoadster Posted August 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Don't care for magazines. Maybe if exclusively for pre 80 Datsuns but seriously who want's four pages of pictures of a 390 Z TT intercooler turbo or the latest skyline rocket car? Who the hell is ever going to afford to buy one anyway? Comparing the new Murano to the original??? Comparing the 2012 Nissan/Honda/Toyota Hybrids??? Cube owners jamboree pictures!!! One a half pages on the 510 near the back mixed with 20 pages of ads for hideous rims, wide body kits, Mac tac carbon fiber peel and stick, Faux HID conversions...... <_< That is what I'm saying, I'd even settle for the 80's ones included just no Nissan with the datsun logo smaller ones. :D I mean hell the VW mag features some of the same cars once a year :P but its only 20 bucks a year to subscribe and such. There are enough datto owners and events to for sure keep a magazine going for quite some time. lol Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Just not sure what a mag would have that we don't have here without the ads. Quote Link to comment
FoxyRoadster Posted August 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Just not sure what a mag would have that we don't have here without the ads. I guess I'm just a fan of having a piece of processed tree with images on it. :lol: Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 Don't care for magazines. Maybe if exclusively for pre 80 Datsuns but seriously who want's four pages of pictures of a 390 Z TT intercooler turbo or the latest skyline rocket car? Who the hell is ever going to afford to buy one anyway? Comparing the new Murano to the original??? Comparing the 2012 Nissan/Honda/Toyota Hybrids??? Cube owners jamboree pictures!!! One a half pages on the 510 near the back mixed with 20 pages of ads for hideous rims, wide body kits, Mac tac carbon fiber peel and stick, Faux HID conversions...... <_< Nissan Sport is actually more than that. it has a good covering and love for the dattos Quote Link to comment
HRH Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 I think we do have a magazine. It's an online version. Called ratsun.net, heard of it? :D 2 Quote Link to comment
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