nice

It was kind of a joke... at that time, Oldsmobile had a model called the 4-4-2, originally called that because it had a 4-speed transmission, 4-barrel carb, and dual exhaust.

Sooooo, in 1970, Datsun borrowed a naming scheme for its high-performance model from... Oldsmobile?

right there with you

Build a coupe version. Call it a Riviera.

Confession time (related to the paddle shifters on a CVT):

I'm with you on this one. I always liked the C4 better than the C5 or C6.

a strange game.

DO WANT

agreed. LOVE these things, and I'd buy one in a heartbeat if one showed up next time I'm in the market for a DD.

you realize, of course, I had to read your sound effects out loud. You spelled them perfectly.

560 SEC, because well duh.

no, but sometimes I wonder how it would have worked out...

Way back in college, I dated a girl who drove one of these. It always amazed me that she could work all three pedals and the stick shift while holding a Big Gulp and smoking a Marlboro Light. Never spilled a drop, never ashed in the car. For those who don't know, these things don't have cup holders.

my brothers wife has a newer Suburban that a squirrel got into the engine compartment and chewed the shit out of a couple of wiring harnesses. Cost them several hundred dollars to fix.

LOVE this car. If I had the means, I'd have a whole barn full of ridiculous baroque Detroit luxury iron with 400+ HP engine transplants.

Mad props to the guy with the huge brass testicles hooning an early '70s Ford LTD at around 1:55