ding, ding, ding ..... Yes, the designer (Mr. K - the father of the Z) saw the American Movie at the time ~1970. He liked the movie and idea to name the car with fairlady, thought the fame might help sell the car in the US and abroad. The Engineering teams have since thought otherwise... but, it stuck in Japan.

 

The Z line cars have always been called a FairladyZ, even American consumers know that! I say if you like it, do it. I like mine it was actually one of my first mods. You should get an authentic one though, I have heard horror stories of bad replica emblems

 

And I'm faster than you. Anyways, I do know the story behind the Fairlady. It dates back to the Fairlady roadster, and I respect it. But... Others have no idea.

 

Damm courtesy sold me a replica. My $hit is turning yellow.

 

eeeehhht, thanks for playing, it was actually named after the Broadway Musical "My Fair Lady" while visiting the US in 1958. He felt that the name would invoke an image of beauty for the car - because people would think of the beauty of the music and the leading lady in that Broadway musical.

You can pick up your years supply of Rice a Roni in the back. I'll be driving away with the grand prize


http://zhome.com/History/FairladyName.html

 

Yeah he saw the musical "my fair lady" on his first trip the the US, just they didnt think "fairlady" would appeal to americans and thus the ###Z came in to play.

Anyways, I got a fairlady Z emblem, I like it and theres nothing wrong with it, the car is the exact same(minus the fender blinkers and RHD) and made in the same exact place as the "real" fairlady.
Plus I think "350z" is uninspiring, fairlady is a much better name and any Z I ever get will be rebadged to fairlady

 

Yes, oh that right.... that does clear it up a bit. It never did make it to the american market like that... engineering made sure of that I believe.

OK, so you guys know how Datsun the original company name for US came to be?

Mr. K goes to Engineering one afternoon and asks.... What are we going to call these cars we are sending to the US. We need the answer by tomorrow morning ....
Engineer - Dat Soon ???

 

^^ LOL, just incase someone believe that:

Datsun came from DAT motor co. the "DAT" came from the first letter in each of the founders last name.
Dat-son was a name of one of their cars, the first being the Dat-car, but Nissan Engineering bought them out and changed to Datsun for better Japanese meaning.

Nissan held on to the Datsun name to prevent dishonoring the Nissan name(you know the japanese are crazy like that) if it failed in there attempts at the US market.

After there success with, to prevent company name issues and to give a larger appearance and excitement for the companies stock, they change it to Nissan.

 

lol haven't heard that one in a while.

 

 

 

no no refund.. they won't even talk to me now lol... asshats.. i'll NEVER buy anything from them again

 

JDM badging all the way!

 

Courtesy sells fake emblems, i cant post url of the forum i found it, but if u want it i can pm it to u

 

lol, I couldn't stop laughing when I read this...

 

Here's a pic of the OEM Fairlady badge...tag says...Nissan Genuine Parts Emblem-Rear...order#84895-CD400

 

yeah but... he drives an 07..... kinda lame imo to badge up an 07 with fairlady

 

What's so lame about badging up an 07 with FairladyZ emblem vs. previous years?

 

I recently purchased my Fairlady Z badge, and it looks fabulous.

bought it from this seller and its a very nice quality, just need a stencil to align it better.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Fairla...-/272524627801

 

I know some folks love the JDM "Fairlady Z" moniker, and to each their own, but I think Mr. K made the right call on this one. Naming a car after a chick flick... ouch.

I always thought it was kind of like building a sports car and calling it a "Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants Z" or a "Fried Green Tomatoes Z." I know my wife really loved "Bridget Jones' Diary." So many choices