I’ve confirmed our plans for the GT-R cruise on the 24th. I’m putting this teaser out there because I need to head down to the Silicon Valley Auto Show to take care of a few loose ends. I’ll have some pictures of where we are headed on the drive and some pictures of the show when I get back.

I also want to mention here that we are inviting all Skyline GT-Rs of the past to the meet and drive as well. We would love to represent as much of the Skyline lineage as possible.

I’m still waiting to hear back from my connections about the GT-R meet here at ZCG on the 24th so to hold you over here are a few videos of our GT-R.

The first one is of professional driver Michael Ramies putting the car through it’s paces around Buttonwillow Raceway at the GT-R only trackday last month.  The next couple of videos were shot while the car was down in LA after the trackday to do some more R&D for our up and coming GT-R product line.

I’ll post up more about the GT-R meet as I get more information.  There will also be some photos coming today of the Silicon Valley Auto Show.  We took eleven cars this year, only one of which is a repeat from last year.  We make some pretty cool cars here, in case you were wondering.  Enjoy the videos!

I wanted to get this out there early for all those who check the blog first thing.  We will be hosting a GT-R get together and drive on Saturday the 24th of January.  I’m trying to organize the drive to a very special place in motorsports right here in the bay area.  If I can pull this off you will not be disappointed, if I can’t you might be.

It’s going to be a busy day here because we are getting ready for the Silicon Valley Auto Show presented by Motortrend.  I will hopefully have most of the details sorted out by this afternoon so please check back before the end of the day.  Check back later and keep rockin.

Link:  Silicon Valley Auto Show

There is some good news here for all Nissan and Infiniti owners,  ZONC has made it official that G35, G37, and GT-R owners are encouraged to join the club.  This will allow more of us to join in some of the amazing events that ZONC plans throughout the year.  Joining the club also gives members discounts at some events and grants access to car corrals at race events the club attends.

To comemerate the new year and the new open door policy ZONC has made a video which you can view below.  It has some interesting footage of old Z and G comercials over the years.  Fairly entertaining and worth the time.

Link: ZONC Website

This car belongs to one of our good friends.  The accident happened this last weekend while out for a normal drive.  The owner stated that the back end just stepped out on a freeway on ramp.  The car then ended up rolling over and hitting a tree which caused the main damage to the roof and C-pillar on the driver side. The side curtain airbag did deploy and probably prevented more serious injuries.  Thank you technology.

I just want to note that the owner of this car is a very experienced driver and has years of track time under his belt and was not driving irresponsibly when this occurred.

We are all very thankful that our friend came out of this uninjured.  Hopefully he will pursue a new car in the future that he will allow us to modify for him.  There are more pictures after the “read more.”  Drive safely

…[read more]