The Import Unicorn?- Nissan 200SX S12 Review!

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9 жыл бұрын

For this video, we hop in a very rare (at least here in the East Coast of the United States) Nissan S12! The S12 is a semi-forgotten car which is a shame. The S13 was the result of many lessons learned from this platform, and I go for a backroad cruise to appreciate this awesome Japanese Classic. Thanks for watching and Stay awesome! Social stuff, Tshirts, and more below!
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@jeypi__ 7 жыл бұрын

Brain: Its an ae86 Me: No its not Brain: Yes it is Me: Stahp

@MrBizzle79 4 жыл бұрын

Grammar police here.. you spelled brain wrong . Its Brian.. I'm going to let you off with a warning next time your getting a ticket !!

@elitetr1nity617 4 жыл бұрын

Trump kashi69 You’re*

@MrBizzle79 4 жыл бұрын

@@elitetr1nity617 thank you grammar police

@elicansmile 9 жыл бұрын

I have an S12 hatchback. Love it so much. Mine has 3.0 v6 from the z31. And its from the Factory, for USDM only. Only S chassis to get a V6 i believe. Thanks for showing this!!

@clayz1 4 жыл бұрын

Elicansmile Now that would have enough horsepower to be interesting. The 4cyl version that I had was ho hum.

@cjthurman4772 2 жыл бұрын

hell yea bro that’s awesome

@cjthurman4772 2 жыл бұрын

@@clayz1 kaswap

@ThatDudeinBlue 9 жыл бұрын

That S12 charm though. Thanks for watching!

@matthewharvey8134 9 жыл бұрын

ThatDudeinBlue hi love the vids jst wondering would u be able to do a review on a ae86 sometime if you can get one ?? thanks :)

@alexbjarki5021 9 жыл бұрын

Matthew Harvey i think he already has a 86 rewiev

@eclypse3d 9 жыл бұрын

ThatDudeinBlue I had two of these in hatch version very good motors =)

@Tspiegel89 9 жыл бұрын

ThatDudeinBlue OMG you did not just put getting jiggy wit it hahaha that's awesome

@andrewheil1670 9 жыл бұрын

ThatDudeinBlue missing front mudflaps or was that an option?

@philspaghet 9 жыл бұрын

Imagine if Takumi drove this... We would be talking about the AE86 like the S12.

@BlockchainOdin 9 жыл бұрын

First time I saw one at a car show I thought it was an AE86. I felt so betrayed when I found out it was an S12. I also felt like a complete idiot.

@Dcurleyfry 9 жыл бұрын

Hahaha they definitely look similar

@NoPointOfThis123 9 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah everyone makes that mistake, no worries!

@MM112085 9 жыл бұрын

That's okay, everyone thinks my ae86 coupe is a Celica.

@pgtmr2713 9 жыл бұрын

Boosted Don't feel so bad... I thought it looked like a Nissan Pulsar from the front

@nonyabtnes1922 7 жыл бұрын

Boosted the 200 looks better. so there is no betrayel

@OSOsBBQ 3 жыл бұрын

I bought my 86 notch from a customer when I worked at pep boys for $200 and slowly built it with parts I can find and some custom, it was the funnest car I ever owned and my brother crashed it trying to drift it. 10 years later I want to build another one! Great video

@Revitalyzed 9 жыл бұрын

Mr. Regular reviews an S13. David reviews an S12. Touché.

@mobiuspenguin 9 жыл бұрын

***** IT WAS ALL NEAL

@Revitalyzed 9 жыл бұрын

Andrew Cathcart Our saviour, NEAL, has given us these Silvia reviews to say "The power of NEAL is REAL. Down with Fink. EM is dead. Only the REAL will KNEEL before the power of NEAL."

@ElSikario100 9 жыл бұрын

***** dude dammit where the hell is this from??? Did I miss a mr.regular video or something?

@Revitalyzed 9 жыл бұрын

Prince Charming He... he doesn't about NEAL? EVERYONE KNOWS NEAL. EVERYONE KNOWS NEAL IS REAL. YOU must be.. one of THEM. YOU... must belong to FINK. DOWN WITH FINK. DOWN WITH FINK. DOWN WITH FINK.

@ElSikario100 9 жыл бұрын

Andrew Cathcart ...can you help?

@LD-zr4mp 5 жыл бұрын

I had a Nissan 200SX. I loved that car. It's still my favorite car.

@Nimbus. 4 жыл бұрын

they are great

@t7_br0k3n3 Жыл бұрын

hey i know this comment is from 4 years ago but im thinking of getting my first car, is this a good option? if so how rare is it to find one of these?

@franzyland 5 жыл бұрын

My mom has the manual shift, fastback version of this car. She stopped driving it about 15 years ago because the clutch was too stiff at age 65. My stepdad got it in perfect condition and mothballed it in the garage. She also had a Mazda Miata, 2 68' Mustangs, and a 67' MG convertible. She's almost 80, but loved her sports cars.

@philcarr7015 6 жыл бұрын

My best friend had two of those, hatchback and fully optioned out, with five speed manuals. The first one we totalled out when a drunk pulled out in front of us at a light which payed for the second one. They we're pretty cool cars with a stick. I would have thought it had a higher bhp than 90. And yes, I'm old. I'm 53. My friends mom had a coupe with an auto. It was a metallic orange. The interior was dark gray with orange accents. His first car was dark blue with a blue interior and the second was white with blue interior. During that time I was driving a '73 Maverick with a 302 and 3 speed stick. Blue with black interior.

@titleguy1 9 жыл бұрын

You should review those ducks in the beginning. Jokes aside, love the S12! One of my favorite S-Chassis cars!

@nprimo9 9 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing lmao

@ThatDudeinBlue 9 жыл бұрын

I tried riding one. Didn't go well.

@kittyober171 9 жыл бұрын

Those are definitely geese, just fyi

@leanderelfrink10 9 жыл бұрын

ThatDudeinBlue this is why is subscribed lmao :')

@leanderelfrink10 9 жыл бұрын

ThatDudeinBlue this is why i subscribed. Lmao :')

@jimbojimson 5 жыл бұрын

I almost bought an S12 200SX for my first car, mostly because I thought it looked cool and I liked that it was a 5 speed... I didn't buy it because it wasn't running, and I strongly regret that decision.

@schuylerambrose7720 3 жыл бұрын

I had one of these a long time ago and absolutely loved it!! It was like a burgundy/maroon type color and of course it was a 5spd. I miss that car!!

@MEANlowGREEN 9 жыл бұрын

I own an 85 S12 with 78,000 miles. I just drove it from NC to Nashville and ran The Tail of the Dragon on the way. Mine is a 5 speed, all original and gorgeous! Thanks for the video. I really enjoyed this one!

@michaeljhirz 8 ай бұрын

I had a 1986 XE, it has 102hp, four wheel independent suspension and with four wheel disk brakes, it had a five speed which was supper smooth and new it had really good power on the high end, first gear was nothing but a creeper, all the life was on the high end, top speed was 120 mph. It was known to be one of the most reliable cars Nissan ever produced. It corners like it was on rails. I one I had was the NAPS-X it had 8 spark plugs. The XE also had a microprocessor that connect two aerials for radio, it would use the strongest signal one was imbedded in the back window.

@erickm1693 9 жыл бұрын

Kick ass s12 ThatDudeinBlue must be so fun driving a lot of different cars.... And learning and showing us more a bout car culture.

@anothernrg8274 2 жыл бұрын

My grandpa used to have one back in the 90's, he tuned it with my uncle's help, and won national rallies in my country. I am looking to buy it again since used cars in my country are a bit devalued; it was an imported USA S12 200SX, but with the original swapped to a Japanese specifications Silvia S12 engine since my uncle blew up the first one in a rally, the headgaskets were destroyed.

@ElliottCollect Жыл бұрын

These were hugely popular for rallying, very cool!

@zachjohnson8723 9 ай бұрын

Got a 85 200sx automatic transmission very little rust body is straight

@camrongraziano1254 4 жыл бұрын

I have a 1987 Nissan 200sx xe coupe. It's black with tan interior, manual, no digital dash, the whole thing is 100% stock. I bought it off the original owner just in April :) It's a rare car and even more so if you consider I live in Ontario Canada.

@Nimbus. 4 жыл бұрын

dude nice

@untam3dw0lf 9 жыл бұрын

Hey man I love watching your videos and you always know what music to pick for each car review you do! Keep it up!!

@danielfulop 6 жыл бұрын

So awesome when I look for some car nobody heard about, and you made a review of it :D

@DamfinoMR2 9 жыл бұрын

Haha great video man. I love seeing someone else appreciate everything a car is, and not scoffing at what it isn't. Even the fact that the car is auto didn't bother you, as it shouldn't. It's still a great little ride that you won't see another of!

@dustinak 9 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love the look of these cars, thanks for bringing us a video on one. :)

@bennieuwenhuis150 9 жыл бұрын

Awesome review!! Always cool to find things you didn't know existed!!

@christiancelfo4524 9 жыл бұрын

Love that 80's charm! And that intro song was dope!

@CanIgetSuscriberswithnov-ci3dw 9 жыл бұрын

U sir are doing a good job on you're KZfaq channel you have a nice community and have awesome review videos you give every little detail of the car man. You are doing a good job I am impressed

@aaronpeople101 9 жыл бұрын

I haven't watched a video of yours for a little bit, no real reason. Watching this compared to your older videos, you have improved.

@Archetype_Datsun 9 жыл бұрын

Hey David the generation for the S-Chassis here in the states goes as this. 1977-1979 Datsun 200sx (S10), 1980-1983 Datsun 200sx (S110) and so on. I'm actually acquiring a 1977 Datsun 200sx that's lowered and has fender flares, has an automatic 3 speed, L20B sohc inline 4. Funny thing is I featured this same car once on my Instagram Datsun page, and it's nice to see these still around I see S12 from time to time.

@MinishGrace 9 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful car, great review! 💙 them s12!

@dhshatzer 9 жыл бұрын

ThatDudeinBlue 's intros, always there to remind you how awesome your headphones are.

@jonathanbigg7 9 жыл бұрын

New to this channel and im loving it! Really informative, and your voice isnt annoying hahah.

@2winPerformance 9 жыл бұрын

I freakin love all the intros you make for your videos!!!

@H3ntairican 9 жыл бұрын

at 0:18 I noticed the number pad on the door dayum and it had rain sensing wipers damn damn! datsun aka nissan was ahead of there time I also noticed on the regular car review silvia it had a windshield odometer display that was pretty much ahead of its time that modern cars are starting to do now. awesome review dude!

@mzondi1970 9 жыл бұрын

I had a black hatch s12 back in 89. Five speed. Only thing done was chopped springs and ansa exhaust. Loved that thing

@navyfan87 5 жыл бұрын

I had a black 86 notchback with a red cloth interior - my first car. Loved that car.

@brandonguidry1056 4 жыл бұрын

I was blown away by the power🤪

@RusselNguyen 9 жыл бұрын

ooooohhhh, i thought this was part of the Z series. turns out its a Silvia. shit, i learned something today

@AlexKiem 9 жыл бұрын

This brings back some memories, my mom had the s10 and always thought this is a classy car

@defour6475 9 жыл бұрын

omg the music is soooo good. and i freaking love this car

@spagehttiboy990 9 жыл бұрын

Man David, you find some unique cars out there dude! But i can't wait for the day you review and RX-7! specifically the second gen, FC3S, my personal favorite, keep it real ThatDudeinBlue !

@zachdavis3974 9 жыл бұрын

Awesome. I love your reviews.

@Rogowski89 9 жыл бұрын

Another great car and great review

@HipinyourHop 7 жыл бұрын

0:17 ... it has a keypad to unlock the door? this thing is reaching Toyota Crown coolness levels

@ElliottCollect 7 жыл бұрын

Awwwww hell yeah. It's so rad. So much technology in this old car.

@HipinyourHop 7 жыл бұрын

yeee

@EricSchwenk057 9 жыл бұрын

Great review David! Definitely don't see many of these!

@rorfvonbun 9 жыл бұрын

In Australia they're called Nissan Gazelle's. Saw a blue hatchback version with black louvered windows on the back, it looked so sweet! I nicknamed it the Kawaii De Lorean.

@dsg325 2 жыл бұрын

I had a 4 cylinder hatch back. Loved that car. Manual transmission.

@S3n0rT0ast 9 жыл бұрын

Really great to see a a modern review about this car. I just wish parts were't so frustratingly hard to find for it especially for the FJ20e engine.

@tylertalksproduction 9 жыл бұрын

haha great song awesome car, and even better review. Keep it up!

@phycoman4561 9 жыл бұрын

Yay! The S12 gets some love!

@charmnGUY 8 жыл бұрын

I own one of those, I was impressed and had fun with it!

@nicholasdulko1220 9 жыл бұрын

such a classic that no one knows about lol love the video as always!

@daniid5335 9 жыл бұрын

Loved that San Holo intro nice Vid 👏👏

@iruleusuck999 9 жыл бұрын

Wow this is pretty cool. The forgotten Silvia.

@thatoldschoolvolvoguy5012 7 жыл бұрын

just seen a dark grey s12 at a shop down the street from me also. there's also a black fb rx7 at a house around corner from two of my dream Japanese cars.

@1siksk8tr 8 жыл бұрын

Good thing Elliot's taking care of it now

@Stiffybuilt 8 жыл бұрын

I miss my 1986 s12 hatch. it was pretty much a s13 including ka24de and the same suspension setup as this one above^ It was my second car as a teenager. I loved it!

@MrSuitCat 9 жыл бұрын

when can we see you review a 2015 f-150 baja? :) keep up the good work, loving the videos

@03FordMach1 9 жыл бұрын

Just picked up an 86 S12 1.8L turbo. I had one in high school and really enjoyed it. The new one is in much better shape than the last. 96k miles everything is original.

@jasonhutapea6976 9 жыл бұрын

0:02 Look at all those chickens!!

@codylust8894 9 жыл бұрын

As an owner of an 85 s12 coupe almost identical to this except 5 speed, i am so happy to see this car getting so well deserved love. Maybe now less people will call my car an ae86.

@malachijohnson4742 3 ай бұрын

I have a 1984 s12 and for being old it runs like a beauty after replacing sparkplugs

@PacificCoastAuto 9 жыл бұрын

Were this an import from Japan, you could get it with the FJ20 turbo engine or the CA18 turbo. Sure it is not an S20, but for the late 80s, the CA18 was a pretty decent engine.

@REPOMAN24722 9 жыл бұрын

PacificCoastAuto FJ20 was the best, probably better than the SR20DET, it certainly is stronger.

@Van_frederick 9 жыл бұрын

Super_Slav better than the mighty sr20 :O

@REPOMAN24722 9 жыл бұрын

Jaheel Frederick Most likely, I like both engines just as much, but the SR20 is a better daily driver.

@Van_frederick 9 жыл бұрын

I love the sr20

@michaelgtrxu1683 8 жыл бұрын

+Jaheel Frederick Definitely better than the SR, way stronger and will produce good power so much more easily. Ca18 is also a good motor, they often need a little more work to get up to spec, but once you do that they can be monsters.

@franciscolopez4551 7 жыл бұрын

My father bought a brand new one in 1986 when they first came out. Back then it was like the coolest Japanese car around. It was a stick shift and it ran good. I remember one time he stepped on it in second gear and it went up to 60 mph pretty quick on second gear. I believe it had like 8 spark plugs in it. I used to wax the car like every month at first. It was a beautiful car!

@jmoneydadrivah908 3 жыл бұрын

Sad story time: I had one of these in high school, my uncle sold it to me for two hundred bucks.... if only I knew then what I knew now I would probably still have that car among other cars as well

@reaj2010 7 жыл бұрын

you can get shocks for that car at autozone lol.

@Rubencito956 3 жыл бұрын

I can confirm I work at autozone in mission Texas and we have them for 70 monotube shocks

@oakiraji 3 жыл бұрын

Not performance ones

@georgellamas7286 3 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry for sounding dumb but what are shocks?

@eymanyouwell Жыл бұрын

@@georgellamas7286 shock absorber

@1DarkBaron 8 жыл бұрын

This was my first car. It was a 1986 turbo hatchback with the CA18ET engine and a 5 spd. Quick little bastard...I paid $1300 for it as a kid (used of course) and loved every minute of it. GREAT CAR!

@BroVCam 2 жыл бұрын

I had one of these in the early-mid 90s!!!! Was a fun cool car! This was right when the aftermarket wheel industry finally figured out what looked cool; i.e. low profile rims!!!! 😅 telling my age here! 🤓👴🏽🤡🤣 Good review! Nissan; Bring back SX/Silvia!!!!!🥺🙏🏾😅

@elizabethdeapen7390 8 жыл бұрын

That was my FAV car ever! Wrecked it when I was pregnant with the guy in the pic. Ugh.

@RasoKye 6 жыл бұрын

Saw one of these in the parkinglot of best buy. At first glance, it looked like and 86, but the rear end was wrong as well as the grill. It was the same panda color too.

@Happeebouy100 9 жыл бұрын

i love boxy 80's cars man, this is on my wishlist haha

@fourstitches 9 жыл бұрын

SO HYPED FOR THE NEXT REVIEW!!!!! #ItsWhiteNoise Great Video As Always

@oakiraji 5 жыл бұрын

Still have two of them, S12s are the absolute best since they never ever rust I swear

@HGChannel2020 9 жыл бұрын

i think im one of the only person that appreciates ur cinematography and editing

@charmnGUY 7 жыл бұрын

I owned one of these, loved it!

@ron3348 7 жыл бұрын

I had a 5-speed 85 200SX, the car had an IRS rear suspension, it handled great. It didn't have a lot of hp, so once you got going, just keep turning and shifting.Very dependable, only problems I had were bad/cheap factory wiring and failing AC. If I could find one with a straight body, more power, good paint and AC. I'd buy it again.

@xCeelos 9 жыл бұрын

This video made me happy being a owner of a S12 , it was a gift from my mom and I've always been a fan of box cars! , its not the 86 but its the 87 and needs a lot work, A LOT haha. Someday I will have some extra cash to fix it up nice :)

@evanverret3150 9 жыл бұрын

That is such a cool car! I love cars like that, that are super advanced for the time. For example my father just sold his 1964 Cadillac Fleetwood that had power windows, vacuum locks (lock/unlock all doors with one button), and a sensor that sensed oncoming traffic and automatically turned the hi-beams off. No I didn't make that last one up I'm serious.

@AlexDane56 9 жыл бұрын

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! Finally some S12 love!

@DRaystumpy 9 жыл бұрын

Hey man! Love your videos and wanted to see if you have or plan on reviewing a Scat Pack Challenger.. Ill be moving back to RVA around Sept and plan to have one prob Dec time frame and would love for you to review it..

@celuiquipeut6527 9 ай бұрын

My first car in 1997 was a 1987 200sx white with blue interior. Was a 5 speed. Super fun to drive! I want one again!! And i beg to differ. I use to bring my brothers at the back. Lol

@hgmailcom 9 жыл бұрын

ThatDudeinBlue Yo man, I know that your intro music always reflects the car in some way and it's become a hobby of mine to figure out each one for your car reviews. I couldn't quite figure out this one, any hints?

@Dcurleyfry 9 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@rmvazqueztous 9 жыл бұрын

I like a lot of the music you use in your videos, do you mix it yourself or do you use someone for that?

@journeymanreefer6252 6 жыл бұрын

I had one!! Still the funnest car there is. Ca18et twin spark. 3 inch Turbo back. Nothing was easy. All have to be custom made.

@OSOsBBQ 3 жыл бұрын

Believe it or not it’s a factory Frankenstein, front end is from a 280 and rear end is from a 300! I had a late 85 notchback with the CA20 and made a few mods. Mostly all custom since nobody made anything aftermarket

@BirgerBofink 9 жыл бұрын

The Ca18et they came with in EU makes decent power for an 80's engine. And the manual trans is so nice! Well a manual s12 turbo was pretty much the funniest winter car i ever had

@Fire0wl18 8 жыл бұрын

Love my 12. Way to go Ryan G!

@rodchesnut7630 Жыл бұрын

I agree, a bright red Nissan 200 SX I drove a few weeks in 1984, had a great tight suspension. it was fast! Straight outta college, i wrote TV spots for local businesses around Champaign-Urbana., One of my clients, the Nissan dealer, liked my commercials I wrote & produced for him & my credit was my job at the tv station. He let me take one hot red 200SX out when i was dating the wild child weekend anchor, Joan. We often drove to Robert Allerton park for picnics under the stars. We woke up one night, no clothes, with half a dozen deer watching us. On the drive home, Joan distracted me & by the time I got my head back up, above the dash, I had to snap turn 90 * on a blacktop road at 60MPH. I don;t think Joan ever noticed, but i almost killed us both. That Nissan 's amazing suspension kept us outta the ditch and on the road. I could not tame two hot wild rides at the same time, & I thought the 200SX was too much horsepower. I took it back, but that was a great mid '80's ride!

@X7Rotary 9 жыл бұрын

I would really love to see you do a 1990s Saab 900 turbo review. Keep the vids coming! :D

@MechRider89 9 жыл бұрын

Japanese are so smart, in the 70's they made the first car with headlights that look where you turn, and rain sensing wipers in the 80's?? *Tear* I'm so proud! You'd love a sorted mk2 supra David I'm sure of it

@stuchbrosmnore8627 3 жыл бұрын

"First car with headlights that look where you turn" That was the Studebaker.

@seanfitz714 9 жыл бұрын

Love to see a 3rd gen prelude review... i've owned 3, great cars.

@Jasontyo 5 жыл бұрын

This car should have a huge following

@skozra 8 жыл бұрын

Not sure how I've never seen this video until now ! I love these things I used to have a 1.8 turbo - wish I still had it, sadly long gone though :/

@TheRiceguy78 6 жыл бұрын

ca18et was one of those mysterious engines that matched the car better than the v6

@coopertyksinski1757 3 жыл бұрын

i have one for sale but it’s the non turboed version

@clayz1 4 жыл бұрын

Oh the memories, even they are underpowered. You had to wring this out everywhere you went just to accelerate at a brisk pace. Off the line at a stop light you had to use all of it, ALL OF IT, just to stay with traffic. Other than that it was fun to drive. It handled well. The gearbox was fine. The seats were comfy. Nice looking in its own way. It just needed more power. The Toyota 86 of the eighties.

@xtracoolconcepts 9 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine has an S12 Hatch with a 302 V8 in it... What a cool car!

@andrewdmitri5821 4 жыл бұрын

The 87/88 hatch in SE package came with the z31 3.0 single cam engine. And factory 5 lug

@J.J.Williams Жыл бұрын

I had an 87? I think, S12 that was well known in the Okanagan and Vancouver. It was rb20de+t swapped and had a Tiffany blue and black paint job. It’s too bad it just got tossed around and tore apart from the owner after me. Also I had one back in highschool (2014 was when I graduated) and that 200sx Was a 1986 and had a Ca18et and it was sooooo reliable and the car I actually learned to time attack and touge the Okanagan back roads.