Succeeding the legendary Bluebird rally car (Datsun 510) that put Nissan on the world rally map, the Safari Rally Z had a short-but-stellar career highlighted by its 1- 2 finish in the 1971 event.

They particularly like to drive… and crash. The above YouTube video compilation is made up entirely of Finnish rally car drivers slamming into pretty much anything from rocks, to trees and ...

Remember when you were a kid, and remote-control cars were cheap plastic toys that were great fun until they quickly and inevitably fell apart into unfixable shards? Well, those days are over.

profitable and became the world’s best-selling sports car. It used the engine and suspension components from the Datsun Bluebird 510 sedans and won twice outright in the East African Rally.

It eventually was discovered in the possession of the family of Finnish rally car driver Rauno Aaltonen, though the car’s history in between remains unclear, Mikiciuk said. It took more than two ...

and will do battle with the cars from Citroen, Ford and Volkswagen that are currently contesting the 2013 season. This video, which shows the i20 testing on the notoriously tough Finnish rally ...