{"id":1344,"date":"2020-09-08T14:38:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T05:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.nikkyocars.com\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2020-10-05T17:29:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T08:29:46","slug":"jdm-classics-vol-2-nissan-silvia-scp311","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nikkyocars.com\/blog\/jdm-classics-vol-2-nissan-silvia-scp311\/08\/09\/","title":{"rendered":"JDM classics Vol.2 Nissan Silvia SCP311"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By: Kei Komiyama<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The Nissan Silvia (The Datsun Coupe 1600) was unveiled at the Tokyo motor show in 1964. &nbsp;Only 554 units were made, most of them destined for the Japan market, but around 50 was shipped to Australia and another 10 units reached worldwide customers. The introductory model was a hand-built coupe based on the Datsun Fairlady&nbsp;convertible,&nbsp;This beautiful cope was designed by \u201cKazuo Kimura\u201d and \u201cFumio Yoshida\u201d who worked as car designer at the time. It is said that German designer \u201cAlbrecht von Goertz\u201d who designed BMW 507 was also engaged on the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nikkyocars.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nikkyocars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1.jpg 519w, https:\/\/www.nikkyocars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This groundbreaking machine had a 96HP\n1.6L inline four at the front, mated to a 4-speed manual gearbox. The Nissan R\nseries engine was fueled by twin SU carbs, advanced for their time.&nbsp;<br>\nThe selling price at the time was 1.2 million JPY, which is twice as higher as\nNissan Sunny. (At that time, the average starting salary for university graduates was\ntwenty-five thousand JPY)&nbsp;The cars were\nassembled by hand and total production only totaled&nbsp;554 units when Nissan\ndiscontinued the model in 1968.<br>\n<br>\n<strong>Japan\u2019s first highway patrol car<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This first-generation\nSilvia (CSP311) was selected as a Highway patrol car by the Kanagawa\nprefectural Police. As the speed limit on the Keihin third way (which is\nbetween Tokyo and Yokohama) was 80km\/h, it was decided that a car capable of\nperforming well at high speeds was needed for law enforcement. The Silvia, with\nits top speed of 165km\/h, fitted the bill. &nbsp;This was the first time in\nJapan that a high-grade sports car had been adopted to police patrol. <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nikkyocars.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nikkyocars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.nikkyocars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2-300x136.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Market Value? <br>\nNissan Silvia SCP311 Average 6,000,000 yen-10,000,000 JPY <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nikkyocars.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nikkyocars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/3.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.nikkyocars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/3-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kei Komiyama<br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\nThe Nissan Silvia (The Datsun Coupe 1600) was unveiled at the Tokyo motor show in 1964.  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