Probably the weirdest character of the set.
I mean, Ninja don’t have to drive, really, do they? They just jump around and run a bunch. I mean, I suppose they could if they had to, and they could quite well…
But the reason behind this car isn’t that I kind of like Naruto: it’s that the car it’s based on reminds me of him.
In the early ‘70s, Nissan took the engine from their Skyline GT-R, and put it into the 240Z for a special model called the Z432R. They didn’t make many Z432Rs, and all of them were orange, and they all had black hoods.
Orange and black. Say, what is Naruto wearing nowadays?
THIS one, however, is a little more like…that fox-demon. Instead of the S20 engine from the then-contemporary Skylines, it uses a Modern RB26DETT, tuned for a devil-pacing 600HP. Kakashi figures controlling this thing is a good way of learning to control Chakra…if it doesn’t kill Naruto. (That, and Naruto wouldn’t SHUT UP about it after he found it in the junkyard) Suspension, tires, wheels, (old-skool Works,) have all been upgraded, and there’s a deeper chin spoiler.
Kyuubi
Owner: Naruto Uzumaki
Make/Model/Year: Nissan Fairlady Z Z432R ‘72
Chassis: S30
Engine: Nissan RB26DETT I6 Twin Turbo, 608HP
Transmission: 5-speed Manual
Top Speed: around 180 MPH
License: Konoha Village, Japan, 9-99
Naruto, etc (c) Shonen Jump
Fairlady Z432R (S30) (c) Nissan Motor Co.
"Kyuubi†Wangan concept (c) James McHenry/Jim Prower
NOTE: Damnit…I spelled “Kyuubi†wrong on the pic and didn’t catch it ‘till just now…
