The Import Unicorn?- Nissan 200SX S12 Review!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ค. 2015
- 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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That S12 charm though.
Thanks for watching!
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 :)
Matthew Harvey i think he already has a 86 rewiev
ThatDudeinBlue I had two of these in hatch version very good motors =)
ThatDudeinBlue OMG you did not just put getting jiggy wit it hahaha that's awesome
ThatDudeinBlue missing front mudflaps or was that an option?
Brain: Its an ae86
Me: No its not
Brain: Yes it is
Me: Stahp
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 !!
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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!!
Elicansmile Now that would have enough horsepower to be interesting. The 4cyl version that I had was ho hum.
hell yea bro that’s awesome
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Imagine if Takumi drove this...
We would be talking about the AE86 like the S12.
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
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.
Hahaha they definitely look similar
Haha yeah everyone makes that mistake, no worries!
That's okay, everyone thinks my ae86 coupe is a Celica.
Boosted Don't feel so bad... I thought it looked like a Nissan Pulsar from the front
Boosted the 200 looks better. so there is no betrayel
I had a Nissan 200SX. I loved that car. It's still my favorite car.
they are great
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?
Mr. Regular reviews an S13. David reviews an S12. Touché.
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Prince Charming He... he doesn't about NEAL?
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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.
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.
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.
You should review those ducks in the beginning.
Jokes aside, love the S12! One of my favorite S-Chassis cars!
I was thinking the same thing lmao
I tried riding one. Didn't go well.
Those are definitely geese, just fyi
ThatDudeinBlue this is why is subscribed lmao :')
ThatDudeinBlue this is why i subscribed. Lmao :')
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!!
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!
Hey man I love watching your videos and you always know what music to pick for each car review you do! Keep it up!!
Kick ass s12 ThatDudeinBlue must be so fun driving a lot of different cars.... And learning and showing us more a bout car culture.
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.
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.
These were hugely popular for rallying, very cool!
Got a 85 200sx automatic transmission very little rust body is straight
Love that 80's charm! And that intro song was dope!
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!
So awesome when I look for some car nobody heard about, and you made a review of it :D
I absolutely love the look of these cars, thanks for bringing us a video on one. :)
Awesome review!! Always cool to find things you didn't know existed!!
I had a black hatch s12 back in 89. Five speed. Only thing done was chopped springs and ansa exhaust. Loved that thing
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.
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.
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!
Such a beautiful car, great review! 💙 them s12!
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.
New to this channel and im loving it! Really informative, and your voice isnt annoying hahah.
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.
dude nice
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.
ThatDudeinBlue 's intros, always there to remind you how awesome your headphones are.
I had a black 86 notchback with a red cloth interior - my first car. Loved that car.
I freakin love all the intros you make for your videos!!!
U sir are doing a good job on you're TH-cam 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
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.
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!
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.
Yay! The S12 gets some love!
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 !
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!
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.
I had a 4 cylinder hatch back. Loved that car. Manual transmission.
Awesome. I love your reviews.
This brings back some memories, my mom had the s10 and always thought this is a classy car
Still have two of them, S12s are the absolute best since they never ever rust I swear
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.
I have a 1984 s12 and for being old it runs like a beauty after replacing sparkplugs
omg the music is soooo good. and i freaking love this car
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!
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.
Wow this is pretty cool. The forgotten Silvia.
SO HYPED FOR THE NEXT REVIEW!!!!! #ItsWhiteNoise Great Video As Always
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.
i think im one of the only person that appreciates ur cinematography and editing
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.
I own one of those, I was impressed and had fun with it!
Great review David! Definitely don't see many of these!
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.
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
I was blown away by the power🤪
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
Along with the flashing speedometer.Random bars on the digital tack would fail. As you revved up the engine the bars would start to glow 1K, 2K oops no 3K. Then pick back up a 4K to red line.Good 80's times.
haha great song
awesome car, and even better review.
Keep it up!
Loved that San Holo intro nice Vid 👏👏
you can get shocks for that car at autozone lol.
I can confirm I work at autozone in mission Texas and we have them for 70 monotube shocks
Not performance ones
I’m sorry for sounding dumb but what are shocks?
@@georgellamas7286 shock absorber
The 87/88 hatch in SE package came with the z31 3.0 single cam engine. And factory 5 lug
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 :/
ca18et was one of those mysterious engines that matched the car better than the v6
i have one for sale but it’s the non turboed version
Ive always been a fan of these. Too bad to didn't find a turbo CA18 or a VG30 model.
Love to see a 3rd gen prelude review... i've owned 3, great cars.
such a classic that no one knows about lol love the video as always!
Good thing Elliot's taking care of it now
Another great car and great review
when can we see you review a 2015 f-150 baja? :) keep up the good work, loving the videos
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 :)
That was my FAV car ever! Wrecked it when I was pregnant with the guy in the pic. Ugh.
There was one of these for sale near my house not long ago, wish I would've jumped on it.
There was also a hatchback model and a v6 turbo model with a .411 gearing
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!
Finally some S12 love!
I've seen a few S12 Silvias, but all of them have been 1.8 turbo hatchbacks. I had no clue there was an S12 made in sedan configuration too.
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
0:17 ... it has a keypad to unlock the door? this thing is reaching Toyota Crown coolness levels
Awwwww hell yeah. It's so rad. So much technology in this old car.
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These cars are cool. I had a 86 hatchback 5 speed with the digital dash. I really liked it a lot. I paid $600 bucks for it back in 2000. Wish I still had it.
i love boxy 80's cars man, this is on my wishlist haha
i really did feel like the stance at the back was foxbody-ish but im glad my thoughts were proven correct
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..
I owned one of these, loved it!
I had one. Was shockingly 80s but so much fun! That CA20 engine sucked though. It had this really awful tape deck that was embedded in the console and you couldn't get rid of it! But the sunroof and all the electrics were mad. Very expensive car back in the day. Always wanted to replace it with the FJ20T which is a bit long in the tooth these days
Beautiful
Some of these came with CA18 turbos and VG30 V6 in the states.
Whenever you say S10 my mind goes to the Chevy truck. Especially because my friend that lives with me has a 1994 S10 LS
RevoltTrain ayy
Its really S110 but some people say S10.
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ayyyy, learned to drive manual on my dad's S10, so it's also what i first thought
Actually from 1977-1979 there was the Datsun 200sx (S10) then 1980-1983 was the Datsun 200sx (S110) and so on.
Still got my S12 hatchback, only about 50 thou (ks) on it. Started life as a genuine little old ladies car, has the auto but no powersteering.
A friend of mine has an S12 Hatch with a 302 V8 in it... What a cool car!
Are you coming to dankfest in the Greensboro Coliseum the 25th?
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
My dad used to own this car back in the day. Same color too.
i heard this were forgotten when i was reading a bunch on car throttle looks like the AE86 wasn't forgotten but the s12 is here did not expect
One was just for sale out by me in NEPA
The s12 is basicly a lighter z31 alot of parts are interchangable. I had a vg30e 200sx notchback at one point. Love these cars.