A short entry… Just as I will always love the original Datsun Fairlady Z and Uchida Drawing Sharp E, I also appreciate the following generation of designs that carried over key aspects of the original DNA while making changes and improvements.
In this case, Nissan updated the classic euro-inspired design with a sleeker, more angular and futuristic silhouette, most notably in the ‘hooded eyes’ look of the pop-up headlights. I always felt the Z31 looked sexier because of those lights 
Performance also leaped from 2.4L inline-6 and ~150 hp to 3.0L V6 and up to 200+ hp turbocharged.
And for Uchida, what I considered the pinnacle of continuous-twist fine-lead drafting in the Drawing Sharp E of the 1970s also evolved (gave way?) to the Drawing Sharp KN with its de rigueur knock-advance mechanism. I am grateful that they at least tried to retain some of the looks that so defined Uchida’s line-up.
