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News From Z.O.N.C. (Z Owners of Northern California)

Filed under: Events
by Forbes @ 5:37 pm on January 5, 2009

There is some good news here for all Nissan and Infiniti owners,  ZONC has made it official that G35, G37, and GT-R owners are encouraged to join the club.  This will allow more of us to join in some of the amazing events that ZONC plans throughout the year.  Joining the club also gives members discounts at some events and grants access to car corrals at race events the club attends.

To comemerate the new year and the new open door policy ZONC has made a video which you can view below.  It has some interesting footage of old Z and G comercials over the years.  Fairly entertaining and worth the time.

Link: ZONC Website






This car belongs to one of our good friends.  The accident happened this last weekend while out for a normal drive.  The owner stated that the back end just stepped out on a freeway on ramp.  The car then ended up rolling over and hitting a tree which caused the main damage to the roof and C-pillar on the driver side. The side curtain airbag did deploy and probably prevented more serious injuries.  Thank you technology.

I just want to note that the owner of this car is a very experienced driver and has years of track time under his belt and was not driving irresponsibly when this occurred.

We are all very thankful that our friend came out of this uninjured.  Hopefully he will pursue a new car in the future that he will allow us to modify for him.  There are more pictures after the “read more.”  Drive safely

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San Jose Auto Show Starts This Week!

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by Forbes @ 12:39 pm on

We are back for the new year and rockin as hard as ever.  We hope you all had a good holiday season and are happy to see you back at zcarblog.  On to our regularly scheduled posting….

These pictures are from last years show:

Every year we select a few customer cars and a couple from our own collection to put on display at the San Jose Auto Show.  This year will be a bit different for us due to the fact that most of our normal show cars are taken apart at the moment for upgrades of all sorts.   The ZCG GT-R will be there this time around so make sure to check it out if you haven’t seen it before.  One of the other highlights for us is a recent 240z restoration that features our signature ZCG Big Brake Kit that is due to be released soon.

Other cars at the show will be a pair of Redline red 350Zs, one is a VQ35HR car that makes over 300hp to the wheels in normally aspirated form, and the other is an ’03 with the ’07 and up front end conversion with a Vortech supercharger that makes well over 400hp to the rear wheels.

Our location in the show will be almost the same as in years past with ZCG right in the middle of the aftermarket and tuner building.  The Toyota Driving Experience is usually right down the way from our setup and is a blast if you have the time to drive a few new trucks over various man-made obstacles.

Nissan should be bringing a couple of 370Zs and probably a GT-R (not as cool as ours) to show off in the main building.   Be sure to sit in the new Z and experience all it has to offer.  We would love for as many of you as possible to fall in love with this car just like we have

Let me know if you have any requests for pictures from the show and I will do my best to comply.

Link:  San Jose Auto Show