Abunai Deka was a Japanese cop show and later a series of movies that aired in the late 1980's. The show followed a pair of detectives who used unique methods to catch the bad guys and naturally found themselves precarious positions that lead to one of them having to jump into the window of a moving car.
The show is famous for its use of the Nissan Leopard as the detectives' main car. The Leopard is a relatively forgotten car that was sold in the United States as the Infiniti M30. The car is well known from its use in Abunai Deka though. I saw this show on cable TV here in Japan awhile ago and was quite entertained. From what I can see it appears that Detectives Takayama and Oshita rely on the J-Turn maneuver even more than Jim Rockford in the Rockford Files.
Luckily there is a totally awesome montage video featuring the Nissan Leopard from Abunai Deka in action. Of course the montage is set to some very "montage-ish" 80's music.
You might have a problem if you didn't feel the need to buy a used M30, some cool sun shades and a detachable red light after watching that.
Nice find! G-Dimension in California's City of Industry actually just swapped an RB25 into one of these things. Total sleeper, and all-around fun car.
Posted by: luke munnell | February 25, 2008 at 02:53 AM
M30's rock. I love the near-miss with the Z31. I kind of consider the M30 the more conservative brother of the Z31.
Posted by: LarryW | February 25, 2008 at 04:23 PM