Kurisumas and Shinen Omedeto Gozaimasu!

Christmas Day is just another 6 days away and the Year 2009 is just 12 days away. So, I take this oppurtunity here to wish everyone a very:

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year 2009

For this Christmas I got myself an early Christmas present :)

It is a Kazama Auto Pillow Tension Rod which came from Japan.

Hope the year 2009 will be a exciting and good one for everyone and of course myself.

Sweetie Silvia's

Silvia? Is it a girl that i'm referring to? It may be a girl's name but what i'm talking about here is of course the Silvias of the Nissan cars lineup.

The first ever Silvia was born as a hand-built coupe based on the Fairlady Convertible. It was called the Silvia CSP311. After that followed by the S10, S110 which finished 1st Runner-Up in the New Zealend Rally, and then the S12. All these models were from 1964 - 1988.

In mid 1988, Nissan releases the S13 Silvia which most of us know of even up till today. Their hearts were the CA series engines derived from the S12 but it wasn't until mid 1990 where Nissan had developed the SR series engines which most Silvia's now uses. These new engines offers improvements across the board in power and torque due to increased displacement and a more efficient turbocharger than was offered on the previous cars. This series of engine comes in 2 variants, SR20DE which is a 2.0 naturally aspirated engine with about 140BHP and also the SR20DET 2.0 Turbocharged engine which produces 205BHP.
Actually S13 is seperated into 2 types of cars. There is also another version called the RPS13 180SX which I think looks nicer.

Besides that there is 2 Special version which fuses the S13 and the RPS13 together to become a Sileighty and also an Onevia.

In the end of 1993, the next generation Silvia was released. the S14 had a more bold and rounded styling which makes it look a lot more muscular, bigger and wider than the S13. It is of course just an illusion but don't get me wrong because the wheelbase and track has increased slightly making the car handle a little bit better. Somehow I think Nissan cars that are made in this era are kinda ugly. The R33 Skyline was not that nice and this S14 Silvia makes no difference.
However in 1996, Nissan gave it a facelift which make the front a more agressive and modern look which kinda fix things up but sadly they didn't make an effort to fix the design of the back of the car. The older version was called Zenki, the facelifted one is called Kouki. The S14 receives a new version of the SR20DET, boasting a slight bump in power due to the implementation of Nissan's variable valve timing system, VTC, and a larger T28 turbocharger. This newer version SR20DET now produces 230BHp.

Soon after the S14 ended its production on end 1998. In 1999, Nissan announces the release of its new S15 Silvia with yet another improved SR20DET which now boast a horsepower figure of 250BHP. The top spec of the S15 is the Spec-R which features a 6-speed Manual gearbox. The Spec-R also included extensive chassis and suspension strengthening via the use of larger anti-roll bars and strut bracing. The S15 featured the same 4-piston front brake calipers that were found in the S14 but included a larger brake booster. One of the biggest changes to the S15 model of the Silvia was the implementation of a helical limited slip differential similar to that found in the 350Z.

Sadly, Nissan decided to end its production of the Silvia lineup on August 2002 in an effort to reduce its myriads of platforms. But recently there has been rumours that Nissan will build a FR sports coupe which means there is hope that they will revive the Silvia heritage. Some even heard that it is indeed the next Silvia which is the S16 Silvia. I wouldn't want to post the rumoured photos and artist impressions here as it is not a finalized thing. I really hope that they will revive the Silvia.




In the automotive world, when you hear the name Silvia, it resembles a legend. Not known for its power, or circuit performance but for its rear wheel drive agility, its ability to go sideways, its ability to go very fast when it's sideways, its reign in the touge drift scene, its countless championships it has won in Drift Competitions and also its graceful smoky speed dance through a barrage of corners when put in the hands of the likes of Yoshinori Koguchi, Yasuyuki Kazama, Masato Kawabata, Atsushi Kuroi, Ryuji Miki, Tengku Djan, Yoong, Sean Khoo, and Lim Zee King.