This commercial for the limited 10th Anniversary “Black Gold” edition Datsun 280zx is “Driven To Be Ultimate.”

Old Car Festival in Iwamizawa, Japan.

For those who weren’t there, there’s only really three things to remember about the early 1980’s in America: Pac-Man, cassette tapes, and the rise of the Japanese performance sports car.

This Datsun 280ZX commercial aired in 1979 to advertise the new 280ZX as the ‘best kept car secret’.

“You wouldn’t put the pedal to the metal and burn the bowtie clean off that Corvette, but you know you could.” We just love how these commercials taunt us.

Just like this commercial, when we were kids we always told ourselves “some day” we would own a bad ass 280ZX. Vroom Vroom!