Young Version — April 1998

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238 available scans from Young Version — April 1998, in right-to-left reading order. Japanese OCR and English translation drafts are available throughout. Drafts have not received exhaustive image proofreading; unreadable source remains recorded in the archival data. Capture img018 is absent from the supplied folder; the exact missing printed pages have not been established.

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Page 190 — English draft translation

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Knowing how a crash develops so you can avoid one. New cars today come with airbags, ABS, and rigid bodies as standard. But it is not enough for only the cars to advance: after all, drivers are the ones driving them. That is why drivers should experience dangerous situations safely, so they can avoid crashes in the future and continue enjoying their cars.

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You can see the dangerous behavior clearly!

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Nissan Driving Park

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Driving Park

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Challenge…

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It’s fun!

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Hey, you’ve seen the Nissan Driving Park TV commercial where Yoshikatsu goes into an over-the-top panic, right? But what kind of place is it, and what do you do there? It’s a bit of a mystery. Of course, Young Version had the same question! So we slipped into this much-talked-about spot as representatives of our readers.

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But…

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So, here is what we wanted to find out…

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Opinion / report

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As representatives of our readers, we infiltrated this much-talked-about place.

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Going straight to a circuit is risky, so it’s best to start at NDP!

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The course layout makes it impossible for the car to hit anything, even if you spin.

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That is why the Nissan Driving Park was created. Of course, we drive safely on public roads, but you never know where danger may be hiding. It is essential to learn the knowledge, judgment, and emergency-avoidance skills needed for those moments through hands-on practice. And the best way to improve driving is to learn from a skilled instructor.

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…so you can safely experience spins and understeer.

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The instructors are centered around the test staff who develop new cars…

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They let you experience steering and understeer, but what makes that possible is the G-force…

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It’s the test course at the Murayama plant, where GT-Rs and the popular Cube are built—how could we resist? All right, let’s give it a try!

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It was built with that very wish in mind…

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A5P

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Did you know that about 80% of traffic accidents are caused by driver error, such as mistakes while driving?

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