Topic: 370Z image leaked!

[Mitlov]

Some of the greenhouse is GTR-like, and it's got the same headlights as the new Maxima, though they fit this better.  I'm also loving the prominent rear wheel arches.  Overall, a classy-looking car IMO, and a big step up styling-wise from the 350Z.



Full-size:
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/05/nissan_370z.jpg

Autoblog story

[dorin]

So Road & Track's photoillustration is pretty close.

[The Mighty Duck]

Looks good.  To bad that in Canada the Z is as expensive as the G37 and doesn't sell.  Nissan really dropped the ball on Canadian pricing...  here's hoping the new model actually moves to fix that.  Otherwise, nice effort Nissan, but I an everyone else will be buying the G.

[Cord]

I see a lot of 280ZX in those pics. I wonder if we'll hear many complaints about Nissan using dead-end retro styling cues like we do for other cars.

[Mitlov]

Looks good.  To bad that in Canada the Z is as expensive as the G37 and doesn't sell.  Nissan really dropped the ball on Canadian pricing...  here's hoping the new model actually moves to fix that.  Otherwise, nice effort Nissan, but I an everyone else will be buying the G.

Yeah, the Canadian pricing of the Z never made sense to me.  In the States, the 350Z starts at $28,500, and the G37 starts at $34,900.

[Mitlov]

I see a lot of 280ZX in those pics. I wonder if we'll hear many complaints about Nissan using dead-end retro styling cues like we do for other cars.

I think a distinction should be drawn between using retro styling cues (Volvo C30, this) and making an out-and-out retro car (New Beetle, Mini Cooper, Ford Mustang).

[dorin]

Looks good.  To bad that in Canada the Z is as expensive as the G37 and doesn't sell.  Nissan really dropped the ball on Canadian pricing...  here's hoping the new model actually moves to fix that.  Otherwise, nice effort Nissan, but I an everyone else will be buying the G.

Yeah, the Canadian pricing of the Z never made sense to me.  In the States, the 350Z starts at $28,500, and the G37 starts at $34,900.

According to R&T the 370Z will be 35k+ in the US.  That's a big jump from the current 350Z pricing.

[speed12sil]

According to R&T the 370Z will be 35k+ in the US.  That's a big jump from the current 350Z pricing.

35k+? Hard to convince someone to choose this over a 135i, which is even faster. Or for that matter go for a STI or Evo. Heck it'd be even more reasonable to get a barebone 335i sedan(haggle a bit).

[Wolverine]

Those headlights killed the car...

[dorin]

Those headlights are going to be a new Nissan design feature.   The new Maxima will have similar headlights.

[robarakira]

It's not necessarily pretty up front...

[The Mighty Duck]

According to R&T the 370Z will be 35k+ in the US.  That's a big jump from the current 350Z pricing.

If true, that might suggest that Nissan wants to move the Z more upscale and fulfill the rumours of a 240SX replacement to slot in below the Z.  If Nissan were to build and sell a ~270HP coupe with a turbo and RWD, and price it to compete with the MazdaSpeed3, Cobalt SS, and Cobalt SRT-4, I think it would sell.  And moving the Z more upscale means less overlap - a $25k 240 and a $28k Z would be silly, but a $25k 240 and a $35k Z makes sense...

Still, I agree, that's a big jump in the price of the Z.  What else is this car getting besides a bigger motor to justify the jump?  An actual interior? 

[Wolfe]

If true, that might suggest that Nissan wants to move the Z more upscale and fulfill the rumours of a 240SX replacement to slot in below the Z. 

Well if it's going to be a true successor to the 240SX then they'll need to find a heavy, unrefined truck engine that hates to rev to put in it.

[The Mighty Duck]

Unrefined, maybe.  But the turbo JDM versions make bucket loads of power.   

[tenpenny]

Those 'SX' things were just a bad imitation of a real Z.

The tail end of that 370 is kinda 911-ish...all it needs is that humoungous 1980s style whale tail, which, come to think of it, is probably being molded up in some aftermarket shop right now...

[The Mighty Duck]

  Racers prefer the 240SX to the 300ZX.  The Z might post better horsepower figures, but the SX is lighter, more agile, and with the turbo, just as quick, if not quicker.

[rrocket]

^^^^In the last issue of Import Tuner, they put that myth to the test to see if the 240SX is the shizzle or not.  With and without turbos.  Turned out it's not the handling gem that it has always been bragged about.

[The Mighty Duck]

Is it available online yet?  I'm guessing the SX is still more agile than the Z, but I haven't driven both, that's just hearsay.  I wasn't a fan of the SX until I experienced a turbo one, and boy was it a beast...    Too bad it was never offered over here.

[rrocket]

It was last months issue.  If you want it, I'll mail it to you.....I'm done with mine.

[Serniter]

Those headlights killed the car...

Totally.