Carlos Ghosn has a well known reputation for keeping costs under control and making cars profitable. A recipe that has worked for Nissan as well as other car manufacturers is using shared chassis/engines/parts and assembling these cars on the same line. Example Infiniti G/Q, 370Z & GTR on one assembly line.
Logic/business sense would suggest that Infiniti Q 50/60, Z35 & GTR will still be on the same assembly line, as these are the performance cars for Nissan. So yes, the Q's and Z's will most likely have many things in common with some trickle down technology learned from the current GTR.
A 400+ hp, TT V6, Z35 for $60k will not happen, as Carlos Ghosn knows all too well that it will not sell enough units. Thus it can't be profitable. As someone mentioned earlier, maybe in Australian dollars.
The sweet spot price for this 400+ hp Z35 should start right at or just below the Mustang GT starting price of $32.5k retail. A sport version or fairly well equipped Z35 at $37k and top of the line Nismo starting at $43k, well below the base C7 Vette, which now starts at $56k. If Nissan can maintain great steering/road feedback and maintain the current Z's weight at these prices, it will have a winner on it's hand.
Please keep in mind, the US dollar can now buy 120 yen so if the majority of parts can be manufactured and assembled in Japan, the prices I list could be very realistic.
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