Nissan 370Z Design Studio and Exclusive Interview with the 370Z Designer
 

Well, two days ago, the designer of the 370Z sent me this video via pm. He is a regular on the forum. It's a GREAT video that explains some of the design ideas that were involved in making this fantastic car. Also, here's another thread that explains the sports package wheels design. Almost 1 year after my initial purchase, I am still able to turn heads and get positive feedback/:tup: from people around me. I don't think I have ever experienced anything like this with any of my previous cars. This cars design is so amazing, it's appreciated by all age groups and gender. So, I'd like to take this time to specially thank Mr. Randy Rodriguez for designing something so beautiful and classic.

Thank You. :tup:

Here's the video. Click on the image below

http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/s...andy-video.jpg

Nice video, thanks for sharing :tup:

+1. Thanks Randy!

Great Video! Even though I had a 240Z, 280Z and a 300ZX...I will forever remember "my" first Nissan car: A 1976 Datsun B210. Ugh!! LOL! Loyal til the end, huh? :)

Thank you, Mr. Rodriguez, for designing my dream car. My only gripe is the fog light "butthole"...what's up with that?? LOL!

I had a 300ZX and 350Z but also my first Datsun was also a B210 like the one below, don't remember what it was.

Thanks AK for sharing with the group -- of course us "Roadster" owners probably got a bigger kick out of it -- interesting tidbit on the "Shark influence"...I'll never look at the nose of my Z the same again...

Thanks for posting this video. I enjoyed it and I enjoy driving my "erotic device!" What a brilliant kid that designer must be. Amazing to see the actual person who conceived of the design for our cars. I hope they treat him well! He deserves an ownership interest!
I saw a short video somewhere on line giving a sort of a tour of the factory in Japan where the Z's are actually produced. It was also very interesting.

That's it! Mine was yellowy/gold. 4 speed stick shift. When I would go up really steep grades, the clutch would slip. Yikes. LOL! Memories!

huh, all this time i thought some japanese dood designed my car...

oh well... guess it doesn't matter.

Hey thanks guys! Here are a couple short vids from when I was in the news in Vancouver a while back last year that you might find interesting...

YouTube - VIAS Global April1

YouTube - VIAS GlobalNoon March 31short

...long live the Z!!!!!!!

I have to ask, you are giving back your Z so what are you replacing it with?
Do you still have your 240z?

That Blue Z in the nissan design place is the blue I wanted to see the 370 have, whats up with that ? Future color ?

Thanks Randy for sharing these with the group. Its great to be able to have a dialogue (albeit asynchronous) with the guy who designed one's own car. Great job and I'm sure we all wish you continued success.

I am however still pondering that "erotic & shark influence" thingee....:icon17:

Cool, thanks for sharing!!!

John

very cool!

at 7:03 the host of the show smacks the blue 370 lol

B210 are 'interesting' there is one on craigslist in SD for 1200 that looks the same! Any your avatar I think is Sung Hi, I met her at a club in Toronto a long time ago...

$1200? Damn..I sold mine for $500 in 1989. I should have held on to it. hehe

GETU1 -Thank you, Mr. Rodriguez, for designing my dream car. My only gripe is the fog light " ..hole"...what's up with that?? LOL!

I think its cool as a brake light. I did some early sketches as if it was a race car and got inspired by a low single brake light like F-1 or Lemans race cars.

theDreamer- I have to ask, you are giving back your Z so what are you replacing it with?
Do you still have your 240z?

I ll be getting another Z but my wife wants me to wait a little bit. Cube just came in for the wife and expecting another baby any day now. Just picked up another bike and will probably be riding mostly for a little while.

Sold the 240 and my friend who bought has been tracking it I think every month and doing well. Needed it for a down on the house I recently bought.

chuckd05- That Blue Z in the nissan design place is the blue I wanted to see the 370 have, whats up with that ? Future color ?

I dont have much say in the color department but I'd love a metallic silver blue also. I wish the car was offered in a lot of other colors as well.

Sscottfitz- I am however still pondering that "erotic & shark influence" thingee....

The 'erotic mechanism' concept came from the mothership in Japan which I thought was cool. Sometimes things get lost in translation and they end up sending us stuff like that.

I think sports cars should be sinister and menacing but at the same time beautiful. Sharks are like that and think of the body side like its belly and the beltline like a sharks profile and the sharp detailing. Better I was looking at sharks for inspiration than a whale or a panda, right?

:rofl2:

That's awesome you did those interviews.
Interesting the first video uses footage from Need For Speed (Undercover i think?), which was designed and developed in Vancouver.

Hope to see you at the next auto show! A buddy and I will likely have his GTR and my 40th anniversary 370Z (once it comes in) side by side in V formation at the Canada place convention centre. :)