GREAT article/interview on 370Z design sketches from Mr. Yanaka - Japan Design Studio
 

Check out the article below

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Here's a Google translate screenshot. If anyone fluent in Japanese and English, and would like to translate, rep points will be given out :tiphat:.

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Picture gallery:

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Beautiful lines! :drool:

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nice find AK

im glad to see that some j-folk did actually design the car...

wait a second, I though Randy Rodriguez designed the car!

they're just saying if it turned out like crap randy did it.

man i tried to read that jibberish....

Correct me if I'm wrong but Randy Rodriguez was responsible for the initial design sketches. This Japanese guy took what Randy sketched and turned it into a full production design.

So Mr Yanaka is the chief designer who turn the car to be on the production now?

probably. but if it wasn't for the french guy saying "yes, run with it" we wouldn't have this car. it's all team work down to the guy that delivers the screws on time.

I saw in the picture gallery, the first picture in the gallery, that looked like a sketch of the Z right? Is that the first sketch of the Z? Is the sketch drawn by Mr. Yanaka?

Very difficult to read, but interesting nonetheless!