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SmoothZ 04-15-2010 07:39 AM

The Z32 rules! :D I still think the lines on it are timeless.

areyouin729 04-15-2010 08:00 AM

I love the Z32 and it's looks could hold up today with a little remodel but I don't think it looks exotic...it was a trendsetter for good looking sport cars in the 90's

I hope if Nissan does the next Z, they base it off the Z32 in the looks dept.

FuszNissan 04-15-2010 09:25 AM

I think the Supra and RX7FD lines are timeless, I don't think the 300's are. But it's all personal opinion. I hope they don't base the next gen Z off Z32 looks.

fullmonty 04-15-2010 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by FuszNissan (Post 497583)
I think the Supra and RX7FD lines are timeless, I don't think the 300's are. But it's all personal opinion. I hope they don't base the next gen Z off Z32 looks.

I completly agree

Mergnthwirker 04-15-2010 04:08 PM

My feeling is that we're looking at the end of an era. Gas prices are likely to head up massively as the economy recovers. New CAFE regulations are likely to put a nail in the coffin for cars like the 370Z. Increasingly the Green Mafia will demonize those of us who drive sports cars (how IRRESPONSIBLE!!). Look at what happened when the Sierra Club started targeting Hummer?

Future sports cars are likely to be hybrids (see the Porsche 918 concept for example). The performance may be same/better, but the days of a rip-rorting gasoline engine making only 21mpg EPA are numbered.

Enjoy it while you can!

fullmonty 04-15-2010 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Mergnthwirker (Post 498062)
Increasingly the Green Mafia will demonize those of us who drive sports cars (how IRRESPONSIBLE!!). Look at what happened when the Sierra Club started targeting Hummer?

Enjoy it while you can!


The Sierra Club makes me want to cut down trees and pour oil in rivers.

Jesse_Hunter 04-15-2010 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by fullmonty (Post 498094)
The Sierra Club makes me want to cut down trees and pour oil in rivers.


Tou'che, Friend. :rofl2:

SPOHN 04-15-2010 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Mergnthwirker (Post 498062)
My feeling is that we're looking at the end of an era. Gas prices are likely to head up massively as the economy recovers. New CAFE regulations are likely to put a nail in the coffin for cars like the 370Z. Increasingly the Green Mafia will demonize those of us who drive sports cars (how IRRESPONSIBLE!!). Look at what happened when the Sierra Club started targeting Hummer?

Future sports cars are likely to be hybrids (see the Porsche 918 for example). The performance may be same/better, but the days of a rip-rorting gasoline engine making only 21mpg EPA are numbered.

Enjoy it while you can!

That's probably on it's way. But if we could have a car half the spec of this porsche would be nice for the future. Just have to get someone to learn to modify these cars. I really like everything about it. It's definitly the future. I've included a link for those who've haven't read up on this.


Porsche 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid concept gets 78 mpg, hits 62 mph in 3.2 seconds — Autoblog

tvfreakazoid 04-17-2010 06:21 AM

They should give it more power boost by 2011. I mean the mustang got one really quick. Their new 5.0 engine seems really good. It went from 315 to 412hp. Come on nissan, how about a little more juice.

tvfreakazoid 04-17-2010 06:25 AM

It seems nissan made the Z look similar to the pontiac and lotus! Or is it the other way around?

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Originally Posted by fullmonty (Post 497434)
Didn't say the Mustang Looked anything like a 300Z, just said that it didn't look exotic. Perhaps in the 90s it did, however to my eye in 2010 it does not. Thats not to say it isn't a nice car, cause they are nice cars.

Though notice a resemblance between a Fiero and a 300? I don't think anyone would call a Fiero an exotic.

http://stlstreets.com/uploaded_image...Oi2-732928.jpg
http://image.superstreetonline.com/f..._side_view.jpg
http://www.tjeena.se/wp-content/uplo...8/06/fiero.jpg
http://www.paulridley.co.uk/1992%20N...20Chepstow.JPG


tvfreakazoid 04-17-2010 06:29 AM

Let's not forget the R34 looks timeless as well (at least for me it is). One of the reason it looks timeless because, well, it never made it to america, second I never seen one on the streets (I live in Sacramento, CA). I've seen lambos, Ferrari's, vipers, prowlers, delorean, R35, lotus(older models at a car show), but not one single R34. I wish I could own one.

kfscoll 04-17-2010 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by tvfreakazoid (Post 500290)
They should give it more power boost by 2011. I mean the mustang got one really quick. Their new 5.0 engine seems really good. It went from 315 to 412hp. Come on nissan, how about a little more juice.

I don't see it happening that fast. Nissan usual drops new motors in the Infiniti line before we see them in "regular" Nissans...for example, we saw the 3.7 in the G37 coupe before it made it to the Z. The 2011 Infiniti M still uses the 330-hp version of the 3.7 V6 (no DI or any other power bumps), so I'd be surprised to see any significant changes for the 2011 Z in the power department.

And you can forget ever seeing a V8 in the Z. That puts the car into a different segment altogether.

Jessica 04-17-2010 02:31 PM

I'm not a fan of the Z31 or Z32 bodies at all. They don't feel "Z" to me. I would hope Nissan never goes that direction with the line again.

Red370 04-17-2010 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Jessica (Post 500654)
I'm not a fan of the Z31 or Z32 bodies at all. They don't feel "Z" to me. I would hope Nissan never goes that direction with the line again.

I'll agree on the Z32, I think that body style pretty much shat upon the Z heritage for sure.

PapoZalsa 04-17-2010 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tvfreakazoid (Post 500290)
They should give it more power boost by 2011. I mean the mustang got one really quick. Their new 5.0 engine seems really good. It went from 315 to 412hp. Come on nissan, how about a little more juice.

Not real quick, it took years for the Mustang to come back to the 5.0 from the 4.6.

I don't see the Z getting too much more horsepower in the coming models. But a Turbo or SC option with factory warranty would be good! :tup:


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