meh.. the FD is sexy,but I think the Z32... is still.. super sexy

Nissan design chief hints at return of Silvia or lightweight Fairlady Z | Japanese Nostalgic Car

What do you guys think? I see a correlation for a new light-weight sporty car under the Z

Nissan design chief hints at return of Silvia or lightweight Fairlady Z | Japanese Nostalgic Car

What do you guys think? I see a correlation for a new light-weight sporty car under the Z. If anything, it probably will be a lower displacement engine, and to keep the power up ----> Turbo.


Isn't there a mandate in the US for manufacturers to bump up efficiency in by 2016?

U.S. Orders Stricter Fuel Goals for Autos - WSJ.com

SUV's,pickups, and large displacement sedans make up the commercial fuel concerns. not sports cars. look at it like this...
nissan would have to focus on the pathfinder,armada, exterra, rogue, maxima and altima to really make a difference to cafe.
Combined they will sell about 2.5 million or more vehicles there in a genration stretch... while the 2 flagship and halo sports cars will sell maybe 60,000 units over a generation. It's a luxury for sports cars to have great fuel economy and isnt stressed due to low volume sales.

The Silvia was srcapped and is not coming to nissan. If nissan goes along with the datsun release as highly speculated? Then possibly will we see a silvia? but till you here the words. "new datsun dealers coming to america?" fuhggetaboutit!!!

watever happened to the silvia? i thought i saw some renderings of next gen in BestCar magazines several yrs ago and dissappeared.

Datsun isn't coming to the US. It was only brought back to sell cheap cars in emerging markets.

its the Z32's weird azz back window that really began urking me by year 2002.

Big fan of both, but the FD def had and still has one of the sexiest bodies. The Z32, being the first car designed using CAD, looks a bit engineered, instead of sculpted if that makes any sense.

Which is STUPID! Datsun should be brought back and be targeted directly against the Scion and youth oriented brands. Not a Wal-Mart sell out. :shakes head:

makes perfect sense. to me the 300zx was an optimized acura in style while the styling of the fd was ferrari-esque. the z32 wasn't ugly back then... but the fd, and vr4 did have more exotic looking externals... its reversed now... the z is the most modern looking of the affordable cars.

:iagree: I was sad when I read that Datsun wouldn't see the US shores

The silvia's engine went into the juke on a new transmission and drivetrain while the silvia car was scrapped due to the altima coupe possibly losing its foothold. The silvia would have been priced directly against the all new altima coupe with the fwd disadvantage against rwd on the silvia. i think the next gen altima coupe might be a 1.6 turbo awd car???

They should just get rid of the Altima coupe and build the Silvia. With the new one looking more like the Maxima, a new Altima coupe will probabaly look more like a two door Maxima. The mini-Z idea just sounds silly.

Just curious, anybody care to share the dimensions of the original 240Z?

google "240z dimensions"

first result ;)