Agree again. I went to our Local Porsche dealer a year ago to test drive
a new 2014 Cayman...The color was Yellow with Red hides.. The fit and
finish was second to none.. It was perfect... The ride and performance
met and exceeded all my expectations...Porsche is moving forward in
the correct direction year after year hands down....

Hybrid, like Q50, with perhaps a NISMO version.

I'm just surprised we haven't heard anything more definitive at this point

By late summer 2008 the 2009 370z was in final production and I even had a chance to see if at a focus group

We should have something more definitive in the next few months is my educated guess

They made changes, not upgrades. The front is a refresh for the look mostly, no significant aero dynamic improvement as far as I know. I consider the oil cooler is a fix, not an upgrade. The retune suspension is tricky since I haven't seen a lot of discussion about how the car has improved because of that. I will give you the cooling system though since it is news to me that they did something to the cooling system.

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Really? So if we argue semantics long enough your post turns out to be right? Isn't an upgrade something that makes the car better? So, the oil cooler and suspension doesn't do that?

Take this w/ a grain of salt, but I spoke to a Nissan employee and he doesn't have all the details on the next Z, but he said they were thinking of keeping the current powerplant, doing some tweaks and introducing a new trim (hybrid turbo maybe?).

I am excited to see what Nissan puts out. I am a huge fan of the Z platform and there are few cars besides the "Z" that I would rather drive. Personally, I feel the the turbo'd 4 cyl or even a turbo'd 6 cyl are long overdue. It is what the 370Z should have come with from the factory. I enjoyed my 350Z and loved it up until the day I watched it drive off. I have no plans to ever get rid of my 370Z, but I am sure I will eventually find myself owning the next gen "Z" car. Just please for the love of God...give it a manual gearbox.

I doubt a significantly different Z will be developed at this point.

They have a potential pocket rocket/twins figher with the idx, and given the tendency to build the Z based on the G (now Q), I am not expecting a major overhaul just yet.

But we'll see... hopefully soon.

i believe in the 2012's and up they switched over to using a pressurized coolant resorvoir as opposed to the unpressurized ones in the earlier model years

so you spoke to the janitor? lol

You'd be surprised what you'd hear through those bathroom vents.


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The point of my post is to point out Nissan is not treating the Z as an iconic car as they claim based on my observations. Upgrade makes something good better. The Z used to have overheat problems and there are members here who don't race installng after market oil cooler just for daily use. This is far from being good. So, it is more like a fix to me. Just like I don't consider Nissan changing the steering lock as an "upgrade" because a steering lock that works is making the car better.:tiphat:

i agree, im surprised nothing has leaked out. hmmm :confused: