Nissan VP of product planning drops hints of possible next Z and iDX?

Niche79

ill upgrade only if it goes up in power. If it goes down, no reason for me to ever buy it. Newer cars mean faster more powerful to me. Not the other way. The Genesis coupe has like what? 375 hp now? I mean common, if Hyundai can do it, and those Genesis cars are selling good! Then easily Nissan can too! 375 to 380 would be a fair bump to stay competitive. If they say oh were going back to the 280hp region, pfff no thanks.

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my2004Z

Nissan is leveraging what they call common module family to keep costs down while maximizing number of configurations. Their strategy is to incrementally penetrate every available market. IMO this means only good things for enthusiasts.

imhowie

How about a small v8 pushing 420ish hp, and all wheel drive

Chuck33079

And a unicorn that ***** rainbow sherbet? They're both equally likely.

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280z/300zx

You just made me laugh so loud at work people are looking at me funny. That was hilarious. Thank you, I needed that

Drakonis GTR

Been looking at the new Q70 lately have we? Of course thats also a full size car with a $64k price tag.

http://www.infinitiusa.com/sedan/q70/models-specs.html

I think I agree with Jordo. As much as I think that they would love to go in a slightly different direction with the Z moving forward, I don't foresee Nissan coming out with anything like that within the next couple (at least) years. They have already hit the 5 year mark on the 370Z though, so I'm sure that they will be doing something new for us pretty soon.

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VCuomo

Hmmmm... if they're "studying between those two" that would indicate that the next gen Z is probably at least a couple of model years away. The current gen Z will be a bit long in the tooth by then...

kenchan

wow, the sarcasm... now that's funny.

edk370

Why not a full electric Z? I rode in my friend's Tesla 85....and that thing's a 12-sec rocket.

kenchan

12 sec of vacuum cleaner sound?

edk370

^ I worked for a company that manufactured permanent magnet AC motors, so I'm biased for EVs.

Ride in a Tesla....and I guarantee you'll be impressed. Word of caution though: Torque is scary. It's a flat line from start to finish (on curve), all 460lb.ft. of it.

Eclipz

a small electric motor for torque fill would be cool

ka24king

Even the Nissan leaf is fun to drive till you get to 40 mph lol torquey little bastard

Drakonis GTR

If you really want to see some torque, try looking at some of the full-electric drag cars that have been built. They may not have the power or torque of top-fuel cars, but with virtually 100% torque at 0 rpms, they will tear some tires up.

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edk370

A Tesla P85 can either match or beat the new C7 Vette in a 1/4 race. Drag times has a video. The Tesla "only" does a 110 mph trap speed, but the et is 12 flat. The C7 is like 114 mph, but the trap is like 12.6 or something.

It's all about torque from the start. That's why the new turbo charged BMWs, Audis got such fast e.t.s. They got full torque from 1800 rpm.

My friend's got the regular 85, but it's plenty fast and got scary torque. It's like GT-R level torque.