And the benefit of a mercedes engine in the Z is that you can now have german tuners go crazy on your car

Yea very true although I still wish it was a VQ.

The original S2000 is front-mid engine and RWD.

If the only options are hybrid and CVT from all of these cars, I'm keeping my Z and making it twin turbo.

I meant the general 'you'. I looked it up hoping that the news had changed from a sub-200hp econobox. It hasn't.

I no what the original was the new one will be mid engined rwd if u read the articles were talking about.

Firebase is dead on. The Z is all about affordability and the 300zx was priced out of the No. Am. market when the Yen was stronger than the dollar. Nissan learned its lesson and it's one of the reasons the Z's improvements between subsequent production models have been modest -- cost. If the new stock Z is over $40K, it will fail.

It's also the same story as the Supra. Toyota tried to reinvent it as a higher end sports car and it failed miserably. People just weren't going to pay top dollar for a Toyota, despite its performance. If the new Supra is over $60K as rumored, it will go no where.

More info on the next 370Z
 

I also agree that a Z that starts at 60,000 is crazy that's never what I meant. There seems to be a lot of drivetrain choices coming our way. I guess I should have just said that I believe there is gonna be a bigger price and performance gap between the standard Z and the nismo this time around. But a 50-60k nismo wouldn't be completely crazy

Theres a chance youre right, I hope youre not, but when a $60K Nismo is out thats when youll find me in the next M car.

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Heh... off topic but... njobe89, I know what your signature is about, but there are programming langauges that would dicate the wrong answer must be correct, or else it would cause serious problems. :icon17:

I got rid of my 370 not only because I needed a truck but because I wanted to plan for the next gen Z. If the next gen Z comes out at 60k, Nissan will lose 70% or more of the already tiny consumer pool interested in a Z car.

Why on earth someone would pay 60k for a low to mid 400 hp Z car when you can get a current gen vette for less, a CTS V used with low miles for 40-45k, used porches in the 50-60k range, 09-10 GTR's and the list goes on and on.
The current gen Z is a very affordable car to maintain and repair for a sports car. You can forget about all of that with a MB power plant.

Don't forget the next gen gtr rumors are pretty crazy and if prove to be true give the Z even more room to grow up a little bit..

Exactly......hence:

They pretty much strip the Q50 and stuff it in a two seater. Hybrid and V6. Theres the Z35. Probably look a bit similar too, back and haunches, just smaller.

I guess that depends on if the infinity hybrid system mates up easily to Mercedes engine that's the only reason I'm still skeptical on that idea.