Originally Posted by OTW Z-Boy I'll chime in... And if nissan is reading please take my top ten as a recipe for the Z35 id like to see for about
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Fact. The Nissan Juke weighs 2866lbs with 5 doors. Fact. The GripZ is a 3 door RWD VERSION of the Juke. They are saying the GripZ is the next Z. What if? It's just the chassis that's being used as the next Z chassis??? Remember, one of the first rumors about the z was it will be on a separate chassis from the infiniti FM platform. If a Juke is 2866lbs? How much would a GripZ weigh without the back doors? Just looking at a 4 seat g37 coupe vs a 370z. It loses 400lbs. In the case of the grip Z vs a Juke... It would be 2866 minus let's say 300lbs. Then lower the routine to car height and we probably lose another 80 to 100lbs? So a GripZ is probably 2,566 lbs. A derived Z could be 2,450lbs with a 2.0t engine with 212hp off the same chassis???? Let's be pessimistic and say 2,550lbs. That brings me to a car like the Alfa Romeo4c which weighs 2,300lbs, has a 2.0t with DCT, gets 238hp but gets to 60 in 4.5 seconds. It's top speed is 175mph. At that weight, a 2.0 turbo Z would be competitive with v8 muscle at a third of the displacement like the 4c. Maybe not as fast though. Probably getting to 60 in 5 seconds and a top speed of 155mph. Let's say, Nissan takes this same chassis and makes a second Z with the Mercedes 3.0 v6 turbo and keeps the same 332hp but this car weighs in at an even 2,700lbs. A car of this weight would be a marvel and change the game. The lightweight GripZ chassis is there. ☑ The proven jatco 7at is there. ☑ The Mercedes derived engines. There! ☑ The know-how based off all there Juke experience to make a ultralight vehicle. There. ☑ It's not far fetched fellas. In fact every aspect of the core of my analysis comes from facts. Not rumors.
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