Recent content by tetsuo

Exactly how I fee. The front straight on is all angular and doesn't seem to match the rest of the body, which is curvier. But they could possibly soften up the front a little with the production front? The side is by far my favorite look especially that roofline which is just sweet like the...

Sorry to necro this thread but I'm wondering if the Z35 design has been locked in for years now or it's been revised since these.

As much as I want to see the future Z ASAP i think debuting it in Chicago would be a mistake. Either wait until NY or do a completely separate event broadcast globally across the internet. This car hasn't been redone in over 8 years c'mon!!

I see no reason why it would move upmarket. There's already the GT-R sitting up there. The new turbo V6 shouldn't really add to the price of the car. And from a marketing standpoint it doesn't make sense to move up into M4 territory. The Z35 will still be a Nissan badged car so they can't...

Nice read. I bet all the aftermarket tuners eyes lit up when they saw that the new engine will be twin turbo. Just provides such an easier platform to extract power from.

This could be the last 6 cylinder Z generation we see me thinks.

It's there if you look for it but it's nothing like back in the day. There's all kinds of neat tricks now to help reduce it tho. BMW M3/M4 pre-spool the turbos to keep them spinning so that there's even better throttle response and minimal lag. There's also futuristic cars like the Mclaren P1...

The IDx was not designed for performance that is for sure. But I believe with a few changes it can be made to look sportier, sleek and more race inspired. Any photoshoppers wanna give it a try? :)

I agree that turbo engines have a come a LONG way but lag is lag no matter how minimal. And have you heard a 4 cyl exhaust that sounds as good as a great sounding V8 exhaust? I haven't. You can only overcome so much physics. This will really be interesting to see if the Z35 comes with a turbo...

By all the rumors surrounding the Z35 that's what it sounds like they'll be doing -- not only making it smaller but also a more basic entry level compared to the 370z.

Turbo lag and bad exhaust sound are two big downsides to turbo setups usually. Plus the Z has had a NA 6 cyl so it's gonna take some getting used to seeing a Z with a turbo 4.

I don't see this happening. This may just be wishful thinking but even the sketch boards in Nissan's design studio had nothing but coupes and this one is supposed to be a return more to the 240Z roots which were not even offered in convertible form.

Wow!! I can't wait. After watching that video if it is not about the next Z car I will be shocked. I wasn't even going to watch the game but I'm tuning in for sure now.

"More basic sports offering" hooooray! That's what Ive been crossing my fingers for.

I don't know how I feel about it. It doesn't look anything like the 1st gen. It might grow on me over time.