Building on the Z33 nose is a safe bet/boring and Nissan it seems have lost their flare for making interesting cars... bar the R35 of course I would be restoring and upgrading a 300zx before I brought a 370z..
Gt is twin turbo v6 and is designed 2b airodynamic. Zx looks the way it does cause it was designed 2 have little drag. 350-70 aren't even related 2 the zx. No turbos no hicas no flare that sets them apart from the rest. Who ever is designing these cars just isn't trying. The zx won awards all most every year it was in production and is marked as 1 of the best cars of the century. Y wouldnt nissan build on that? I'm 1 of the few people I know that will go 4 a drive just cause I love my car. I need 2 go 4 a drive in my zx at least 1ce aday. While I think bout it does the 350-70 have multi link suspension? I like the way they look but I don't think I'd trade mine 4 1. I love the F1 inspired control pods next 2 the wheel
Dear Jabba Forum Guidelines link Like many others here I cannot be bothered to read your gibberish. Correct grammar is respectful communication. 'Leet Speak' needs to die, or reserved for other retarded forums and/or social mediums, please leave it out of here. I may be slightly in breach of the forum guidelines by bringing this matter up here but no more so than I've read a thousand times prior in this section. AND in sticking to the subject of the thread: Who keeps a stock front bar anyway? Oh yes, a good puritan, but if you can afford to change it to aftermarket then inevitably you do just that. I know I would but I'll not be able to afford a 370Z until another 2 decades pass anyhow.
If I lost my Z32 & the insurance cash would secure that 370 or one like it I'd buy it! It would loose the rear wing and the wheels pretty quickly but the rest I'd be happy with
Dear Jabba Wow.... umm Firstly if i'm wrong i'm happy to be corrected but i feel you've glossed over, have selective memory or just plain don't know certain things. Spelling and grammer included. The 300ZX is only part of the series of Z cars (should be common knowledge) Including the 240, 260, 280, 300, 350 & 370 in all their various forms (2 seater or 2+2). All Z cars had 6 cylinder engine, whether normally aspirated or turbo, straight or in "V" configuration. So hate to break it to you but this kinda makes them related...oh not to mention being a "Z" car. On that subject you could argue the Z32 isn't related styling wise to the other Z's typical, long hood short tail design of the earlier Z's and which the newer Z's make more use of. As for you drag/aerodynamic argument, a quick google reveals that the 300, 350 and 370 have the same drag coefficients. Whereas the GTR has a much better one so again, that kinda(by which i mean really) makes the Z's related. And finally i was a too lazy to search for long but it's the first time i've ever heard anyone refer to the gauge pods in a 300ZX as formula one inspired. Where do you get your info because the picture i found(of a modern formula 1 car), doesn't seem to have space for them. /end rant
I too feel that the R35 is a far better cantidate for the z32's successor than the 350z or 370z. Stylistically, the z32 and z33 really don't fit into the rest of the zed lineage, both have very different lines. The z33 however occupied a market position more in keeping with the zed tradition than the z32 TT. Throughout the zed lineage all but the z32 have been designed as an affordable, fun to drive little sports coupe. For the era, the z32 was borderlining on the edge of performance near the Italian giants, with a far larger price tag (again, for the era), than anything else in the zed range had ever had and has had since. Technology has progressed, and the bar of "supercardom" has been raised, a high 13 on the quarter mile no longer dances around the title's edges. The 370z is only slightly faster than a stock z32TT some 20 years on, with a far larger gap between it and the big league. Let's look at the similarities between the r35 and the z32. Both attempted to occupy a similar market position. Both are powered by a parallel twin turbo charged V6. Both come with a 2 + 2 option. Both are decked out with as many creature comforts as the year of production offered rather than taking the minimalist approaches of the high end performance cars with which they seek to compete. Both boast electronically controlled handling systems far beyond that which is standard technology for their time; HICAS was quite advanced for its time, as is the launching and track handling settings in an R35 far beyond the standard traction control of today. The primary difference is that one is RWD and one is AWD. Arguably the R35 is more of a hybridisation of the z32 and the classic skyline GTR lineage, of which Nissan have declared the R35 a breakaway from. The R35 is neither as curvy as our favourite lovely fairladies nor as as squared off as the traditional skylines. Lastly we come to the vehicle stylings: Granted the window lines flow differently and the noses taper off differently, however unlike the 350z and the 370z, the R35 and Z32 actually have an ass (both squared off), both car's share relatively similar percentages of the car dedicated to the cabin, rear and front. The distinct headlight designs flow into flat into the top of the car (granted, more widely spaced apart on the R35), unlike the more sidemounted headlights of the z33 and z34. Just my 10cents. For the record, I do like the z34, it's a zed, it's attractive, it's pretty quick and I definately wouldn't say no to one. It just wasn't quite as ambitious.
Ok having read a properly written argument i can see where you're coming from on this. I'd agree that in terms of Nissan's portfolio putting aside styling(i see the R35 styling as more of a refinement/squishing of the R34). The R35 & Z32 are the same. As you've stated they occupy the same position, they're Nissan's halo car. In terms of the Z32 (and the 280ZX), it had an X to denote luxury, so yeah nissan started to move out of the affordable sports car arena and start to aim a little higher. And by the time you get to the Z32 it is aimed squarely at supercar territory. The 350 & 370 really have gone back to the roots of affordable sportscar rather than supercar/grandtourer.
370s are about as attractive as the girls that at still left in the club at 6am and your sober viewing them. Pass.
Finally someone that can see the obvious. Thank u slithz and mr zed x. If I had the choice between a 350-70 and a fresh off the line zx I'd chose the zx Everytime. And it's nice 2 hear people actually talkin bout cars and not crying bout me using the number 2 instead off the word. And last time I checked numbers aren't a foreign language
You are absolutely correct Jabba, the number "2" is not a "Foreign Language". It is also not the English Language or correct English Grammar(neither is the usage of "u", or the usage of a "Capital Letter" in the middle of a sentence). When last I checked, "talkin bout" was also missing from our Language and our Grammar(having been replaced by "talking about"). Such usage denotes extreme laziness or a deliberate attempt to appear "cool" by being demeaning to those of us who take a little more care(neither is a point-scoring move). I spose I ken expec sum insultin rumark frum u, wunce ya find tha time ta replie.:br:
2013 370Z: This is it. | V Translated from US advertising into civilised world advertising | V 2012 370Z: We added some LEDs. That's it.
