neo Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoe ... _350z.html another take on the 'new' Z story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/209115/nissan_350z.html another take on the 'new' Z story Blimey, if that's at all accurate its all pretty imminent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Nissan Why are they so determined to undermine every zed owner by continually bringing out revised editions? Jokers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzzz... Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 It is called keeping the brand image fresh... Japanese cars normally have 3-4 year lifespan between full model changes... to ensure models don't get to "dated" ;launched 2002 and minor changed 2006 it was really due a new model in 2007 instead they slapped a new engine and bonnet, retrimmed and held back a little due to the still popular current model... Now releasing a full model change in 09 is good business... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M350ZB Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 member someone posting a thread about a smaller Z, this is the same car, been loads of talk about it at my work !, Told ya all ! , still though a Z is a Z, there all the B******! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan73 Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Still gonna be the bollox, and I like the folding hardtop roadster idea Still not sure what we're looking at in those pics though, the roof line has a crease at the front and the back which almost appears to be a to be a removeable top. Or is this a heavily disguised folding hardtop with a coupe's bits stuck on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 don't know quite what to believ as they reported the other week that the same car was gonna be a smaller version of the 350z ie the new 240z hence the shortended roof and doors. How can this be the new 350z if it is smaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkW Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 How can this be the new 350z if it is smaller. Cos they just make stuff up to sell magazines! They havent really got a clue what it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtehero Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 I posted this last week and i think its the same photo http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic ... t=baby+zed Seems that its a test platform of some kind, disguised to look like a Z, though it might be one of many things in reality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letank87 Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 How can this be the new 350z if it is smaller. Cos they just make stuff up to sell magazines! They havent really got a clue what it is... Exactly! The truth is, the press know no more than any of you guys. Even I don't know the full details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan73 Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 A bit more info, particularly on the "baby Z"..... http://www.sema.autoblog.com/tag/370z/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alscar Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 A folding hard top would be smashing!! having said that it would have to be a bit more reliable than the soft top mechanism.. Sounds good though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 It would also have to be better looking at the back. I think the roadster isn't a bonnie fish from the back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Quads Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Alot of people now think this is not a nissan at all but infact its just the body being used to test the new Toyota FT-HS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letank87 Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Alot of people now think this is not a nissan at all but infact its just the body being used to test the new Toyota FT-HS Where on earth did you hear that? That is ridiculous There are much better and cheaper ways of disguising a car without doing that sort of thing, which I'm not sure they'd get away with anyway! Besides I work with the guy driving it, so unless he's moved to Toyota in the last week, it's definately a Nissan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Quads Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Alot of people now think this is not a nissan at all but infact its just the body being used to test the new Toyota FT-HS Where on earth did you hear that? That is ridiculous There are much better and cheaper ways of disguising a car without doing that sort of thing, which I'm not sure they'd get away with anyway! Besides I work with the guy driving it, so unless he's moved to Toyota in the last week, it's definately a Nissan! You live in Germany? It was also spotted out test driving with another Toyota prototype Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letank87 Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 No I live in the UK, but I'm an engineer at Nissan's Technical Centre in Cranfield, so we have a massive part to play in developing the performance characteristics of the car (Europe leads the world in this respect, so if it's good for Europe, it's good for anywhere!). The guy driving the car works for our dynamic performance group based in Germany. I think that the photos were taken near the Nurburgring, as one I've seen in an earlier thread shows the car pulling into our workshop (you'll notice the other zeds, micra and Infiniti G35 parked up too) The other Toyota prototype you refer to may have just been there by coincidence, it is the ring afterall, and most of the worlds motor manufacturers use the public roads for evaluation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Quads Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Ah i see. Still intreeged to see why its out with another protoype from another company. I think I have more chance of winning the lottery twice than seeing two protoypes of difference makes out on the road behind each other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzzz... Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 If they are Nurburg' photos any one day you could see 2 perhaps even three test vehicles camouflaged. And they will use similar roads... As far as I remember BMW/MERC/AUDI have workshops around there FORD have a workshop there HONDA (seen the latest NSX camouf piccies?) TOYOTA have workshop and TRD/Lexus in KOLN (I think...) NISSAN... and no doubt a few koreans, chinese, italians etc... So spotting two different makes testing camouflaged cars is not rare... IF you come to Millbrook , in Bedfordshire and park outside , the proving ground you'll spot at least 3 different makes with camouflaged cars... (AstMart, Nissan, GM) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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