friend of mine the other day said the z will become awd in 2005? is this true?

 

Most likely NOT, but like you said yourself, it's a rumor, so you never know...

 

I personally tend to not believe the rumors until something is confirmed by Nissan. I remember all kinds of crazy stuff that used to fly around before the Z was debuted, and pretty much all of it turned out to be false. (Although, I sure wouldn't have minded that 500 hp V6! )

 

ya i know i dont always belive everything i hear but this kid is usually on with his nissan info..if i recall he did say he read it from nissan..just wanted to know if anyone heard anything....cause i would love to prove this kid wrong!

 

I've heard this rumor about the G35, but not the Z.

 

word of mouth distorts the truth sometimes... i bet the AWD car will be the GTR..apparently will be based on the g35 coupe platform 2+2.. close to 400hp and turboed.

if the gtr does come over, there would be no reason to introduce a turboed and/or AWD Z or G35.

 

It seems to me that Nissan would only do that if there was enough AWD competition eating into their market to more than offset the costs of adding AWD. I don't think that can be, and I think they'd more cost effectively increase sales by lowering the price of the Z, the weight, or topping 300 HP.

 

The sedan (skyline) has AWD available. I can see them using it on the G35 sedan, since is a direct carry over. I can't see them using it on the Z because of the traditionally RWD platform.

 

huh? You mean the discountinued model R34 GT-R? Because current skyline (G35) does not have AWD.

Unless I missed something.

 

The 2003 Skyline sedan has available AWD in Japan.

Here's some links:

Nissan Japan

click on Skyline sedan