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Old Sep 25, 2006 | 12:22 PM
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Default Road & Track November On 2008 350Z

Might be a repost but here is some info. CJ
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Old Sep 25, 2006 | 12:29 PM
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thats a terrible front end. makes it looks like it needs a nice daisy in the cupholder....
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Old Sep 25, 2006 | 12:30 PM
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eww ill stick with my 06
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Old Sep 25, 2006 | 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by mc350z
thats one of the worst renderings of a front end ive seen.

yeah +1000000000000
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Old Sep 25, 2006 | 10:46 PM
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I'm sure it's just an artist's rendering (a guess) but I'm not liking the soft look or smiling front clip ... and the Aston-Martin side vents are too trendy.
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Old Sep 25, 2006 | 11:11 PM
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McPhearson Struts? The Z doen't have any stinkin McPhearson Struts. What the hell are they talking about???

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Old Sep 25, 2006 | 11:14 PM
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Looks like a Aston Nissan 911
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Old Sep 26, 2006 | 01:22 PM
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They are fawking with mother nature now!!!!!
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Old Sep 26, 2006 | 06:48 PM
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Well, there are some good car designers and some bad ones. The good ones obviously don't work at Road & Track. (actually, is there anything good about this magazine? They have a tendency to post higher numbers performance numbers than everyone else, and spout off tech specs that are often times wrong.)
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Old Sep 26, 2006 | 11:43 PM
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Good gawd that is just terrible!
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Old Sep 26, 2006 | 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Vorais
Well, there are some good car designers and some bad ones. The good ones obviously don't work at Road & Track. (actually, is there anything good about this magazine? They have a tendency to post higher numbers performance numbers than everyone else, and spout off tech specs that are often times wrong.)
You sure your not confusing Road & Track with Car and Driver... C&D times are always 2-3 tenths quicker then any other magazine....
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 12:46 AM
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I won't have anything to be jealous about if that is their new look.
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 05:33 AM
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SUPRA pics please. Comense scanning.
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 06:00 AM
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Yuck
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 06:02 AM
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The article mentions MacPherson Struts whereas our cars are a multilink (unequal length wishbones). That would suck if the car got downgraded to struts.
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 08:08 AM
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gimme a break, magazines! That's a terrible render and concept. It does not even fit the design style and elements of the current Nissan Design team...they need to hire a rendering agent that is actually in the automotive/industrial design field who knows the concept of design language.....

failed!
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 10:44 AM
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was that image from a contest to be submited by R&T's writers children?
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 10:52 AM
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I spit on that design rendering..Ill keep my 05 me wants that 350hp engine..Can you say low 13's by the average driver. Hope the weight goes down by at least 100lbs...
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Old Sep 28, 2006 | 11:36 AM
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I think I just threw up in my mouth. The front end looks like crap.
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