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Old 09-25-2006, 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 09-25-2006, 12:29 PM
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thats a terrible front end. makes it looks like it needs a nice daisy in the cupholder....
Old 09-25-2006, 12:30 PM
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eww ill stick with my 06
Old 09-25-2006, 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
Old 09-25-2006, 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.
Old 09-25-2006, 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 09-25-2006, 11:14 PM
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Looks like a Aston Nissan 911
Old 09-26-2006, 01:22 PM
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They are fawking with mother nature now!!!!!
Old 09-26-2006, 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.)
Old 09-26-2006, 11:43 PM
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Good gawd that is just terrible!
Old 09-26-2006, 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....
Old 09-27-2006, 12:46 AM
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I won't have anything to be jealous about if that is their new look.
Old 09-27-2006, 05:33 AM
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SUPRA pics please. Comense scanning.
Old 09-27-2006, 06:00 AM
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Yuck
Old 09-27-2006, 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.
Old 09-27-2006, 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.....

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Old 09-27-2006, 10:44 AM
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was that image from a contest to be submited by R&T's writers children?
Old 09-27-2006, 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...
Old 09-28-2006, 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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