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Old 06-12-2007 | 07:49 AM
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From the pics it looks like the the Z in gonna have a updated front bumper + headlights, new side skirts, hatch + tail lights + rear bumper, f/r fenders that have more bulge to them to acentuate the wheels more - over all I don't think the redesign will be major like from the 300zx to 350z; just a little more something on the '07 theme; I think that nissan won't keep the 350z crowd secluded as much with this one. The engine on the other hand...
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That Z has roll hoops behind the seats also!
Old 06-12-2007 | 08:03 AM
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Lets all keep our fingers crossed on the styling.
Old 06-12-2007 | 08:08 AM
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That Z has roll hoops behind the seats also!
ooo good eye!
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Originally Posted by vaughn1576
That Z has roll hoops behind the seats also!

Removable top?!!!!
Old 06-12-2007 | 08:45 AM
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I'm really excited for this one now. All other car plans are now on hold!
Old 06-12-2007 | 09:53 AM
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my theory on the headlights is the front bumper is not the one that they plan to use and it doesnt fit properly. The hood doesnt even fit the front bumper properly. I suspect they just screwed that one on and said hah! while they really have a different one they want to use.
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Originally Posted by vaughn1576
That Z has roll hoops behind the seats also!

Nice catch! Although that points more towards a retractable hardtop than a targa.
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Nice catch! Although that points more towards a retractable hardtop than a targa.
True, but it would be pretty tough to hide that hatch... unless it's fake.
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Default shortened wheelbase. Dammit! no targa.

Just days after word came that Nissan is working on a small coupe, a mysterious prototype has been spotted in and around the automaker’s facilities at the Nürburgring in Germany.

While the body of the prototype above screams 350Z, look closely, and substantial alterations seem to support the notion that this is not a next-generation Zed car, but rather a new, smaller model, potentially with some cues lifted from its Urge concept of a couple years back.

Check out the awkward roofline, which looks like it has been chopped to accommodate a clipped wheelbase. Our spies at KGP report that there are riveted sections in the mule’s roof, which lend a degree of credence to this assertion. Click on the high-resolution gallery, and it looks as if the doors may have had some work done to them as well (note the vertical tape lines).

Given that engineers appear to be using a Porsche Cayman as a comparison benchmark, it’s either the case that this remains a new, smaller 350Z (the two models are Nissan’s closest natural competitors), or that the company is setting a seriously high bar for its budget performance car. We can only hope that their choice of a Boxster companion will mean that the new car will be rear-drive as well.

http://news.windingroad.com/body-sty...le-sports-car/




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Sweet post!
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Sweet post!
I've been on this story all day! It should be on the ring this week. Lexus LF-A is undisguised on the ring today by the way. Notice Cayman S is the benchmark.

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Old 06-12-2007 | 12:10 PM
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If they put the 3.7 with 340HP in the Z frame the way the 07 Z's look and keep it under 30K, number 1: I'll be SHOCKED, number 2: I'll have one no questions asked.
Old 06-12-2007 | 12:43 PM
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370Z with the 3.7 and a removeable targa under $30,000 = must buy
Old 06-12-2007 | 02:05 PM
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Default Spy Shots: Nissan's affordable RWD sports car!!!!!

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/12/s...wd-sports-car/
Last week we told you about Nissan's plan to revise the 350Z and add a new, smaller RWD sports coupe to its lineup. All of a sudden, pics of that smaller sports coupe have appeared today on the interweb. Winding Road has a few clear shots of an oddly shaped 350Z-based mule tagging along behind a Porsche Boxster. The car looks a lot like a 350Z, but is much shorter overall and has spy photographers speculating it will be the Z-car's baby bro'.

Whether a new Z-car, new 240SX or whatever, it's just a mule for now. The Urge Concept is said to be the inspiration for the shape of the new small sports coupe, so hopefully future prototypes will be wearing a body we can recognize as influenced by that concept. There's no word on a powerplant for this new coupe, but we've already voted for a turbocharged version of the SE-R Spec-V QR25DE motor, just in case Nissan is listening. Hopefully it will be rear-drive, as well, but that goes without saying on a car like this. Click the Read link or the pic to view a few larger photos of this odd mule.
Old 06-12-2007 | 02:07 PM
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It doesn't look shorter to me. Maybe I'm just weird.
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^ +1
Old 06-12-2007 | 02:13 PM
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is this a joke?
Old 06-12-2007 | 02:14 PM
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This was posted in another thread but its the 370Z test mule thread. Two different stories, wtf.
Old 06-12-2007 | 02:16 PM
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doesnt look very diff to meee?


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