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Old Nov 12, 2008 | 09:15 AM
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Default 2009 Nissan 370Z: Design Dissected

I hope this is not a repost
http://jalopnik.com/5084319/2009-nis...sign-dissected
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Old Nov 12, 2008 | 09:23 AM
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I hope they dessicate it as well
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Old Nov 12, 2008 | 10:23 AM
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Didn't think it possible but I want one even worse now. The single reverse lamp is interesting, I need to scour around and fine a good pic of the rear fascia.
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Old Nov 12, 2008 | 10:56 AM
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i told you it was the maxima coupe!
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Old Nov 12, 2008 | 11:10 AM
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**** I was about to post this same article. You beat me to it. I really need to see one in person to decide if I like the new 370Z more than the 350Z. I know it's supposed to perform better, but I'm not sure I like the way it looks. The interior looks awesome though.
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Old Nov 12, 2008 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by cbeneke
**** I was about to post this same article. You beat me to it. I really need to see one in person to decide if I like the new 370Z more than the 350Z. I know it's supposed to perform better, but I'm not sure I like the way it looks. The interior looks awesome though.
At least for me I know for a fact that the 370z looks better than the 350z just by judging from the pictures. Similar angles are taken from both cars and the 370z makes the 350z looked aged. When I see the car in person next month I know I will fall in love...can't wait.

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Old Nov 12, 2008 | 12:29 PM
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it looks amazing, the more i see it the more i like it. I just wonder how much lighter it will be, and how much more HP/TQ it will have.
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Old Nov 12, 2008 | 12:34 PM
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good find man!
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Old Nov 12, 2008 | 06:50 PM
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still doesnt look THAT great.

i like the front end tho. rear end still no like

but the black 370 still looks great
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Old Nov 12, 2008 | 07:42 PM
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it looks like a chrysler crossfire in the back.
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Old Nov 12, 2008 | 08:08 PM
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Good article....you can really see more of the 240Z in this new version than any of the others. If the car looks as aggressive in person as it does in the NFS trailer, then Nissan did a good job.

I would rather have seen a completely fresh design and a car that weighs less, but the 370Z will still be one of the best looking and performing sports cars on the road. With the monster discounts on new Corvettes, however, Nissan better keep the price down. A Vette with 436 HP or an even cheaper Camaro with 422 HP are hard to ignore.
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Old Nov 12, 2008 | 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by StillenGle
it looks like a chrysler crossfire in the back.
You mean when dog is doing #2 ?
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 04:08 AM
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Originally Posted by ART_
You mean when dog is doing #2 ?
um yea sure, I said its got styling like a Crossfire in the backend.



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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 04:45 AM
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Liking it more with each new post. Can't wait to see it in person though and I would not think of getting one until the second or 3rd year.
Nissan will enhance and improve the design just like they did with the 350. Remember how the anticipation was for "350 HP" then the dissapointment when it was under 300.
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by StillenGle
um yea sure, I said its got styling like a Crossfire in the backend.



Bingo!

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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 05:31 AM
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Hmm. Lets see which one really does look like a canine bomber pilot.







LOL For my money the Crossfire still takes the cake.
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still dont like the new Z at all.
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by StillenGle
um yea sure, I said its got styling like a Crossfire in the backend.



If you say the 370Z looks like the Crossfire in the back I could find dozens of other cars with this silhouette. Do you guys actually take the time to look at the cars shapes or just saying, "hey, it has four wheels and it slopes down in the back." Actually, I could actually pick just about any car and say it looks like a dozen other cars if you simplify basic forms to this degree. Actually the 370Z is more like a mix of the 240z/280Z/280ZX/928 than the crossfire.

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Originally Posted by newtkindred
If you say the 370Z looks like the Crossfire in the back I could find dozens of other cars with this silhouette. Actually, I could actually pick just about any car and say it looks like a dozen other cars if you simplify basic forms to this degree. Actually the 370Z is more like a mix of the 240z/280Z/280ZX/928 than the crossfire.

You guys are blind I don't see hideous looking crossfire in the 370z design...crossfire is too square and jagged, z4coupe looks more like the crossfire..if anything I see bits of pieces of Porsche(cayman)especially the rear fenders.
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Old Nov 13, 2008 | 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Rexy7
You guys are blind I don't see hideous looking crossfire in the 370z design...crossfire is too square and jagged, z4coupe looks more like the crossfire..if anything I see bits of pieces of Porsche(cayman)especially the rear fenders.
I agree. Did you get my post? A lot of the guys and their comparisons are so far out you could compare anything to just about anything else using their vague criteria. That is what I was getting too.

Anyway, the end result it looks great. So who cares about all the comparisons these guys pull out of their stretched imaginations.

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