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Old 07-22-2010, 06:07 PM
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According to Nissan and their 370Z




http://www.worldcarfans.com/11007222...---performance
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Yeah but look @ the numbers. .a ton more HP and only a tenth of a second faster or two/three tenths?

These ad campaigns are targeted at the average joe, not sports car enthusiasts. .

For the record I love the 370Z, it's beautiful and looks very aggressive but If someone offered me a Cayman right now or a 370Z, I'd take the Cayman.

The Nismo 370Z on the other hand. . .

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Old 07-22-2010, 06:57 PM
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Awesome!! the 370 is the best value out of the bunch and outperforms them all!!!
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Until you hit the track. Then porsche pulls away.
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less than 5% of people who buy these cars actually track them.
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Not certain if this kind of advertising sells cars. Performance is quantitative, but there are also other qualitative characteristics that are significant.

I like the 370Z, but appreciate other enthusiasts who do not make the same choice.
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Originally Posted by plumpzz
Until you hit the track. Then porsche pulls away.
I beg to differ. Over in the AutoX/Track thread on the other forum, there is a guy who posted a dash cam video and passing a cayman and some other cars thought to be faster, quite handily. Get on over there and find it.

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Now if only the 370z was as sexy as a 350z or a cayman....
Old 07-22-2010, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by pizzato16
Now if only the 370z was as sexy as a 350z or a cayman....
I read that, and then proceeded to do this:

Old 07-22-2010, 08:52 PM
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Ooop, found it. Caymans owned. Let the hate party ensue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxCbQ1hqv3s
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Oh cool...........another 370>world thread. I can't even begin to compile a list of cars that I have beaten during an autox or passed in an HPDE........................and on the other side I care not to think about the cars that have beaten me or passed me in an HPDE. The above videos proves nothing.....other than one driver>than the other.
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Originally Posted by 03threefiftyz
Oh cool...........another 370>world thread. I can't even begin to compile a list of cars that I have beaten during an autox or passed in an HPDE........................and on the other side I care not to think about the cars that have beaten me or passed me in an HPDE. The above videos proves nothing.....other than one driver>than the other.
Nothing at all wrong with posting inspirational videos and articles on a designated 370Z thread. Congrats on being a track stud, not all of us have that opportunity, so seeing our chosen car doing well against cars that are supposedly superior, works as an excellent motivator and inspirational tool.
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Originally Posted by Red370
Ooop, found it. Caymans owned. Let the hate party ensue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxCbQ1hqv3s
Obviously the brakes have been upgraded in addition to an oil cooler.
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germans still make sexier cars
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Originally Posted by Red370
Ooop, found it. Caymans owned. Let the hate party ensue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxCbQ1hqv3s
hey look I found a video of a car being faster then another car. that is definitely the only factor involved and the Z is obviously superior in every way
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I'm a Z car fanboi but I will take a Cayman S over any Z car.
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Originally Posted by davidv
Not certain if this kind of advertising sells cars. Performance is quantitative, but there are also other qualitative characteristics that are significant.

I like the 370Z, but appreciate other enthusiasts who do not make the same choice.
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As predicted... hate party ensues.
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