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Re: Any new opinions on the 350Z?

To: Alex Avery <aavery@rica.net>, CalSpeed@aol.com, SLBESQ@aol.com,
Subject: Re: Any new opinions on the 350Z?
From: Adam Bradley <ambradley@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 14:19:32 -0800 (PST)
As nice as the hardtop Z3's are, they look like Geo Storm
wagon/hatchbacks to me, not first gen Z's.

I like the new Z.  Maybe it should have a few styling queues from the
original - similar tailight laybout, badges in the same place, etc. -
but it still looks like an awesome car to me!


--- Alex Avery <aavery@rica.net> wrote:
> I'll admit that I was an early and vocal critic of the 350Z design. 
> I
> thought it was a bad 300ZX-ified version of the Audi TT.  The design
> has
> grown on me some, now that I've had more time to adjust to it's
> shape, etc.
> (I remember how horrified I was at the look of the first rounded Ford
> Taurus, and that design now looks almost boxy!). Still, I wanted more
> 1st
> generation Z character in the new Z car. It's still not as cool as I
> think
> it could be--especially having watched 2 BMW M coupes (the hard-top
> Z3)
> with hot in-line 6s autocross this weekend.  They really flew and
> have an
> overall layout much like the 1st generation Z cars.
> 
> Any other thoughts?
> Alex
> 
> At 04:23 PM 11/12/01 -0500, CalSpeed@aol.com wrote:
> >I just recently got my issue.  It took along time after it hit the
> magazine 
> >racks at the local Barnes and Nobles.  I am sure it is due to the
> heightened 
> >security in the Post Offices that is causing the delay.
> >
> >Calspeed
> >
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