They'll probably offer a higher performance model also, like Porsche.
Twin turbo? V8?
It's a good idea to keep the base model priced reasonably as the last Z was
too expensive. Same happened to the Supra and RX7. Where are they now? Not
in the US.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas - Sweden" <csp311@telia.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 3:59 AM
Subject: Re: Any new opinions on the 350Z?
> 350Z is ugly but they dont want old farts like some of us to buy it.
> It's for the young kids who couldn't care less about the past. The
> one thing I cant understand is why Nissan have to use the Z badge.
> Call it something else and it wont bother us a bit if it looks like crap.
> It has nothing in common with the earlier models, it dont have any
> performance out of the ordinary and it probably wont sell either
> unless they have a really low price. For $30-35K there are many
> other cars to choose from. Even some that looks good.
>
> Thomas
>
> datsunmike wrote:
>
> > The coupes are fugly. Fast, but fugly. Maybe they're an acquired taste
but I
> > never acquired it no matter how long I look at it and since there's a
Bimmer
> > dealer a block from my house I've looked at them often.
> >
> > I would call it the F10 of BMW :)
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alex Avery" <aavery@rica.net>
> > To: <CalSpeed@aol.com>; <SLBESQ@aol.com>; <mikef@carolina.rr.com>;
> > <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 4:46 PM
> > Subject: Any new opinions on the 350Z?
> >
> > > 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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