Yeah, yeah the M3 coupes are fugly, but they perform great and have the
long hood/short cockpit/in-line 6/rearwheeldrive layout of the 1st
generation Z car. It would be very easy to make a sweet looking new Z car
on such a chassis/layout--that was my point. Instead we have an amalgam of
Audi TT/Porsche 911/Mitsubishi eclipse/whatever. It has a little 1st
generation Z character, but not a lot. The design isn't provacative or
passionate, IMHO. The 1st gen Z cars rocked the sports car world with
their great looks and inexpensive price.
Alex
At 07:47 PM 11/12/01 -0500, 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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