[HOT TAKE]: Nissan Should Kill The 370Z.

"SonorousSpeedJoe" (SonorousSpeedJoe) 04/05/2017 at 22:45 • Filed to: Nissan

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They should instead have 200Z and 300Z variants of the Z34 that use the Infiniti Q60's 2.0T and 3.0L TTV6 (in Red Sport 400 guise), respectively. A more powerful Z fights the Mustang GT and Camaro SS, while a less powerful Z fights the Mustang EB and Camaro 2.0T and makes up for Nissan dropping the ball with the IDx.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > SonorousSpeedJoe 04/05/2017 at 22:06

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240z pls

240sx too

K thx

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > SonorousSpeedJoe 04/05/2017 at 22:08

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I think they killed the Z-cars when they got away from the straight-six.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > SonorousSpeedJoe 04/05/2017 at 22:08

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hot take? like maybe what all the journalists have been agreeing on for the last 5 years take?

CodyVella > SonorousSpeedJoe 04/05/2017 at 22:08

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Agree. I feel like Nissan is the only import automaker capable fighting head to head with the American Pony Cars. Like the resources are there, and the Z32 was more 90s muscle car than sports car (in my opinion).

My hot take is that Nissan is (or maybe was) the most “Americanized” of all the Japanese automakers.

LongbowMkII > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/05/2017 at 22:13

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350zx 370zx

SonorousSpeedJoe > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 04/05/2017 at 22:14

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That’s kind of what the IDx was supposed to be right? Ghosn talked shit about how it was going to be a Toyobaru-killer, and then he quit after he realized how tough actually making and selling it would be.

I’d love to see a 240SX successor, but it seems like cramming a turbo-4 into the current or future Z-car is the closest we’d realistically get to that.

SonorousSpeedJoe > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/05/2017 at 22:14

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A straight-6 Z would be cool, too.

Oh, well. At least Mercedes is implementing a straight-6 of their own, right?

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > SonorousSpeedJoe 04/05/2017 at 22:37

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Hey Nissan does some crazy shit sometimes and the Z is a big part of their history, so you never know what they will make next.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > SonorousSpeedJoe 04/05/2017 at 22:37

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Id be okay if they smashed a turbo 4 into a 370z as long as they chopped its weight down...

SonorousSpeedJoe > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 04/05/2017 at 22:49

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Indeed! I’m hoping that they unveil the Z35 this year.

Spaceball-Two > SonorousSpeedJoe 04/05/2017 at 22:53

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I just want this. It’s not a Miata or an 86.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > SonorousSpeedJoe 04/05/2017 at 22:59

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Now that turboing is a thing again, shouldn’t they technically be ZXs?

SonorousSpeedJoe > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 04/05/2017 at 23:10

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Is that why “ZX” was used for the 280ZX and 300ZX?

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > SonorousSpeedJoe 04/05/2017 at 23:14

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That was my understanding. But I’m not sure the 2.8 came with a turbo, so maybe not.

Axial > SonorousSpeedJoe 04/05/2017 at 23:25

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Not that hot of a take, they absolutely should kill it. It’s ancient at this point.

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > SonorousSpeedJoe 04/05/2017 at 23:55

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It’s a car that fills a nice empty spot right now between Miata/toybaru and the muscle cars and higher end sports cars. $30k for a small car with 300hp.

But anyways. There are refreshes coming; 3l v6, same v6 turbocharged, and a hybrid on the top of the range.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > SonorousSpeedJoe 04/06/2017 at 00:08

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Although I won’t be buying one because I have a car that’s great, they really need to make the IDx. I would potentially buy one in the future.

They should have made it. It was glorious.

Textured Soy Protein > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 04/06/2017 at 01:16

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The ZX models weren’t exclusively turbo, they also had NA versions.

Textured Soy Protein > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/06/2017 at 01:17

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So...in the mid 80s?

Textured Soy Protein > SonorousSpeedJoe 04/06/2017 at 01:41

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It makes no sense to add two new engines to an old vehicle that’s about to be phased out.

They certainly could put those engines in the new one though.

PorkchoPlissken > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 04/06/2017 at 01:58

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The “X” in ZX designated luxury. Basically when they switched from “purer” Zs to the heavier, grand touring type Zs.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Textured Soy Protein 04/06/2017 at 09:26

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The 280Z was the last L6. The first 300z I saw was in about 1986.

RT > SonorousSpeedJoe 04/06/2017 at 09:32

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Great idea, though I’d probably have a return of the Silvia instead of the 200Z.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > Textured Soy Protein 04/06/2017 at 09:33

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I know that. But the introduction coincided didn’t it?

Textured Soy Protein > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 04/06/2017 at 09:39

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No, the 280ZX was introduced in 1979 and the 280ZX turbo in 1981.

Textured Soy Protein > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/06/2017 at 09:39

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280ZX also had an I6, they switched to V6 engines on the Z31 300ZX which came out in 1984. Although in Japan the Z31 Fairlady 200ZR-II had a 2.0 liter turbo RB20DET I6.