Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Received this from my Manager today.

Thought some people here may be interested.

Car looks great, and hopefully I may get to drive one soon!

(Hope this works BTW, as it is a large-ish .pdf file)

Nissan_370Z.pdf

I love'd the quote that MrYutaka Katayama said, in 1969, "The 240Z represents the imaginative sprit of Nissan. It

meets all the requirements of sports-minded drivers, fulfilling their desire for superb

styling, power and safety, and provides them with the most thrilling and enjoyable

ride available in any car."

Despite the fact that a datsun fairlady 2000's had been around for about 4 years, datsun fairlady's that could probably out perform one of those new zed's

Or: "If you have followed the history of the Z, you will know that from the original 240Z,

subsequent models morphed into grand tourers and away from its focused, sports’

car roots."

I'd say that the original 240z itself was a grand tourer.

Anyway, Guess that's what marketing is :).

Looks like the 370z is going to be quite a nice car to drive. And expensive at 70000AUD. The document is interesting, thanks for the upload.

Edited by sneakey pete

No problem. Share and share alike I always say!

I did question the price tag too. Especially with the GTR being released as well.

I think the 350z was still around the 60K mark when released though.

nope nothing wrong with the price. we paid 70k for the convertable 5 years ago, and it had the povo brakes not the big ones. In real terms the price has come down, and there is still nothing in in the market that will catch it for the price (esp in RWD)

i'm ashamed to say this, cos I stopped liking the land barges that they released after the S30... but I love the side profile of the 370Z. so retro, so cool. possibly the coolest lookin Z after the S30.

there is still nothing in in the market that will catch it for the price (esp in RWD)

BMW's? Lexus IS's? RX8's? Honda S2000?

BMW's? Lexus IS's? RX8's? Honda S2000?

nope....none of them are RWD, quicker, and cheaper.

s2000 is a great car, I ran one at Phillip Island. Horrible road car though, the power is not accessable. Rx8 has no power or torque. lexus is ok but much more expensive for similar speed.

having said all that, the 3x0Z has such small cargo space it must be deliberate poor design. I still don't understand WTF all of the interior space went. It is dead set a reverse TARDIS

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • How dare you sell your unreliable Skyline and buy a reliable, Toyota/Yamaha car with a strong gearbox, torsen LSD and Toyota reliability. At least you won't need to worry about oil pumps, big catch can, oil restrictors, blowing off power steering belts, sheering off 3rd gear, failing ABS relays/pumps, etc.
    • Hope you aren't too sore after that one, might take a day or 2 to notice yet and I guess it is a loooooong drive home. On the bright side, tube frame front end is a thing at superlap, right?
    • https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18rmVb1SKB/ 
    • The chart of front pressure to rear pressure (with one being on the x axis and the other being on the y axis) is not a straight line on a typical proportioning valve. At lower pressures there is a straight line with one slope, and at higher pressures that changes to a lower slope. That creates a bend in the line at that pressure, called the knee point. If you do not change the proportionng as the pressure gets higher, you will suffer excessive pressure (at one end of the car or the other, depending on which way you look at the proportioning action) and then get lockups at that end. The HFM BM57, from my memory of previous discussions, is based on the BM57 from a different car (to a Skyline), with a different requirement for the location of the knee point and the distribution of pressure front to rear, and so is not a good choice for an upgrade on a Skyline. Here's a couple of links to some old posts, one from here, one from elsewhere. A lot of it pertains to adjustable prop valves, but the idea is the same. There are plenty of discussions on here about this issue from al the many years of people wanting a cheap/accessible option. https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/learn-me-brake-proportioning-valves/236880/page1/ https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/learn-me-brake-proportioning-valves/236880/page1/  
    • Yeah dunno why johhny posted that here with no context, just post on FB/insta bro where he put it up?  Laine had an off at T4 during Thurs prac, he's ok, car is less than perfect, they are done for the weekend, he can fill in the rest. Bando also binned it like 100m up the road.   
×
×
  • Create New...