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Hey guys,

Today I finally got the chance to test drive the Nissan 370z, after following it for so long since concept stage, was great to see it in person!

I think it looks good and the power figures looked decent on paper too.

I took it for a drive around Manly and found a nice little close street that had a straight and a dead end to allow me to test the power on the straight and the handling.

The moment I put my foot down, you could feel the torque and as it climbed past 5k RPM you could really feel it pull hard. The engine is loud, and I'm not exagerating, but sounds almost ferrari loud from inside the cabin. I was on third gear and shifted down to second and it made a sexy deep groan tone as the car slowed down. I can't explain it. The engine just sounded great! Obviously not as loud as a ferrari, never been in one, but my point is, that it'ss loud, but a nice rich engine sound.

After I drove it, I jumped in my GTR and did the exact same laps. My girlfriend and I still believe that the 370z pulled harder than the GTR, but the GTR feels slightly better when coming out of a corner and accelerating. Feels firmer on the ground.

I think the car is great, great looks, great interior and the engine noise was awesome :wub:

When they turned the car on, it was so quite I was immediately dissapointed. It wasnt until I let it open up a little bit that the real engine roar began!

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Hey guys,

Today I finally got the chance to test drive the Nissan 370z, after following it for so long since concept stage, was great to see it in person!

I think it looks good and the power figures looked decent on paper too.

I took it for a drive around Manly and found a nice little close street that had a straight and a dead end to allow me to test the power on the straight and the handling.

The moment I put my foot down, you could feel the torque and as it climbed past 5k RPM you could really feel it pull hard. The engine is loud, and I'm not exagerating, but sounds almost ferrari loud from inside the cabin. I was on third gear and shifted down to second and it made a sexy deep groan tone as the car slowed down. I can't explain it. The engine just sounded great! Obviously not as loud as a ferrari, never been in one, but my point is, that it'ss loud, but a nice rich engine sound.

After I drove it, I jumped in my GTR and did the exact same laps. My girlfriend and I still believe that the 370z pulled harder than the GTR, but the GTR feels slightly better when coming out of a corner and accelerating. Feels firmer on the ground.

I think the car is great, great looks, great interior and the engine noise was awesome :banana:

When they turned the car on, it was so quite I was immediately dissapointed. It wasnt until I let it open up a little bit that the real engine roar began!

Mate time to spend some more on the GTR :ninja:

Drop it off to you know who, and ask to swap the motor and turbo from that little yellow R32 in the corner. Then do the test again :)

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I love the new 370z! Looks very edgy, has a beautiful sounding engine, and they finally fixed the interior in it unlike the 350z's shit interior!

Can't wait to drive one!

My 370z test drive is booked for this weekend.

Can't say I've driven a 35 in anger, but I have driven one (or two even!), so looking forward to seeing the differences.

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After I drove it, I jumped in my GTR and did the exact same laps. My girlfriend and I still believe that the 370z pulled harder than the GTR

You down a cylinder or sumthing?

I have driven a 350z and while the power was linear and it pulled quite strongly it could not pull as hard as a GTR. The 370z has little power/torque increase over the 350z so I can't see how it could be that fast.

Also I prefer the 350's design, the 370 looks more like a girls car with the swoops etc in the design, I wish they made it look aggresive with more angular lines. Guess thats why I like the new GTR's design, haha.

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