Nissan 400z

[killramos]

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Does the setting for these pictures not scream "here is a fake 400z" to anyone?
What's the motivation to believe this?

I don’t think Nissan cares enough to bother faking a 400z

[Rocket1k78]

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If Aston Martin made a mustang?

Bingo!

[rage2]

Rumors from R&T says Nissan is planning on undercutting the Supra heavily for the base Z. $35k USD start, so roughly $45k CAD start. That's dirt cheap for a 400hp 3300lb sports car if true.

[bjstare]

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Rumors from R&T says Nissan is planning on undercutting the Supra heavily for the base Z. $35k USD start, so roughly $45k CAD start. That's dirt cheap for a 400hp 3300lb sports car if true.

That would make sense - it's their only play, really.

[JohnnyHockey13]

Supra doesn't come in manual but this does.....take my money!

[dtrieu]

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Hate it. Absolutely a design disaster imo.

Headlights are an abnormal shape for zero apparent reason and from some angles looks like baggy eyes.
Front grille looks dreamed up by that guy who was on here years ago with aspirations to rebody his z32. In fact, he had more design sense than just plunking down a rectangle.
Side profile looks pretty good and while the silver strip along the back up to the windows is kind of out of place, it at least gives some character. Lower sill area is sharp and the c pillar design still looks distinctive. So distinctive that you can't forget it is built on a really old platform.
Roof treatment looks nice.
Rear light (black) bar is too simple a shape and doesn't have enough presence. Needs to use more real estate - it just looks too thin for the car's hunkered stance.

Nissan had an opportunity to really hit this one out of the park and show the world they aren't irrelevant anymore. They could have really honed in on the omlove people still have for the 240 and 260. This reveal should have been a statement as a return to form. Well, it IS a statement.

"Nissan is done trying".

This is their white flag model. Get them while they last.

Are you hating on the shape of the headlights? Have you seen the car in your signature?

[Mitsu3000gt]

400HP (FINALLY turbo'd) with a manual option for ~$45K? I think they are going to sell a boat load of these as many of the complaints can be forgiven for that price.

[Xtrema]

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That would make sense - it's their only play, really.

The FM platform is like almost 20 years old at this point. They definitely redid 400z on the cheap. Every rumor I have read is this $15K discount against Supra 3.0L. Nissan is getting painted into the corner now for pricing.

[JRSC00LUDE]

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That front end looks like a teen with braces

[Disoblige]

This might be good.

Will reserve judgement when official release comes out in a different color scheme. White, red or a darker tone (green?) with a black grill may look good.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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That would make sense - it's their only play, really.

A base 370z is only like $32k now. I think a Touring or Sport WAS about $50k back when they were more cutting edge and popular, so this new 400z pricing sounds in line (IF any portion of this rumor mill comes true). That's kind of Nissan's marketing or niche. "Build a reasonable, Japanese sports car (that's very American-inspired), for a good price."

[killramos]

I thought their niche was “Put CVT’s in everything and hope no one notices”

[ThePenIsMightier]

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I thought their niche was “Put CVT’s in everything and hope no one notices”

Ha! Yeah I think they definitely got into a bit of a bad habit with that. Now I'm noticing a huge array of pseudo-SUV micro things. I think they'll do extremely well with this as that seems to be what Jr-Millennials are buying.

[Maxx Mazda]

Front end looks like that FIAT miata thing.

[Shlade]

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Front end looks like that FIAT miata thing.

Yeah it does. It's a pretty horrible looking car IMO... Almost like a brz and other scion/toyota variant little thing....

[jutes]

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400HP (FINALLY turbo'd) with a manual option for ~$45K? I think they are going to sell a boat load of these as many of the complaints can be forgiven for that price.

LT1 Camaro (455hp) with the 6spd and Recaros is around $42k. It's not a particularly good looking vehicle from the front, but it would be interesting to see sales comparisons. These sub-$50k rwd manual coupes are good for the enthusiasts.

[dirtsniffer]

I was going to say this will still be dogshit compared to a v8 camaro or mustang but people must be getting tired of that

[heavyD]

I wouldn't get excited about pricing until it's announced. I'm skeptical it's going to pack 400 hp and msrp for thousands less than a CTR, Golf R, STI. Maybe if they drop a 4-cylinder engine as a base car. One thing good about being based on an ancient platform is that it keeps it's dimensions so it's going to be a pretty small car by today's standards. Unfortunately it will keep all the 370Z shape with that A pillar peak followed by sloping roof to rear end which IMO looks pretty dated today. It's not a very appealing car to me but I'm glad that it exists as cars like this won't be around much longer.

[Kloubek]

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Are you hating on the shape of the headlights? Have you seen the car in your signature?

You're comparing a brand new design against a 14 year old one? I don't mind the open eye look nearly as much as the Nissan, which looks like it hasn't slept in a week.

Besides, even if my car does have ugly.headlights, does that eliminate my right to form opinions on other vehicles? It doesn't. So really, the only reason for your post is to hate on my own car for no reason, to which you can suck a bag of dicks, fine sir.

[ThePenIsMightier]

TIL forum signatures are still a thing.