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The successor to the 370Z is one of the most hotly anticipated projects ever to come out of Nissan. With competition in an ever-shrinking sportscar market heating up, whatever the Nismo guys will offer has to be brilliant and from the sound of things, it really will.
A recent report from Australian magazine Motoring sheds lights on many specific details, some of which we simply find mind-boggling. They say the new car will be called Z35 and is expected to come in two different versions to better compete with German cars like the BMW Z4 or Audi TT.
Base model of the Z35 will come with the same engine currently offered by the Japanese market Nissan Skyline 2.0t. And since most of us don't live in the land of the rising sun, we'll just clarify that it's a 2-liter turbo making 211 PS and borrowed from the Mercedes C-Class and that the Skyline is actually the same as the Infiniti Q50. More power will be added though, together with a hybrid system to increase fuel efficiency.
The second version of the Z35 will get a turbocharged turbocharged 3.0-liter V6, again borrowed from Mercedes-Benz. It's the same one used by the E 400, but power will be increased to "in excess of 245kW", according to Motoring. That's 333 PS or 328.5bhp, which is more than a 370Z currently musters plus it will get torque by the bucketload. Not even Daimler's own roadster, the SLK, has access to that mill yet, so Nissan's sportscar really will put its best foot forward.
The automaker also reportedly believes a Targa or T-top body is ideal in order to appeal to the most customers possible. A budget 911 with Mercedes engines – that sounds like the best think to come out of Japan since the Datsun 240Z!
Base model of the Z35 will come with the same engine currently offered by the Japanese market Nissan Skyline 2.0t. And since most of us don't live in the land of the rising sun, we'll just clarify that it's a 2-liter turbo making 211 PS and borrowed from the Mercedes C-Class and that the Skyline is actually the same as the Infiniti Q50. More power will be added though, together with a hybrid system to increase fuel efficiency.
The second version of the Z35 will get a turbocharged turbocharged 3.0-liter V6, again borrowed from Mercedes-Benz. It's the same one used by the E 400, but power will be increased to "in excess of 245kW", according to Motoring. That's 333 PS or 328.5bhp, which is more than a 370Z currently musters plus it will get torque by the bucketload. Not even Daimler's own roadster, the SLK, has access to that mill yet, so Nissan's sportscar really will put its best foot forward.
The automaker also reportedly believes a Targa or T-top body is ideal in order to appeal to the most customers possible. A budget 911 with Mercedes engines – that sounds like the best think to come out of Japan since the Datsun 240Z!
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