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Merely a few days ago, Nissan of Australia confirmed the departure of managing director and CEO, Richard Emery. More curiously, it’s not known if the official will be moving to another position within Nissan. The company hasn’t commented on the matter either, but Mr. Emery surely is an outspoken person.
Australian publication Motoring recently had a chat with the former head of Nissan Australia, asking for details in regard to the rumored 390Z that’s allegedly scheduled to make its debut in concept form at the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show. As per Emery, “even we don’t know. And we would know if there was something pending, so there’s nothing pending. Not anytime soon.”
The report in question is joined by multiple other rumor-based write-ups, suggesting Mazda will present the pre-production RX-9 rotary sports car and Toyota will take the wraps off the BMW Z4’s Japanese cousin. Considering the Nissan 390Z report has been debunked, it’s safer to look forward to just about anything else from Mazda and Toyota instead of clinging to hope.
Nissan sure likes to take its sweet time with replacing the 370Z, which has been introduced in 2008 at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Take the GT-R as another representative case, with the supercar killer celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2017. Given Nissan’s way of doing business, all we can do now is to keep on waiting for reliable information from the Japanese automaker.
Although unverified, there’s talk about Nissan milking out the 370Z and R35 GT-R as the NISMO division prepares to go mainstream. Confirmed to replicate the M Sport and M Performance treatments offered by BMW, the sub-brand could be critical in the development of the 390Z and R36 GT-R. When all is said and done, all we can do is keep our fingers crossed the Z-car and Godzilla replacements will be as mighty as the hype surrounding both models.
The report in question is joined by multiple other rumor-based write-ups, suggesting Mazda will present the pre-production RX-9 rotary sports car and Toyota will take the wraps off the BMW Z4’s Japanese cousin. Considering the Nissan 390Z report has been debunked, it’s safer to look forward to just about anything else from Mazda and Toyota instead of clinging to hope.
Nissan sure likes to take its sweet time with replacing the 370Z, which has been introduced in 2008 at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Take the GT-R as another representative case, with the supercar killer celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2017. Given Nissan’s way of doing business, all we can do now is to keep on waiting for reliable information from the Japanese automaker.
Although unverified, there’s talk about Nissan milking out the 370Z and R35 GT-R as the NISMO division prepares to go mainstream. Confirmed to replicate the M Sport and M Performance treatments offered by BMW, the sub-brand could be critical in the development of the 390Z and R36 GT-R. When all is said and done, all we can do is keep our fingers crossed the Z-car and Godzilla replacements will be as mighty as the hype surrounding both models.
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