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Originally Posted by Lynxis
If Nissan actually offers the new Z for 400hp at ~35k entry, it's not just compelling but industry changing. You can't even get a domestic with that power level for that sort of money. If it happens, it makes me wonder what they'll gave up to make it.
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Hiroshi Tamura, the Chief Product Specialist for GT-R and NISMO, was ready to
admit when talking about the Proto Z that not
everything is new under the skin.
"We don’t have many platforms [at Nissan]," he said.
"The Z platform is already existing, but we have to modify the existing platform [because] power and torque is quite different."
Old chassis, parts bin engine, and a new body. They pulled a Chrysler, doesn't mean it won't be fun just not an industry changer. It will be heavier than the out going 370Z but that's the price of OEM FI on an old chassis.