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Nissan’s replacement for their 350Z is on the way and our hunger for 370Z information is correspondingly on the rise. So far we have had to ‘make do’ with a rather grainy mobile phone camera image but thankfully all that changed when the above image lobbed into Dan’s inbox earlier today. If this is the ‘real deal’ then we have our first good look at Nissan’s next Z-car.
Assuming it is, then Nissan have tightened the lines for the 370Z (codename C53D), while staying true to the overall shape of the current 350Z, more evolution than revolution. The front headlights are the only dramatically obvious new addition and are now the focal point of the new Zeds styling. In addition to the dramatic new shape, the front headlights are believed to use LED technology.
The 370Z’s bonnet has lost most of the bulge seen in the current VQ35HR-equipped 350Z, a fact which suggests that the 246kW 3.7-litre VQ37VHR tipped to power the 370Z is mounted lower than the outgoing motor.
The 370Z is not due to make its official debut until the Los Angeles motor show beginning on November 19 this year.
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Comment by 280zx
28 May 2008
FANTASTIC SHOT ! ! I Waaaaaant one pleeeeease santa
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Comment by Bavarian Missile
28 May 2008
Hey they stole my mirrors………its a little out of proportion don’t you thing though 280zx? Fronts a little bland and the rear is a little over pumped,I know you like your fronts too!
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Comment by 280zx
28 May 2008
I Think its PUUUUUUUUURRRRRRR PHIC ! ;O)
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Comment by Ches
28 May 2008
Photoshop. Look at the nastiness around the bottom corner of the headlight.
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Comment by Godspeed
28 May 2008
The mirrors look kind of similar to the old three fitty…
I’m not so sure about this new look. Might look cool in black with some bling’n rims. Otherwise I’m not a fan of those ‘tusks’
And BM, have you seen all the Lancers and Excels and stuff with the E36 mirrors on? Used to sh*t me when I had the E36, but not as much as now seeing R33 GTS skylines with GTR badges on!
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Comment by Bavarian Missile
28 May 2008
hahaha,,is that a dig at my son.hahaha.Hes bought another Skyline but I think hes learn’t that Godspeed is watching over him and will show his mighty wroth if he puts another GTR badge on it.
I know what you mean though I hate to see M3 badges on M kitted BMWs………I still get people asking if mines real .
Yep what is with Tusks? I wondered that myself!
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Comment by Reece-350ZGT
24 July 2008
Check out this comparison….
http://www.leftlanenews.com/nissan-370z.html
Note the door mirrors on the leaked mobile phone image and also the lack of gills??!?!?!
You’ll also see a different colour and version of the above image, now we know where it came from…..maybe?????
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Comment by Naughtyius Maximus
28 May 2008
Did Mr Bean design the el-weirdo front lights and air intake! Looks like it to me as silly
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Comment by wheelnut
28 May 2008
There are also a lot of old Street Machines Hot Rods Holdens and Fords around with BMW style wing mirrors
The tusks look stupid where are the obligatory fog/driving lights meant to go?
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Comment by Bavarian Missile
28 May 2008
Poor 280zx………you ok ?? Your not going to go off on some ranting quest at us for disagreeing with you…scratch scratch….just jokes
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Comment by Mike Stevens
28 May 2008
Where’s the 240Z-style kink in the belt-line as it leads up to the c-pillar? I call hoax!
Besides, why would a promo shot (and I assume it’d have to be an accidentally leaked promo shot - it’s a pretty sharp photo) be taken in a regular suburban street? I call shenanigans!
Hoaxes and shenanigans.
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Comment by Tony O'Kane
28 May 2008
I’m with you Mike, it just doesn’t match up with the leaked mobile phone shot from a couple of weeks ago.
And where the hell did those ‘gills’ come from anyway?
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Comment by Steane Klose
28 May 2008
Youch! I was excited there for a moment. Had that “TMR Exclusive” feel about it but you guys have dashed my hopes. Nothing a cold frothy won’t fix though…
You’re right tho, when compared to the mobile phone shot the other day it is missing the kink and is a bit too ‘pressed and dressed’. The mobile shot showed more curves and less hard creases. dammit.
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Comment by chris
4 June 2008
i dont care what anyone thinks about the looks on this car. i think it looks amazing and they need to ship me one as soon as tomorrow.
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Comment by carlover
21 July 2008
this picture is not real, as a matter of fact its copyrighted. this picture was MADE from a blurred image of the 370z leak, you can find the real owners of this picture by going to leftlanenews
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Comment by Steane Klose
21 July 2008
A bit late to the party carlover… If you read above we all worked out it wasn’t real in late May - well before LLN put up their version of the image on July 9. Did you think to look at the dates?
And they are different - did you have a close look or were you just trying to be a smarty pants? You were trying to be a smarty pants weren’t you
Now, do you have anything interesting to say about the 370Z? If you do then we would be keen to hear from you because THATS what the comment section is all about.
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Comment by got RIce?
19 August 2008
sheesh why does everybody pee there pants at photoshop pics? like the article said its just a guess photo! nissan has actually only released ONE photo at a press conference a few months ago and it was a “sculpture” of the side profile of the car! the real deal will be revealed in october november this year!
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Comment by got RIce?
19 August 2008
and for the TMR crew, your headline claims “NISSANS NEW 370Z EXPOSED” yet you admit in the comments that its not the real deal!!! ………..woops
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