In 2002, Nissan launched its Z33 350Z; a bold new design for the fifth generation of the legendary Z-car and the first tailored for a global audience.

The preceding Z-car line had shown signs of bloat by the mid ‘90s 300ZX – these Z models were fast cars, thanks in part to their turbocharged engines, but [...]

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The Z car is back, or so Nissan says. But is the new 370Z a genuine improvement over the 350Z and, more importantly, is it a worthy successor to the legendary 240Z?
WHILE CARS LIKE the Porsche 911 might enjoy a longer, more storied history, Nissan’s Z has its own unique pedigree.

It might not be as [...]

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The screen-grab above might look like a fella handing you a plate of steaming hot 2009 Nissan 370Z (hold the anchovies), but it’s actually a shot of Nissan’s new online ‘Take The Wheel’ feature, which invites you to hold the new Z car in your hands (virtually) and look at it from just about any [...]

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Nissan has officially launched the highly-anticipated Z34 370Z in Australia, and in the process revealed pricing for the delectably-styled coupe.

While available in a number of different spec levels overseas, the 370Z will be sold in just two flavours ‘Downunder’: manual, or automatic.

That’s not a bad thing though, for despite being offered in just one trim [...]

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Japanese sources have picked up a whisper that Nissan is working on a hybrid drive-train for both its large and high-performance cars.

The Fuga sedan (Infiniti M35/M45) will reportedly be first to make use of the hybrid system, but the big news is that the 370Z, to be let loose on the Australian media today and [...]

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Last month we showed you the first video of Nissan’s all-new Z34 370Z hitting the track and taking on a tuned version of the previous Z flagship, the Z33 Nismo 380RS. Needless to say, it was a pretty lopsided battle.

But the Z34 isn’t out for the count, and to the settle the score a lightly-tuned [...]

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If you’re a user of that snappy whiz-bang ‘RSS’ technology, you might have already subscribed to Nissan Australia’s 2009 Nissan 370Z feed, which drops a few of the ‘370 Reasons To Z’ in your RSS reader of choice, from time to time.

This one, reason 235 (“meet up with distant relatives”), popped up in mine today.

I’d [...]

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The most anticipated Melbourne Motor Show unveiling? We think so.

While it is already gracing the streets and tracks in Japan and the US, Aussie Zed enthusiasts have had to wait until today to see the latest version of their icon in the metal. Let me tell you, it looks super.

The 370Z uses a 248kW version [...]

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Do I really need to comment on this piece? You’re not going to read it. You’ve seen the title, you’ve found the play button, I may as well not be here at all. No respect.

Formula D racing drivers Tony Angelo, Chris Forsberg and Ryan Tureck put the new Nissan 370Z through its paces, and my [...]

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While it may already be gracing streets and tracks in Japan and the US, Nissan is set to give Aussie Z enthusiasts their first in-the-metal glimpse of the all-new 2009 Nissan 370Z at the 2009 Melbourne International Motor Show.

Those looking forward to the newest page in the Z story will finally get a chance to [...]

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For children of the 80s, there’s no more enduring memory than the Transformers – at least as far as pop ‘toy-culture’ goes.  While we may not have known enough about cars at the time to recognise each model the Autobots were based on – Porsches, Nissan 280ZXs, Lamborghinis, even a Lancia Stratos – this only served [...]

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Here’s a quickie for you, folks.

A GT-R owner over at mygtr.com by the name of MC, went and took a Nissan 370Z for a test drive, and figured he’d take a few shots of it alongside his own GT-R while he was at it.

Opinions in the TMR office are polarised by the styling of these [...]

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