This news came out of the box on the left and surprised everyone.We had heard rumors about a new Nissan Z for years, but in recent years this data had cooled.Then, suddenly, unexpectedly, in the middle of a pandemic, Nissan announces that he will announce his long-awaited “Z Proto” on September 16, local time.
The so-called Proto clearly refers to the fact that the coupe we’ll see in two weeks is a prototype, meaning that its latest production edition will almost in fact use dimmed design features compared to the Proto.We know this because Nissan presented its other mythical, sporty, the GT-R, in the same way with similar results.In 2005, Japan’s second-largest automaker previewed the GT-R Proto, which provides flavor tracks for the latest edition, the R-35 genre introduced in 2007 that incorporated Less Competitive Appearance and dimmed surfaces and edges.We can expect the same remedy with the new Z.
When I interviewed nissan USA’s first president and supposedly Z’s father, Yutaka Katayama (also known as MK) at the age of 96 when the 370Z was introduced in 2006, he praised the overall silhouette, proportions and line of the sculpted roof of the coupe, but lamented that the car may have had a longer hood.Nissan’s powers are expected to have allowed stylists to license the new two-door hood.
If we look closely at the official teaser symbol (which I stepd forward with a brightness function) provided through Nissan, we can see that the roof line and the shape of the appearance window domain from pillar A to C largely follows that of the old Z cars, adding those of the mythical 240Z from 50 years ago.Fix the existing 300ZX and 370Z, which will be replaced by the new Z.
The new coupe is rumoured to use an updated edition of the latest Nissan FM platform and share parts with the Infiniti Q60 coupe. The characteristics of the powertrain are still fragmentary at this point, however, the new Z will be driven through a 3.0- one-liter biturbo V6 engine that reaches more than 400 hp and is married to a 7-speed automatic transmission, with the possibility of a batting gear replacement option.According to a source near Nissan, the new Z’s architecture can accommodate rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive, however, Nissan honors the classic front and rear-wheel drive configuration and gives up the all-wheel drive option, no doubt.to put a smile on many stalwart Z fans.
A hybrid edition is also being considered, and if it joins the range, it will look like after the twin-bo V6.Even with advanced functionality and advanced onboard technology, Nissan will need to maintain the value of the new Z inside.success at the current value of $31,000 370Z. Watch.
Over a 30-year career, I have written about automotive, innovation, games, luxury lifestyles and gastronomy.Based in Tokyo since 1988, he was at the forefront
Over 30 years of automotive experience, I have written about automobiles, innovation, gaming, luxury lifestyles, and food. Based in Tokyo since 1988, it was in the front row to tell stories about Japan’s Golden Year of 1989 when local automakers introduced legends like the Mazda MX-5, the Nissan Skyline GT-R, and the Subaru Legacy, the Toyota. MR2, Nissan 300ZX, Mazda. RX-7, then opened the first Lexus and Infiniti showrooms in the US I hosted a global automotive culture TV exhibition called “ Samurai Wheels ” in Japan, won a Japanese speech festival, co- drove a Lexus V8 in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring Race with Gran Turismo author Kazunori Yamauchi, finished fourth on a team I created with ex-F1 powerhouse Ukyo Katayama to co-drive an MX-5 race car in the annual race 4-hour tour of Mazda, drove a first-generation Porsche 911 on The Hill at Goodwood, drove Jeremy Clarkson’s lead car in his “GT-R race vs Bullet Train” across Japan for Top Gear, co-starred in a Japanese television series about the World War II involving a Russian baseball pitcher, published an e-book in Japanese on automobile culture and conducted in a men’s choir at the Vatican (but not in front of the Pope). I’ve also scribbled mostly Japanese for publications like Car and Driver, Edmunds, Top Gear, Autoautomobile, Auto Express, Quattroruote, The Sydney Morning Herald, Herald Sun, The Japan Times, GQ Japan, Japan Airlines Magazine, and Forbes Japan. I am co-chair of the World Car Awards and have been voted Japanese Car of the Year and International Engine of the Year.