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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s
I'm planning on test driving a 5.0 tomorrow. Not going to buy it because I don't want to waste money buying a new car, just want to see how it drives.
I don't see what your problem is with Nissan making the Z "mustang fast" as you like to call it. Why shouldn't Nissan strive to outperform the V8 versions of other cars? Porsche does it with the 911. Even the GT-R does it with its TT V6. The V8's Nissan would be aiming for aren't quite the same as those of the 911 and GT-R, but the idea is the same. A TT V6 can be made to outperform a V8.
I never said the Z needed to outpower the 5.0 by becoming a V8 muscle car. They can up the HP and decrease weight to make the car faster overall, not just in a straight line. I was never talking about straight line speed, I'm talking about on a road course. The Z should have better handling than the mustang and should be able to put in better lap times.
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what he is referring to is the Nissan/Renault should not be wasting time to just out-do Ford. They have established their own culture and heritage and should build that. Additionally, nissan admitted to wanting to compete with the porsches. In fact though the GTR is completely different car than 911, when it first came out Nissans goal was to have it be better, faster than the 911. when the 370Z came out, they wanted it to be a Porsche Cayman S for half the price, which is basically is.