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Originally Posted by njobe89
that's because the camaro was heavy as shyt to begin with, making it easier to shave off the weight off it. our car is not heavy, it's going to be a lot harder to shave off weight than if our car weigh 4,000lbs. if they start adding carbon fiber parts the price of the car will sky rocket. you can't keep "shaving off" weight and adding hp and expect the price to stay the same or go up a few thousand. hell i want a c7 z06 for 40k, but it's not happening.
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The Z was the lightest AFFORDABLE car with over 300HP in 2008.
Weight is important to Nissan and Mr.K called the Z34 a heavy car not conducive to his legacy. Mr. K passed away.
Nissan is not going to disrespect our cars father. That's why a 2500lb AWD chassis is the case study for the future.
I'm calling 2900 for the 4 banger
3000lb for the 6
Again... Our Z concept is a 2500lb AWD CROSSOVER!!!!
who makes 2500lb all wheel drive crossovers?
The Juke is a 2800lb Nissan crossover. That started at 22k in AWD 5 YEARS AGO!!!!
The juke, which most passed off as some hokey car with a CVT is a technological marvel if we can get past third grade "I don't like the looks opinions. It launched to 60 in 7.2 seconds with .91g of lat acc and came out in 2011.
The Z came from the FM platform from 2002. The grip Z is a RWD lightened version of the juke with Z performance.
I'm expecting a lot of spec similarities from the grip Z in the new Z. I believe the Z is taking long because of the cost of transition from the FM platform to this new ultra light platform. So Nissan is trying to make what they thought they'd originally sell in volume on our platform. They expected 15,000 units over 6 years for a total of 75,000 units. I believe once Nissan gets as close as they can to that number, the new Z will be introduced.
I don't think the grip is the next Z in itself. But as stated it's the case study for a line up of ultra light Nissan sports cars and crossovers.
Nissan has always been an innovator and leader in technology and chassis rigidity.