Originally Posted by Volk Z

Nissan have been working on the next Z for a little while now, if anyone saw the Jay Leno episode he went to the Nissan headquarters where he was in the Z department and the sketch artists and designers were talking to him and showing him a few sketches...

Nissan isn't going to pay people to sit and draw for fun... Its in the works as we have heard from head Nissan Execs that the Z will live "forever" now of course money changes the word forever if sales died completely or Nissan went out of business BUT Nissan has made it thus far.

They also have the ability with the modular chassis and the V6TT engine to make a 3000 pound car plus or minus a few pounds and even up the boost slightly to have a 415-430hp engine in the Z (VR30DTT only uses 14.5 pounds currently I believe). That power to weight ratio would put them in a slight niche in a good way.----
1. That engine I believe already gets 31MPG on the Q50. With a Z weighing 600-700 pounds less than a Q50 the gas mileage highway could exceed 34mpg.
2. The handling and braking on a car so light would put it worlds ahead of a mustang, Camaro and other "competition".
3. The car would be a track monster while maintaining practicality of great fuel economy.