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Nissan 370Z First Drive From Driver's Republic Magazine 01.29.09

2009 Nissan 370Z Hot on the heels of the remarkable GT-R and with the Porsche Cayman squarely in its sights, Nissan’s new 370Z needs to be good. DR drives the

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Old 01-29-2009, 02:06 AM   #1 (permalink)
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2009 Nissan 370Z

Hot on the heels of the remarkable GT-R and with the Porsche Cayman squarely in its sights, Nissan’s new 370Z needs to be good. DR drives the canyons of California and the deserts of Nevada to see if it delivers

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nice pictures.. wasnt to crazy about the video...
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'Displayed a doggedly nuetral balance a Z4M Coupe owner would kill for' Very interesting to hear that given the weight distribution.

' Nissan representatives quietly whispered Nurburgring lap times 3 or 4 seconds under 8 minutes'. Thats pretty impressive and faster than the Cayman S!
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Nice review - and British too!
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He should test drive the Nismo 370 and type up another article.
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is that really the amount of road noise there is in the cabin of the car without the radio on? or is that just his crappy camera?
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^^ It seems to me that it's the crappy camera because the Z I test drove wasn't nearly as annoying. Maybe a window was cracked open???
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^^^^ yea you could be right....that was ridiculously annoying tho haha ....just making sure because that would have been a real deal breaker for me
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LOL...I don't know where all that noise came from. It's definitely not that noisy in the cabin.
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"Oh yes, the rear axle still houses a torque sensing rear differential just in case you were worried..."

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