Positive new Motor Trend Review 4/1/11

Montez · 04-01-2011, 06:07 PM

Did not see that this has been posted yet, M/T gave it a pretty good review overall with some discprepancies! Of course there are tons of hater comments in the personal comments below...oh well.

6spd touring tested
4.9 sec to 60
13.4 @ 105.2
1.01 g skipad

2011 Nissan 370Z Touring First Test - Motor Trend

red6spd · 04-01-2011, 06:10 PM

"A rocket it isnt" lol. That seems pretty fast to me.

Jordo! · 04-01-2011, 06:19 PM

They should have tested the 7AT -- it would have been a little faster

red6spd · 04-01-2011, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Jordo!

They should have tested the 7AT -- it would have been a little faster

Yea but they would have fallen asleep during the test drive.

Montez · 04-01-2011, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by red6spd

Yea but they would have fallen asleep during the test drive.

But then may have said its a "rocket"..hehe

xfrgtr · 04-02-2011, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by red6spd

Yea but they would have fallen asleep during the test drive.

ProfessorDave · 04-02-2011, 08:02 AM

I did not know I was supposed to calculate my dollar-to-grin factor. I have not kept track of my grins.

Does anyone know where I could find a formula to calculate this, going back to last July?

Oh, and for the record Motor Trend, rocket speeds are somewhere in the 20,000 - 40,000 mph. So not even a GT-R, Viper, Steve's Mustang or a P-car would be "a rocket".

b1adesofcha0s · 04-02-2011, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by ProfessorDave

I did not know I was supposed to calculate my dollar-to-grin factor. I have not kept track of my grins.

Does anyone know where I could find a formula to calculate this, going back to last July?

Oh, and for the record Motor Trend, rocket speeds are somewhere in the 20,000 - 40,000 mph. So not even a GT-R, Viper, Steve's Mustang or a P-car would be "a rocket".

Steve's mustang just needs a unicorn blood and horse pop injection and it should be able to reach those speeds

phelan · 04-01-2011, 06:20 PM

They should test the Nismo - it would've flown.

Junior370z · 04-01-2011, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by phelan

They should test the Nismo - it would've flown.

Umm... Not!

b1adesofcha0s · 04-02-2011, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Jordo!

They should have tested the 7AT -- it would have been a little faster

+1

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Originally Posted by phelan

They should test the Nismo - it would've flown.

It would have soared

FL 4Motion · 04-02-2011, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

+1

It would have soared

...with the eagles...

Red__Zed · 04-02-2011, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

It would have soared

I heard they were supposed to test a Nismo but they couldn't catch it. The sparrow's are much easier to get ahold of.

Glad to see some good times and a good review out of MT.

esfourteen · 04-01-2011, 06:31 PM

the MSRP on a fully loaded Z is pretty ridiculous, I'll give them that.

AlphaSnacks · 04-01-2011, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by esfourteen

the MSRP on a fully loaded Z is pretty ridiculous, I'll give them that.

You can get a Z for invoice no problem, that's like $3500 below MSRP. And if you get lucky and land a VPP (like me)...that's another $2000.

04-01-2011, 06:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
Montez Track Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Manhattan Beach, Ca Posts: 604 Drives: 16 LEX GS,09 Z,03Max Rep Power: 17	Positive new Motor Trend Review 4/1/11 Did not see that this has been posted yet, M/T gave it a pretty good review overall with some discprepancies! Of course there are tons of hater comments in the personal comments below...oh well. 6spd touring tested 4.9 sec to 60 13.4 @ 105.2 1.01 g skipad 2011 Nissan 370Z Touring First Test - Motor Trend Last edited by Montez; 04-01-2011 at 08:32 PM.

04-01-2011, 06:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
red6spd A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 3,277 Drives: 2010 Z Coupe M6 SPT Rep Power: 21	"A rocket it isnt" lol. That seems pretty fast to me. __________________ 2010 Base+Sport 6spd: Stillen G3, FI Non-Resonated CBE, FI Non-Resonated Test Pipes, UpRev Tuned, Custom 24R Oil Cooler, JDM Rear Fog-OEM Harness. ???Whp ???WTQ (Will find out come spring time)

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Jordo! A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: nirvana Posts: 6,394 Drives: 2023 NATM Rep Power: 418	They should have tested the 7AT -- it would have been a little faster __________________ Enjoy it. Destroy it.

04-02-2011, 08:02 AM	#7 (permalink)
ProfessorDave A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Scranton, PA Posts: 1,580 Drives: In the fairway Rep Power: 19	I did not know I was supposed to calculate my dollar-to-grin factor. I have not kept track of my grins. Does anyone know where I could find a formula to calculate this, going back to last July? Oh, and for the record Motor Trend, rocket speeds are somewhere in the 20,000 - 40,000 mph. So not even a GT-R, Viper, Steve's Mustang or a P-car would be "a rocket". __________________ Rain, snow, sleet, hail: 2009 Mazda 3 sGT HB Everything else: 2009 370z, PW Touring 6MT

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phelan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: CA Age: 39 Posts: 9,513 Drives: Scoobaroo Rep Power: 3406	They should test the Nismo - it would've flown. __________________ 凛 ('Rin') - 2009 Nissan 370Z With silence comes peace. With peace comes freedom. With freedom comes silence.

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esfourteen A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: LI, NY Posts: 1,375 Drives: 40th TT Rep Power: 19	the MSRP on a fully loaded Z is pretty ridiculous, I'll give them that. __________________ Build Thread \| GTM TT Install Thread \| Engine Build Thread

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