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The 370z copied the 350z and 08 G37 hahaha

Damnit! I made this nifty graphic (because I have no life) and, f*ck it, I'm gonna use it!

http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/a...a/Logicown.jpg

And yeah, I used Powerpoint, deal with it.

Repped :bowrofl: :bowrofl:

Ok then why don't you prove how the Z is a ground breaking design and doesn't use styling cues that other cars haven't used. This is pointless to argue, how hard is it to accept that they aren't copying the Z and just using tried and true sports car styling? I'll keep reading the thread cause people are posting up some funny pics, but I'm done arguing the point.

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Its not fair to call these cars wannabe's simply because they all have a previous history like the Z. The original corollas were some fun azz "Punto-Ocho's" that really set it off for jdm tuning. The Z was the first car to get high recognition, but the tuner scene originally started with the toyota corollas and mazda rx3 etc... these cars were stereotyped as ricers back then but they shocked people on the track. Then came celica's supras then starions. Which the Mitsubishi starion founded the first ECU tunes back in 1982. As though nissans were affordable but much more expensive than the above. So toyotas, mazdas and mitsu's were the original poor mans rockets. Nissan was the more expensive niché car that saw tuners from older used models vs tthe other brands that were tuned from new or newer year models. Later on civic crx, and preludes entered the seen putting honda on the tuning map hardcore out of left field.

The FR-S is being compared to its corolla predecessor, the FT-86. One of the best original import tuner platforms of the early 80's. That hatchback was sick. I would love for mitsu to bring the starion back. :)

PS. There is no resemblence between the FR-S and Z. I just don't see it. It looks like a sleeker version of the new scion tc.

Actually, a lot of the Z's lines look like they were adapted from the Panamera.

The FR-S will not look as sexy as the Scion concept (unfortunately) and the FT-HS (which the FR-S is somewhat based on) will probably never be built.

That said, all sports cars have similar lines, and there's only a few variations on the basic sports coupe shape out there.

Supercars tend to look completely different, but regular sports coupes definitely have many lines in common.

Really, all car manufacturers borrow from one another...

"A" or "B"=groundbreaking. "Z"=copy.

if you didnt know, the FR-S a.k.a ft-86 has been out for about 3 years (concept). The toyota supra has been out for about 6 years (concept). So technically speaking, these 2 cars has been made wayyyyy before the 370z.

*sigh*

The 370Z is as much a copy as anything else.
From the mid 60's...
http://www.myrideisme.com/Blog/wp-co...09/11/p103.jpg

Little late to the party, eh?

A couple more classic GT cars that share the classic shape and styling cues that Toyota is "copying":

Toyota 2000 GT (Copying themselves?)
http://www.jdmcars.info/cars/Toyota_2000_GT.jpg



Ferrari 365 GTB4 Daytona
http://aussieexotics.com/drivers/alb..._Jun_09%29.jpg



TVR Griffith (Holy catfish!)
http://autoweek.com/storyimage/CW/20...ffith-meet.jpg



Opel GT7 (More dolphin than shark, but we didn't know the word "Tiburon" yet)
http://sharemely.com/wp-content/uplo...-Opel-GT-7.jpg



Triumph GT6
http://www.motorimania.it/manifestaz...mph_gt6_11.jpg

:icon18: I want those.

OP, the 370 is based off the 240, and the 240 is based off the porsche 911.


also, ibtl