[OFFICIAL] Discussion for the next new Nissan 400Z Z35?

280driver · 09-07-2020, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by chubbs

Latest teaser from Nissan:

If it doesn't work, here's the youtube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBlH...ature=emb_logo

Doesn’t it look like the chrome strip that runs along the roofline is flat black on that car? Would be great if that’s an option.

chubbs · 09-07-2020, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by 280driver

Doesn’t it look like the chrome strip that runs along the roofline is flat black on that car? Would be great if that’s an option.

If it's 'chrome' I can see quite a few people getting the vinyl wrap out and changing it.

Do you like the 240-esque headlamp scoops? It's our first proper look at them. Similar to the 240z, but stretched.

Edit - and for all those MT freaks - at 16 seconds it looks a bit like he could be wrapping his hand around a manual gearshift

280driver · 09-07-2020, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by chubbs

If it's 'chrome' I can see quite a few people getting the vinyl wrap out and changing it.

Do you like the 240-esque headlamp scoops? It's our first proper look at them. Similar to the 240z, but stretched.

Edit - and for all those MT freaks - at 16 seconds it looks a bit like he could be wrapping his hand around a manual gearshift

I love everything I’ve seen so far. They can’t make it any clearer that they used the S30 as the main influence.

sportsman2003 · 09-07-2020, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by chubbs

If it's 'chrome' I can see quite a few people getting the vinyl wrap out and changing it.

Do you like the 240-esque headlamp scoops? It's our first proper look at them. Similar to the 240z, but stretched.

Edit - and for all those MT freaks - at 16 seconds it looks a bit like he could be wrapping his hand around a manual gearshift

If a manual trans is offered hopefully they have figured out how to produce a reliable slave cylinder and a 5th gear syncro that's up for the challenge.

Z_ealot · 09-07-2020, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by sportsman2003

If a manual trans is offered hopefully they have figured out how to produce a reliable slave cylinder and a 5th gear syncro that's up for the challenge.

Slave cylinders agree, 5th gear I've never had an issue with in either of the 370's I've had.... then again I'm pretty religious about using each gear when driving and not skipping gears like some folks like to do

ColorSource · 09-07-2020, 02:14 PM

I believe at 00:15 they teased the manual transmission. Dont think they wouldve shown that if it was auto. They really want us excited that itll actually come in stick shift

KCZ · 09-07-2020, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by chubbs

If it's 'chrome' I can see quite a few people getting the vinyl wrap out and changing it.

Do you like the 240-esque headlamp scoops? It's our first proper look at them. Similar to the 240z, but stretched.

Edit - and for all those MT freaks - at 16 seconds it looks a bit like he could be wrapping his hand around a manual gearshift

They also teased the tail light design coming from the 300ZX.

They've given us practically no info about this car and I already want one so bad that I can't focus on anything else.

Hotrodz · 09-07-2020, 03:01 PM

As I stated before, there will be a manual for the base and sport models and only an auto for the Nismo.

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NissanFreak81 · 09-07-2020, 03:23 PM

Liking what the tailights look like so far.

jcasti07 · 09-07-2020, 03:25 PM

What if... just what if.. that's the name of the Z35? Proto Z? Like they keep using that as opposed to saying prototype. I dont think at this late in the game they would barely be making a prototype. Everything looks very task oriented already.

UNKNOWN_370 · 09-07-2020, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by jcasti07

What if... just what if.. that's the name of the Z35? Proto Z? Like they keep using that as opposed to saying prototype. I dont think at this late in the game they would barely be making a prototype. Everything looks very task oriented already.

Only the body itself is the protype, possibly some chassis fittings. Im sure the the engine transmission and tech is 90% sorted out.

Carmaker1 · 09-07-2020, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Carmaker1

While I could blame media outlets for putting out false news since about Jan/Feb of this year regarding a next generation R36 and Z35, I now have to put the onus on Nissan senior executives lying through their teeth and being creative with the truth for PR...

...As I said before, if you are expecting a brand new Z in a few years, it's not happening.

By the time the (newly approved) Z34 refresh (2020 target) launches, all of us (internally and externally) will know if a Z35 has reached full approval for production by senior management.

In the meantime, take what the media puts out with a grain of salt. Up until this summer, Albaisa knew very well the demise of the Z35, yet either to keep up morale and not scare away potential buyers, has created a false narrative to probably convince his bosses and shareholders not to give up on the Z.

The idea was keep it unchanged through 2021, yet now a refresh was approved for a few hundred million to keep it alive longer.

As I mentioned exactly over 2 years ago, it wasn't going to be an all new vehicle. That was canceled in January 2018, in which during the summer of 2018, a final design was set with no actual business plan behind it.

Albaisa and co. saved this car 2 years ago. I'm no longer a shareholder, so I don't know as much as I used to. I haven't gotten enough intel on whether or not how reliable the claim on change in launch date is.

Last time I checked, September 2021 was Job 1 for November and December deliveries. That came from internal resources and not news media. But it has definitely been a few months I heard this and with COVID...

I have said for a few months that Titan has no manufacturing timeline after 2022 (as in dead) and next Frontier enters production on January 4, 2021, launching the last week of February or March 20:21.

Carmaker1 · 09-07-2020, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Z_ealot

Same here, we also have to keep in mind that this is a prototype they are unveiling and we all know how much nissan can change the design from prototype to final production. Just think back to what the gtr prototype looked like when they unveiled it way back when to when the final production model was revealed.

That's not entirely accurate, but it's possible. From what I remember the final design was established in the summer of 2018 at the projected cost of 240 million dollars vs $1 billion for an all-new rear wheel drive basis.

My own knowledge from a few months ago was an official job 1 of September 2021. Basically that's roughly 36-37 months since styling was approved.

UNKNOWN_370 · 09-07-2020, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Carmaker1

As I mentioned exactly over 2 years ago, it wasn't going to be an all new vehicle. That was canceled in January 2018, in which during the summer of 2018, a final design was set with no actual business plan behind it.

Albaisa and co. saved this car 2 years ago. I'm no longer a shareholder, so I don't know as much as I used to. I haven't gotten enough intel on whether or not how reliable the claim on change in launch date is.

Last time I checked, September 2021 was Job 1 for November and December deliveries. That came from internal resources and not news media. But it has definitely been a few months I heard this and with COVID...

I have said for a few months that Titan has no manufacturing timeline after 2022 (as in dead) and next Frontier enters production on January 4, 2021, launching the last week of February or March 20:21.

Thats on par with the months the z34 was released.

Spooler · 09-08-2020, 12:17 PM

Hopefully it is not a slug since everyone has been waiting for so long.

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