RE: Jay Leno designs new 240Z

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I've tried hard to like the 350Z/370Z but they're so misshapen and heavy looking. The 240Z was a revelation from Japan. A non-exclusive, simple performance car. I think Toyota and Subaru have showed the way. Back to basics, lightweight and non-fussy, Nissan could probably outdo them with a re-imagined 240Z.

[LuS1fer]

It would have helped had they used a classic european spec 240Z. The American Fairlady always looked a bit awkward and those duff arches on the one above look terrible.


Hopefully we'll get a new 200SX too.

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LuS1fer said:

It would have helped had they used a classic european spec 240Z. The American Fairlady always looked a bit awkward and those duff arches on the one above look terrible.

Err, that's a racing homologation-spec 240ZG. That stuff was added on to accommodate larger wheels and cut the drag coefficient, not make it prettier

[PZR]

LuS1fer said:

The American Fairlady always looked a bit awkward and those duff arches on the one above look terrible.

What's an "American Fairlady" then?

Looks like you have something in common with Jay Leno. You both don't know what you're looking at.

[LuS1fer]

Thank you, the "combined anorak club". Apologies for not reading up the entire history of the car before posting.

The two points I was trying to convey in a general way, before being pointlessly nitpicked was that (a) it was called the Fairlady in the US not a 240Z and (b) the European model was the better styled version IMHO.

I appreciated that the one shown wasn't standard and even if it was faster than Bluebird, it still looks craptastic in that form.

Mind how you dismount that high horse.

[NonProphetOrg]

I thought it was a Fairlady Z in Japan, and a 240Z in the States. Also, if a new one had, for example, a 1.6 engine, shirley it would then be a 160Z.

[PZR]

LuS1fer said:

Thank you, the "combined anorak club". Apologies for not reading up the entire history of the car before posting.

The two points I was trying to convey in a general way, before being pointlessly nitpicked was that (a) it was called the Fairlady in the US not a 240Z and (b) the European model was the better styled version IMHO.

I appreciated that the one shown wasn't standard and even if it was faster than Bluebird, it still looks craptastic in that form.

Mind how you dismount that high horse.

Trouble is, you've re-confirmed both my points: The S30-series Z was only called a 'Fairlady' in its home market ( Japan ) and the car that Leno was driving and talking about was actually a factory stock showroom model, but also a homologation special - as has been pointed out. He missed the point of it, and so did you.

And it's not a high horse, it's a lighthouse. You're standing too close to it to see the light...