According to the news report, Nissan redesigns its Z model in order to response the appearance of the Scion RF-S/Subaru BRZ twins. It will be the seventh generation of Nissan’s iconic sports car in the market. The existence of this sports car is useless when it cannot be beat its rival such as the FR-S. Therefore, there are some techniques and purposes made by the automaker. The first important thing is redesigning the body of this sports car. It is highly important since it influences the weight of the car’s body. Even though the appropriate technique has not been found yet, it is believed that Nissan can make it.
Besides, the automaker has to consider about the price of one unit. Indeed, the sports car customers are segmented. Those who have desire to run in high performance will purchase it and they are frequently rich men. However, they will end up with this sports car when the price of the Scion FR-S is more reasonable. In this case, the automaker has to calculate amount of money to have this car. The price should be akin to its rivals such as the FR-S.
In terms of platform, the automaker choose similar platform of the Infiniti Q50. Some chassis from the Infiniti Q50 are carried over. Through this platform, the body of this car might be dominated with more aluminum in order to avoid overweight.
A heart of this sports car will be the VQ V-6. In this new model, the engineers make some improvement by applying direct injection to generate 350 horsepower. It is the minimum power which can be produced by this engine. Actually, this is turbocharging that is usually applied at the Z car. Like the previous models, the use of this kind of engine is to make sure that this car can thrill the performance.
From the outside, this car looks familiar as Z car. It has masculine body posture with wheel-arches and the swooping coupe roofline. This car will appear as the strong competitor of the Audi TT, the Ford Mustang, and the Hyundai Genesis Coupe. It has been predicted that this car will arrive early 2015 with the starting price of less than $35,000.
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