450Z ? Pic

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I highly doubt that, but here’s a pic and an article…

According to website LeftLaneNews, the “450 Z” will retain the basic architecture and styling of the existing car but pack as much 430bhp. The new engine is very likely a tweaked version of bent eight found in Nissan’s Infiniti-branded luxury cars. It’s thought the target market for the more powerful coupe includes Porsche’s 911 and the Maserati Coupe. Since both of those cars cost around twice as much as the 350 Z, it will be interesting to see just how big the price premium Nissan attaches will be. Not to mention the conundrum of how to position the car relative to the upcoming GT-R supercoupe. In truth, a higher-revving, more efficient respin of the current V6 would probably do the trick in terms of raw performance. But dropping the V8 in probably makes it easier for the marketing men to ramp the price up and deliver bigger margins.

Read the whole story:
http://www.newswheel.com/newswheel/stories/v8-upgrade-for-350-z.htm

http://www.leftlanenews.com/wp-images/media/oct24zscan.jpg

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Wow, that looks more like 300zx now.

That short deck rear end and wide mouth.

Let’s see if this happens.

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i think this makes alot of sence actually,

i rememebr allt he speculation around the gtr and there being a NA version with a 4.5L v8 for north america, and the rest of the world was going to get a TT v6.

Well it appears that nissan has made a smart choice and will offer both…interesting. I wonder if they actually do this, which will sell more?

The TTv6 or the NA v8

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How old is that article?

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apparently it was published on october 24th 2005 in a french newspaper/magazine.

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Buy both :smiley: A ballsy RWD V8 and an AWD TT V6, pretty good combination of cars to have if you can afford 2 cars.

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And if you cant, turbocharge the V8 in the AWD Chassis?