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Car Of The Day: September 30, 2009; AutoArt '03 Nissan 350Z
Topic Started: Sep 30 2009, 03:52 AM (478 Views)
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Today's car of the day is AutoArt's 2003 Nissan 350Z.

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The Nissan 350Z is a two seat sports car that was manufactured by Nissan Motor Co, LTD. The 350Z is the fifth generation of Nissan's Z-car line, originally introduced in 1969 (as a 1970 model year) as the Datsun 240Z. The 350Z entered production in late 2002 and was sold and marketed as a 2003 model. It was available in several trim packages and is sold as both a coupé and roadster before being succeeded by the 370Z for the 2009 model year.


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For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_350Z

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Another winner from AutoArt, a pity they don't have much of a selection in 1/64 to date. But what they do have puts most other manufacturers to shame!

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After the Nissan 300ZX was withdrawn from the U.S. market in 1996, Nissan initially tried to keep the Z name alive by re-creating the 240Z the following year. The car was conceived by Nissan's North American design team in their free time, and the concept was introduced in a four state Road Show in July 1998 to various car media, dealers and employees. Yutaka Katayama, regarded as the "Father of the Z" unveiled the Z concept sketch to the public when he received a motor industry award. The design, representing a modern vision of the 240Z, did not please the original 240Z designer Yoshihiko Matsuo, who compared it to the Bluebird and Leopard.

The 240Z concept was produced for the Detroit Motor Show for the following January. Nissan was unhappy with the first design as they felt the original 200 bhp (149 kW; 203 PS) 2.4 L engine known as the KA24DE that was going to be assigned made the car feel underpowered, they also felt the car was considered too "retro" or too "backward" resembling a futuristic 240Z; thus, a redesign was commissioned. During a press conference in February 2000, president Carlos Ghosn announced plans to produce the car as he felt the new model would help to assist the company's recovery.

Z Concept was unveiled in Detroit Motor Show two years later, which was similar in body shape but with a new front end. The car then underwent a minor redesign and was eventually assigned the VQ35DE engine, hence becoming known as the 350Z. The car would break its tradition of being of the first Z not to be produced at the Shatai plant.


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james_autos
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Haven't seen this one before. Very nice though B)
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craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

The headlights look real. This is a new one for me too.
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The All Original Gentleman
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
I think I like the coupe much better than the roadster.
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I like it.
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accobra64
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I've always been a big fan of the 350Z.
I prefer the coupe version, personally.
And the new 370Z in both roadster and coupe forms are fantastic.
I have previously posted some images of both versions of the new 370Z over at JLTalk.com.

Swifty, two thumbs up for doing this feature.
I do like the car and the casting.
Good stuff.

Cheers. Cobra

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