I don't know if anyone's seen this, but it means I have to mod my EVO now so i don't get beaten by a stock Z lol

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...take_road_test

 

def a very nice lookin car

 

drove it yesterday. they didnt have a manual so i was stuck in the automatic. no way did it feel like a 13.1 capable car.

 

i test drove the 6MT with the syncrorev tranny, and i agree with you. it didn't feel faster than my EVO...but i guess i was wrong.

 

wow, nice. . Great car.

 

i will add that the author right. manually shifting the automatic leads to some serious jolts between gears, and it was a lot slower to swap gears than i was anticipating.

 

way greater of an improvement over the failboat that the 350z was/is.

 

I don't have to lie for no reason but I went to Test and Tune on Friday(15 May) here in Tucson and I took my 07 GTI and there was a new 370 Z 6 speeds with an air filter. The guy was trapping 98 mph and running a best of 14.7. We chatted while we were parallel on the pre stage lines and he wasn't too happy. He had a CEL that he thought it was engine related and ended being his tire pressure monitor.

Been in this track for the last 7 years and I said over and over that SIR(Tucson) is one of the slowest tracks in the country, I still believe the driver never maximized the car to its max. I beat him with my modest 14.5@95mph. My summary is that you will find a huge difference between cars, drivers and tracks. This is the first 370Z in action I have seen and by the way it had the performance package(2575 tires, rear LSd,Shyncro rev).

My .2c

Carlos

 

Would Nissan have sent a ringer to Car and Driver?

Some manufacturers have been known to do this.


Though at 3368 pounds and 332 bhp the numbers aren't impossible and I believe early dynos show the car puts down about 280-290 whp on a dynojet.


I'm actually planning to test drive a 370z shortly (standard shift of course).

 

Not suprising, I've seen the new G37's with bolt-ons running mid 13's and the newer G35 Sedan running a 13.8 mods unknown.

 

hmmm. I drove one as well and it didnt feel faster then my Evo and my Evo has very little modded to it as of now.

 

I still hear the new Z has overheating problems when driven aggressively and goes into limp mode. You think nissan would learn from the last Z and put in a oil cooler at least.

 

My buddy runs a solid 13.8 quarter mile in his stock 350z all day, so I could see how the new 370z might be able to hit that time. It seems unlikely, but at the same time not impossible.

 

This is interesting to know but I agree that C&D has received plenty of ringers. Who knows what mother N did to the flash to make this car buck-wild!

 

this is bench racing but a stock evo9 does 12.9 sec to a 1/4