The G35C might be a few ticks slower, but it should be under 6sec to 60.....cool stuff, especially with all the Nismo shit that will become available.

But, of course you're probably all interested in reading about Austin Power's pimpmobile

 

LOL... they have "pimpmobile" on the cover. bahahahah

 

5.4 seconds??? DAMN... How many HP is it finally?

 

cl-s = owned. damn.

 

really im dying to know what is the final hp count at the crank? thats what we all really want to know.

 

The G35Coupe will own the CLS, this Z car will wipe the floor with it.

 

5.4 seconds I'm sick!

 

This car will sell like hotcakes....... it's sick.

 

I wana read about the Marshmello Maranello Caramello, flip the page Beltfed!

 

ya, thats what sucks about it.


the G35 coupe will be impressive for about 2 months. mark my words...


its going to saturate the market just like the new Altima... we all saiud "thas a hot car" before it came out...

now its everywhere and i barely notice it when i see it.


just like every other infiniti

 

so wait a sec! isnt anyone else interested to see the final hp? if beltfed has the issue why doesnt he just turn the page and let me get some sleep. i wanna know how badly our CLS' are gonna be beaten in the bang for the buck category.

 

That's such a sweet, sweet car. I wonder what kind of demand it is going to see when it launches. I know people have been packing onto waitlists now for months.

One thing is for sure though: high demand = dealer markup. Maybe not all of them, but I bet quite a few greedy dealers will try to sell them a couple grand over retail.

 

holy sh!t is that coincidence for ya

 

CANNOT wait til the roadster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

theres too much dealer competition and Nissan will be building way too many of these things for that to happen for any significant amount or money or time.


within a 10 mile vicinity of my house there is 5 Nissan dealers.

their all allocated a good bunch of Z's up front.

 

so which package u think is gonna b the most popular 1??? im thinking Touring

but Performance looks good too

 

Well, the issue with any somewhat high volume car....is that you eventually see "lots" of them (obviously). This is the price you pay for driving a $30k car.

Its not easy being exclusive these days.

The G35C/350Z will be talked about for some time, especially if the aftermarket is big.....which I'm sure it will be.

 

I'm just happy my sister's fiance is a nissan/infinity fleet manager. They get new cars every 9-12 months. I think its about time I got in that rotation.

As we all know... its not what you know...

 

barely enough time for the new car smell to disappear lol

 

Have they mentioned what the allocation will be for the year? I'm wondering if Nissan is going to build as many as they can sell or build a set amount and try ride the craze wave.

What was the deal when the Miata came out. I know that had some crazy markups originally. Will this situation be different?

 

It's so true. <sniff> In the last month I've seen probably less than 10 CL-S's driving around on my daily commute. This is generally I-495 and Route 3 of Massachusetts in case any local-folkels care.

Anyway, here I am thinking I'm all cool at my apartment complex because I'm unique and what does someone two buildings down do...? Buys the exact same 2003 Satin Silver CLS except with the spoiler. Apparently someone thought my car was so cool that they had to get one for themselves.

I'll have to meet the person now, of course, and swap manly stories about our cars.

 

How do you guys get your C&Ds so early? I usually get it a week into the new month.

 

Dunno. I haven't gotten mine either yet. Maybe it has to do with the way that they ship them out, so that they end up getting to some people sooner than others.

 

Didn't Infiniti give fast 0-60 times for the Q45 (like 5.9) that nobody could duplicate?

I'll wait to see the road test for an actual production car. Hopefully Nissan will make the mark (5.4).

For a 27000 import, you can't come close.

 

The Q was a dissappointment, however, the VQ has never failed to achieve its performance numbers (as evident with the Altima, Maxima, and G35 sedan). Actually, all three aformentioned cars have exceeded the manufacturer's numbers. C&D actually has pretty reliable numbers. Motortrend seems to have freaky numbers though.

 

considering how C&D rated the S2000's 0 - 60 at 6.8 while MT rated it between 5.8 and 6.3, i'd b interested to see how the numbers compare with the Z

 

C&D is generally good with their figures, sometimes a bit off though....with that, I suspect seeing numbers on the Z ranging from 5.4-5.7sec (not much worse though)- depending on the publication.

 

Hmmm....

Zero to Sixty in 5.4 seconds.

I'd guess that is going to equate to a 1/4 mile time of 13.9 @ 101 mph.

And I believe that would make this 350Z slightly quicker than the old 300ZX TT.

 

Read the cover. It clearly states that they have already performed their "FIRST TEST" of the 350Z and have done 0-60 in 5.4 seconds. This is not a Nissan estimate, it is a number that C&D claims.

 

Read my post. I never said 5.4 was a "Nissan estimate". :pfawk:

 

Here is the link to the 350Z article.........

http://www.caranddriver.com/xp/Caran...?keywords=350z

 

wow 287 hp. thats awesome. nissan is doing great things. now when is that American Skyline hittin show room floors? rumored 400 hp turbo 3.5L V6.

 

quoted hp gross is 275

i got some brochures sent to my home

 

Are you stupid or something? Here's a quote from your post:

I'll wait to see the road test for an actual production car. Hopefully Nissan will make the mark (5.4).

So what the hell is that supposed to mean? The C&D article IS a road test for an actual production car. And they got 5.4 second for the 0-60 test.

So what "mark" was it that you hoped Nissan would make then?

 

Yeah, me too. But the 275 was an estimated HP figure. Nissan had said all along that it was going to be 275+

 

play nicely tom
do not give us ny ers a bad name
we are all family here

 

Anyone remember me saying this??

06-19-2002 02:41 AM

No definite answer, but I've heard (from a very good source) that the final HP rating will be 287. You heard it here first


Now that the Car and Driver article is out it is confirmed! I was right!

 

Maybe so, but some of us are "dumber" than others, though....

 

Did the article specify if the car was a pre or acutal produciton car?

 

Yes, it was a production car. If you are a regular subscriber to Car and Driver, you should know that whenever Car and Driver does a "First test", it is generally the first test of a new car and the first ACTUAL performance numbers that they publish.

Before their "first test", you'll only see estimated performance numbers, or manufacturer performance numbers.