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TOKYO — Nissan is planning to shoehorn the 4.5-liter V8 that powers several Infiniti models into its 350Z sports car to create a 400-horsepower hot rod.

The muscled-up coupe would be called the 450Z, says U.K. magazine Autocar. So far, the more powerful coupe has not been confirmed for production, but Nissan is seriously considering it in a bid to compete with the likes of Porsche.

The 450Z could also have an Audi quattro-style four-wheel-drive transmission in order to make sure the V8's output can be safely transferred to the road. The only problem is that the V8 currently doesn't meet all worldwide emissions rules. But Nissan is planning to modify the engine to meet Euro IV standards as it's planning to launch Infiniti in Europe in early 2007.
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was that the car that was in the auto-trader about a week or 2 ago?
Im not a fan of skylines but that looks like one mean machine.
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didn't see it, but i'm guessing it was the 07 gt-r.

auto trader is some months behind global media Wink

http://www.fantasycars.com/1/2001/GTR/gtr.html
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heh just realised thats from 2001. still, same car. Smile
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lol i know what you mean.
Yea thats the car, i wonder what price it will be when it comes onto the market?
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lol i know what you mean.
Yea thats the car, i wonder what price it will be when it comes onto the market?
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the r32 gt-r (the only one to be officially sold in oz) sold for au$100,000. you can speculate from that. rumours i read a few months ago suggested they were targeting us$80k.
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Shocked Shocked Shocked omg 100k for an r32!
I just dont see how you could fork out 100k for one of the ugliest cars on the planet
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m1lfb8 said:
Shocked Shocked Shocked omg 100k for an r32!
I just dont see how you could fork out 100k for one of the ugliest cars on the planet

youd be lucky if most peoples eyes could keep up, all youd notice was the noise!!
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m1lfb8 said:
Shocked Shocked Shocked omg 100k for an r32!
I just dont see how you could fork out 100k for one of the ugliest cars on the planet


1. They look mean
2. People would fork out because they the lightest of the GTRs, the only true supercar to come out of Japan.

Theres a reason the R32 GTR's are the fastest 4wd's in New Zealand
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kris_b said:
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TOKYO — Nissan is planning to shoehorn the 4.5-liter V8 that powers several Infiniti models into its 350Z sports car to create a 400-horsepower hot rod.

The muscled-up coupe would be called the 450Z, says U.K. magazine Autocar. So far, the more powerful coupe has not been confirmed for production, but Nissan is seriously considering it in a bid to compete with the likes of Porsche.

The 450Z could also have an Audi quattro-style four-wheel-drive transmission in order to make sure the V8's output can be safely transferred to the road. The only problem is that the V8 currently doesn't meet all worldwide emissions rules. But Nissan is planning to modify the engine to meet Euro IV standards as it's planning to launch Infiniti in Europe in early 2007.


bad! can't wait to see the stats, if they manufactured them in aussie it would be eligable for V8 supercars Very Happy don't know about the 4WD system though
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hahahahaha, yeah until ford and holden lobby to get the rules changed again. they'd need to put it in a 4 door body. plenty of infiniti models with rwd.

also, getting 4wd in the 350z chassis should be easy. it's pretty much the same chassis as many of the 4 door infiniti models with rwd or 4wd options.
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I wasn't saying it wouldnt be easy to make it 4WD, just the V8 supercar people would get uppity about it. Not sure about using the Audi type system, why not use the attesa system as seen in the GTR's.
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the quattro comment was just some dumb as fuck reporter who doesn't know what the fuck.

atessa 4 lyfe!!!! (sp)