ItalianBucwheat

Anyone ever see an Alfa Romeo Giuletta SZ 1960 model year? It looks exactly like a 350z does. Well not exactly but I'd bet money the designers where inspired
by this car. The alfa even has a "Z" above the sidemarker. Crazy!

shotiable

nope... havent seen that alfa romeo around... its prolly before my time, but i think the 350 fairlady looks alot like that audi TT ... iono... that was my first impression when the fairlady came out.

jackalope

yeah, I guess I can see it...

xviper

I dunno. They don't anything like each other. For one thing, the 350Z was designed after a Dutch wooden shoe. That Alfa was designed after an American jelly bean.

tafka TMB

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Saki GT

I've always thought the 350Z looked undercooked somehow.

mosesbotbol

A lot of companies bite the Alfa styling. Just look at the Integra grill... There's a couple of other clear examples the are escaping my memory though.

Alfa is a pioneer in engineering and design, one of the firsts for aluminium engines, hemi, etc...

Saint_Spinner

Yup. Alfa has always been a pioneer amongst car designers....not so much the in house design team, but the choices they make by letting companies such as Pininfarina and Zagato do the work for them.

Saint_Spinner

Actually the 350z relied heavily on a 911'a design....not in terms of package design, but rather the exterior visual presence. My former boss (lego studios) was very close friends of the 350z designer (a british fellow working for Renault). I saw some copies of his sketches and marker renderings....shape was the same, but details compeltely different.

shotiable

i dont know about the z... but that looked a lot more like say... something like a porsche carrera...
and so... thats supposed to look like a jelly bean? and the fairlady is designed after a dutch wooden shoe? but then isnt nissan french now?? how confusingly international...