The Hoth

If I buy the car, do I get the girl on the cover, too?

Cubs2k

UnkieTrunkie

Only if you get the JDM model.
Otherwise, you get a chain-smoking Renault sales rep.

Christople

AHahah

MrGTR

Huh?

Its a car magazine in case you hadn't notice.

Penforhire

I'm an ex-owner of several 240z's and I was for-sure disappointed they decided to go more GT than sports car. I would have likely been an owner of a modern incarnation of the 240z. Of wait, I was, I bought the S2000.. Not that bloatware froggy 350z blasphemy. I can't imagine how anyone would think that has any genetic ties to the old Datsuns.

MrGTR

That's sad to hear. I'm sure some people were outraged that the S2000 wasn't anything like its predecessors and put on just as much weight. Electronic speedo? nuff said.

NDAZONE

Talking about heritage: the first 240z was aimed at affordability. A sort of poor man's sports car that was to take on cars twice its price. The 240z was a pure sports car with no frills. Due to new US regulations on motor vehicles during the mid '70s Datsun had to add new modifications to the Z to make it legal for sale (larger bumpers, catalytic converters, ect.). To make up for the weight gains and loss of performance they decided to make the engine larger. With the 260z, Datsun also decided to make the Z appeal to an even broader market by adding a rear seating area (260z 2+2). This was the first Z car to sway from the path of being a true sports car. If you want to point fingers at certain models that truly stand out as being GT cars, the 280ZX and the Z31 (1984-89 Z) would be the ones to pick on. However, both models were the best selling incarnations of the Z car to date. So to get back to the 350Z, yes it stays true to the concept of the Z car because it is designed to appeal to a general sports car audience.