New 350Z!?!

[beandip]

Any thing they do the car will be an improvement . For my money the RX-8 or the Honda 2000 is what I would be looking at if I was in the market.

[e_racer1999]

the front resembles the late model 300zx....

[Mike]

Ok, here's the subset of the article...

the real reason the company built the Type E was to homologate the 350Z for the All Japan Grand Touring Championship (JGTC). The JGTC is Japan's most popular form of racing — think of it as NASCAR for Japan

[Bambikiller240]

"production" in name only

.............think of it as NASCAR for Japan, only the races are run on road courses (see sidebar) — and all race cars must be based on a production car. But, you may ask, isn't the 350Z production? Yes, but Nismo (Nissan's motorsports division) maintained that the 350Z's aerodynamics wasn't up to par for the kind of speeds seen in JGTC racing (we're talking 180-plus mph), so Nismo engineers dramatically altered the Z's shape, lengthening the nose and rear to generate more downforce at higher speeds. The exterior changes were so drastic that the car no longer could represent the 350Z under JGTC rules. So rather than going back to the drawing board and creating a new race car, Nissan engineers decided it was easier to build a production version based on the new race Z. Thus, the long-nose Type E was born.

All five production models of the Type E have been spoken for (all sold in Japan)............................