The subject of who designed the 240Z is pretty well defined, by I was wondering if there is anyone in particular that designed the 280Z. It's probably a group of guys that just improved or developed the earlier one, but I'm sort of particular about my preferred model of S30.

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Do you mean the 280ZX? The 280Z is pretty much the same design as the 240Z. If you mean the 280ZX, I think it was pretty much designed by committee, I've never heard the design attributed to one single person, but could be wrong.

I don't think there was any true "re-design" for the 260/280 in the sense of someone sitting down, carving new models and drawings from scratch. Things like the tail lights and rear end may have been designed to be different, but the rest of the work was likely down to need.

Sure, someone designed the larger bumpers and the style of the hood vents, but they were drawn up to fill a need.