Nissan Senior VP for Global Design confirms next gen Z in development?

[jayhawk]

https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/nissan-designer-confirms-next-gen-z-project

Please let it be true! 

[SteveJ]

Here's my $0.02. How often do you get your car industry news from whichcar.com.au? (or motor1.com - the other site I've seen with this information)

[jayhawk]

5 hours ago, SteveJ said:

Here's my $0.02. How often do you get your car industry news from whichcar.com.au? (or motor1.com - the other site I've seen with this information)

Well, only this one time... (Actually motor1.com and a number of other sites references whichcar.com.au, which I looked up because they apparently had the interview with the VP) 

And if you carefully parse the language on the site, they learned (from the interview) that "planning for the next gen Z is already underway" and they quote the Nissan’s Senior Vice President for Global Design as saying “The Z-car, oh my god. Huge pressure,” said Albaisa when reviewing the to-do list of Nissan design work. “You can imagine I’m completely excited that I am in the position to work on that.”

So this seems more definitive that previous rumors, but still some wiggle room.  We will really only really know when production cars actually roll of the manufacturing lines.  Planning does not always result in production...

 

Edited September 10, 2018 by jayhawk

[northernz]

Apparently the 400Z is coming!

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/autos/news/next-nissan-z-could-be-called-400z-arrives-next-year/ar-AAJe69R?li=AAggFp0

[240260280]

4L I8 or V12 would be very cool and breaking the mold.

[Patcon]

5 hours ago, 240260280 said:

4L I8 or V12 would be very cool and breaking the mold.

Not likely to happen. We will be fortunate if it has 6 cylinders