j9fd3s

iTrader: (3)

i thought it was ugly until i saw it in person, its AWESOME. the enzo is like that too. anyways the Furai is easily the coolest new car in the last 20 years.

tasty danish

iTrader: (5)

What? If you think that fat-cheeked disgusting piggy they call a Z now is a retro version of one of the most beautiful and iconic cars ever built, I have some Ocean-front property in Missouri...

I can say ALL KINDS of mean things about the 350Z (less so on the 370, it's a little better looking) but calling it a lazy retro rehash is definitely not one of them. It at least is it's own car/design.

Oh heaven's no. I was talking about retro car design. If you want me to get into the problems with new cars style... that's another rant entirely (sparknotes: I hate BMW)

And yes, you got me, the new focus RS is sweet.

guitar_blues

im 100% with danish when i saw the big 3 "recreations" of their past glorys i puked in my mouth and we know in order to sell big numbers they would build this car with all the new creature comforts and defeat the purpose of building a car designed for drivers just end up with another city slickers grocery cart but with a rotang

pjr

iTrader: (8)

I don't think any of them are "lazy" per se. That's a bit harsh..... well, ok the Challenger, ya got me.

But the Z: It's a fresh design, but still has some throwback cues to previous Z cars. That's what I'd like to see from the new 7. Just because the mustang has the "hockey stick" styling in the side and three-lens taillights doesn't make it a lazy design.

j9fd3s

iTrader: (3)

lmao! i do think from the rear, the 350Z looks a lot like a washing machine, and that's not sexy.

BMW's bottom feeding fish look is fugly too, they actually fired that designer...

DivinDriver

iTrader: (15)

I will agree with you to the point of the 350/370Z not being a retro design - - any more than the 300z was, or the 280ZX (blech), for that matter. Which is to say, not at all.

The Datsun/Nissan designers captured a few iconic lines from the earlier generation in each, but NONE of them were intended to be a reboot of the 240/260. any more than the FC has any claim to being a reboot of a 1st-gen.

Name, heart, and spirit continued; body and chassis designs new from pretty much the ground up, each time.

Beyond that, still your blasphemous heathen tongue about my beautiful, gorgeous, shapely, magnificent 350Z.

Get used to that view, sonny boy... it's all you'll likely ever see of mine.

tasty danish

iTrader: (5)

At least they were trying something new with it. That puts them ahead of our domestic brethren in my book.

So anyway, you all know my thoughts on new cars, and it's for that reason that if you want a new version of an old sports car I say you get a lotus. ~2000lbs and a commonly available toyota 4 cylinder? Light, fast, and simple? YES PLEASE.

ray green

iTrader: (14)

Yep that Lotus is what I'd get if the Silver One ever died.

Which isn't going to happen so I might as well stop dreaming.

But someday I'll own a car with air bags. Someday.

If it's as pretty as a 240Z or an SA/FB.

Otherwise back to ebay for another FB.