Nissan’s 370Z is a car you’ll either get completely or
not at all. Here we’ve got the Roadster version so it’s a soft top, two
seats, brawny V6 motor upfront pushing power to the rear wheels.
It’s a quick car in the classic vein. But while most 370Zs sold have steel roofs, the cloth-capped version is no afterthought. While it has the same chassis, it’s full styled and engineered to hold an identity all its own. It’s sleek, muscular and beautifully proportioned. We’d hesitate to call it beautiful but we can see why you might want to. The car’s looks and power hark back to the 240Z, its 1970s ancestor that now has a cult following. Updates of iconic cars often lose something along the way but the 370Z’s the exception – it really does take everything that was good about its forebear and reworks it for 2011, sympathetically and well.
More directly, the 370Z replaces the 350Z in Nissan’s line-up. The resemblance is strong, but it’s shorter, has a bigger engine and is more aggressive.
It’s
a car that’s all about driving, the more so if you go for the Roadster
as we have here. This drops its cloth roof quickly at the press of a
switch and it folds away tidily. Because of the space needed for the
roof when stowed the cabin is even cosier and strictly a two-seater. If
you’re fat or very tall, it could be a squeeze. And the boot’s tiny,
marred by a high lip over which you’ll need to drag your bags. On the
lid there’s a quaint set of instructions explaining how to fit a golf
bag into the space available.
You sit low with a conventional hood instrument cluster ahead and a trio of smaller gauges ranged across the dash top. The 350Z’s cabin drew some criticism for poor quality so the 370Z’s is better. Not class-leading, but now upmarket enough. And at last there's a glove box - something the 350Z hasn't.
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it up and it feels meaty to drive – steering, brakes and throttle have a
satisfying weight. Here, we’re sampling the auto version, which picks
between its seven ratios by itself or lets you do it using paddle shifts
behind the wheel – just as a racing pro might use. It’s a good system
that sits well in the car. Diehards will favour the car’s six speed
manual gearshift, fitted with a clever electronic aid that blips the
throttle for perfect downshifts. At town speeds those big alloys and
skinny-sided tyres crash across potholes but at least the deeply padded
seats filter the worst of the shocks.
Putting the car’s 326bhp through its rear tyres is a challenge for Nissan and one that the 370Z meets ably. Unless you let rip and then, despite all the electronic checks and controls present, you can spin the wheels and see the back slide out. Incidentally, for those same reasons, we can say that it’s a terrible car to drive in snow and ice. By contrast, top down on a sunny car it delivers a life-gladdening drive.
Should you buy one? For what you get, it’s a bargain. As Nissan points up on its web site, in bhp per £ it’s way cheaper than the Audi TT or Porsche Boxster you might otherwise buy. It’ll even retain a fair whack of its value over time, although not quite so much as the Porsche will. But if you want one, it’ll be a simply fantastic thing to own.
It’s a quick car in the classic vein. But while most 370Zs sold have steel roofs, the cloth-capped version is no afterthought. While it has the same chassis, it’s full styled and engineered to hold an identity all its own. It’s sleek, muscular and beautifully proportioned. We’d hesitate to call it beautiful but we can see why you might want to. The car’s looks and power hark back to the 240Z, its 1970s ancestor that now has a cult following. Updates of iconic cars often lose something along the way but the 370Z’s the exception – it really does take everything that was good about its forebear and reworks it for 2011, sympathetically and well.
More directly, the 370Z replaces the 350Z in Nissan’s line-up. The resemblance is strong, but it’s shorter, has a bigger engine and is more aggressive.
It’s
a car that’s all about driving, the more so if you go for the Roadster
as we have here. This drops its cloth roof quickly at the press of a
switch and it folds away tidily. Because of the space needed for the
roof when stowed the cabin is even cosier and strictly a two-seater. If
you’re fat or very tall, it could be a squeeze. And the boot’s tiny,
marred by a high lip over which you’ll need to drag your bags. On the
lid there’s a quaint set of instructions explaining how to fit a golf
bag into the space available.You sit low with a conventional hood instrument cluster ahead and a trio of smaller gauges ranged across the dash top. The 350Z’s cabin drew some criticism for poor quality so the 370Z’s is better. Not class-leading, but now upmarket enough. And at last there's a glove box - something the 350Z hasn't.
Spark
it up and it feels meaty to drive – steering, brakes and throttle have a
satisfying weight. Here, we’re sampling the auto version, which picks
between its seven ratios by itself or lets you do it using paddle shifts
behind the wheel – just as a racing pro might use. It’s a good system
that sits well in the car. Diehards will favour the car’s six speed
manual gearshift, fitted with a clever electronic aid that blips the
throttle for perfect downshifts. At town speeds those big alloys and
skinny-sided tyres crash across potholes but at least the deeply padded
seats filter the worst of the shocks.Putting the car’s 326bhp through its rear tyres is a challenge for Nissan and one that the 370Z meets ably. Unless you let rip and then, despite all the electronic checks and controls present, you can spin the wheels and see the back slide out. Incidentally, for those same reasons, we can say that it’s a terrible car to drive in snow and ice. By contrast, top down on a sunny car it delivers a life-gladdening drive.
Should you buy one? For what you get, it’s a bargain. As Nissan points up on its web site, in bhp per £ it’s way cheaper than the Audi TT or Porsche Boxster you might otherwise buy. It’ll even retain a fair whack of its value over time, although not quite so much as the Porsche will. But if you want one, it’ll be a simply fantastic thing to own.
Engines3.7-litre V6 petrol
- Power326bhp
- 0-60 mph5.8secs
- Economy25.9mpg
- CO2g/km254
- Insurance groups48
- EuroNCAP
- Airbags4
- Seats2
Source : Motors.co.uk
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