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Nissan’s freshening of the Z car is a slow but steady step into the future for this performance model.\u00a0 The overall shape remains the same, with the car being widened, shortened, and lowered slightly.\u00a0 The headlights evolve into the new Maxima style with LED beneath the boomerang lenses. A slight increase in cargo room is created for the coupe, although it still remains nearly useless.<\/p>\n
The powerplant, shared with the Infiniti G37, is a 3.7 liter V6 producing a bit over 330hp while returning a useful average of 26mpg highway.\u00a0 Either a 6 speed manual or 7 speed automatic can be attached.\u00a0 The manual comes with a superbly useful synchronized rev matching downshift system that blips the throttle for the driver in downshifts.\u00a0 You won’t realize how useful this system is until you drop to second in a curve and marvel at how smoothly you begin putting the power back down.<\/p>\n This car performs nearly identically to the BMW 135i, while looking far more sports car-esque.\u00a0 The ride is a bit harsher than the 135, but all in all, its an excellent alternative to the BMW.<\/p>\n Several package and option combinations are available.\u00a0 The $1,800 navigation system package is the same as the Inifiniti system, adding a 9.3Gb hard drive, compact flash reader and ipod interface.\u00a0 The sport package is by far the most useful package with the inclusion of 4-piston opposed aluminum calipers with 14.0″ x 1.30″ vented front discs and 2-piston opposed aluminum calipers with 13.8″ x 0.80″ vented rear discs, the incredible synchro rev matching system, a limited slip differential, 19″ forge lightweight wheels with performance tires, and front and rear spoilers.\u00a0 The touring package includes power heated leather seats, Bose speakers, and a few other minor ammenities. The 370z coupes will start at just under $30,000 for a base model, and a fully loaded Sport Touring edition will come in just over $40,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nissan’s re-freshening of the Z car is a slow but steady step into the future for this performance model…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[51,59,50],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto","tag-370z","tag-auto","tag-nissan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"The](\"http:\/\/video.kbb.com\/photo\/370z_int.jpg\" "\\"2009")