Comments on: 2006 Nissan 350Z Facelift

By: Oz

Oz — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:45:15 +0000

AFAIK, the VQ series of engines are purely Nissan. Most of the technology shared moves one way, from Nissan to Renault.

By: superman

superman — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:53:28 +0000

The VQ 35 in the Nissans are based on the engine block of the 3.5 ltrs engine as used by Renault in the Avantime, Laguna and some other renault I forgot.

However Nissan added their own cranks, conrod pistons and Head design.

By: myhorng

myhorng — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:01:43 +0000

Can u imagine there is an idiot actually comparing this car with our local Waja on its handlilng..?? damn stupid right.. like comparing an apple with a durian. WTF

By: terion

terion — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:57:01 +0000

Hi Paul, did some google digging and found this from a review of Renault Laguna

“The Renault-Nissan alliance has brought us some great cars. What company do you think developed the 3.0-litre V6 engine found in the front of a Nissan 350Z?”

So it looks like the engine really came from Renault.

Source:http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/car-reviews/car-and-driving/renault-laguna-2.0-dci-150-1004931.html

By: Michael Chua

Michael Chua — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 04:07:42 +0000

Purely cosmetic. No extreme makeover certainly.

By: albagmane

albagmane — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 03:51:29 +0000

gosh.. no matter how well it is.. it is truly unaffordable to me.. sigh…

By: Sexythang

Sexythang — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:45:54 +0000

i thought the soarer is an old car…at least for the rest of the world. but even so…..the z and the lexus are diferent type of cars.

btw….isnt that z just like the anniversary version with an mild facelift interior?

By: cbljkkj

cbljkkj — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:37:33 +0000

Bob

If you did a little more research, you would find that the suspension set-up on the Soarer is just horrible. The suspension is so soft that the only other competition is a marshmellow. It jumps around like a Jack Russell terrier and is quite possibly the most boring car I have ever seen.

That said the Soarer in my book does not even qualify as a RM500K car. Its also pretty obvious that you are a diehard Toyota fan.

If I were you I would get a proper Lexus like the IS350

By: nissmo

nissmo — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 16:28:59 +0000

what d hell aww com on guy’s…..what facelift….where… your only convincing me even more that my skyline is ‘GOD’

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 16:01:30 +0000

cbljkkj said,
December 17, 2005 @ 9:08 pm

I think the 350Z (Fairlady Z33) here costs bout Rm440,000. Apart from the minute exterior facelift, it is nice to see that Nissan has not forgotten the engine.

The car iâ€™m looking forward to next year is Nissanâ€™s â€œrumouredâ€ 4.5 liter engine which would most likely be a upped version of the 350Z called the 450Z. Fingers crossed!
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Fingers crossed!??!?!?! You actually thought of buying it? OMFG! I’d rather go Toyota Soarer/ Lexus SC430 rather than buying this 350Z. It doesnt look expensive, not to say it doesn’t look like a RM500k car. it looked more or less RM300k to me.

By: cbljkkj

cbljkkj — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 13:08:44 +0000

I think the 350Z (Fairlady Z33) here costs bout Rm440,000. Apart from the minute exterior facelift, it is nice to see that Nissan has not forgotten the engine.

The car i’m looking forward to next year is Nissan’s “rumoured” 4.5 liter engine which would most likely be a upped version of the 350Z called the 450Z. Fingers crossed!

By: E-nabill

E-nabill — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 11:02:08 +0000

that oso called a face lift ah?? to me its 99.99% the same as the old one,nt that the old one was ugly,bt to label this as a facelift seems like a ripoff to me

By: Poor driver

Poor driver — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 10:55:25 +0000

whatever it is, 350Z will always be ‘Poor man’s Porsche’….hehehehe

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:23:02 +0000

VQ engines existed for more than a decade. Rounding up in the “10 Best Engines of The Year” since year 1995.

In my opinion, the current 350Z (I’d rather its called Fairlady) is one of the most soul-less Japanese sports car. Its design doesn’t echoe abit of Nissan heritage. The interior looked bland, or a pimped 80’s interior. This is one of the worst designed cars from Nissan. But its a successful one, WHY? Designed by Americans, for the American market.

Silvia S15, Skyline GTR 34….. where are you guys?

Anyway, better than taking Renault designs….. hohoho

By: eric

eric — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:34:11 +0000

for 500k, not a car i’d buy.

By: Quit Smoking

Quit Smoking — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 05:36:08 +0000

Small refinements rather than big changes, it’s a very nice car already so why change it a lot?

That’s a UK plate too

By: neurra

neurra — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 05:23:20 +0000

swweeeet engineeee

By: Stevarac

Stevarac — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 03:45:48 +0000

Don’t know much about sports car , but the interior is dull and the seat colour …well just pretty Ah Beng to me.
BUT THEN , WHAT DO I KNOW….
Give a chance to do a few laps , then maybe my impression will change.
Yeah , in my dream.
AP king >> boleh pinjam kereta kah ??

By: hfrshah

hfrshah — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 03:23:53 +0000

Dude those rims aren’t new. They have always been offered as an extra-cost option in the UK

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 02:50:31 +0000

The VQ SHOULD be Nissan developed. I think the QR series was jointly developed with Renault. Anyone got more reliable info?

By: wth**

wth** — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 02:20:25 +0000

a bit like porsche from the first look at the first pic..

By: terion

terion — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 01:55:42 +0000

Hi Paul, I heard that the 350Z’s engine is actually a Renault sourced one and not a Nissan’s. Do you know if that’s true?

By: cipanyellow

cipanyellow — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 01:02:44 +0000

look same to me, what about price?

By: dksh1892

dksh1892 — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 00:04:26 +0000

hmm…with those exterior ‘facelifts’… to be frank.. i don’t quite see much of a change here.. =S anyhoos..how would i know rite? not like i have the car to notice to slight changes on it.. =) ehehehe! cheers mate!