What Makes the Nissan 350z a Strong Competitor in the World of Sports Cars?

[dicerandom]

My current car:
http://www.warpenguin.com/~dice/car/DSCF0154.JPG
1968 Ford Mustang GT/CS

Classic car I'd love to own/drive:
http://www.warpenguin.com/~dice/cobra-resized.jpg
AC Cobra 427

Modern car I'd love to own/drive:
http://www.warpenguin.com/~dice/enzo.jpg
Ferrari Enzo

 

[Cyrus]

You have good taste.

 

[rocketboy]

I'll second that...your mustang is a beauty!

 

[Cyrus]

You should take your date in that car rocketboy.

 

[rocketboy]

Damn...that would solve the problem of coming up with an idea for something to do!

Owning/Driving a beautiful car must be an amazing feeling...especially one that you have put a lot of time into and take pride in, like that Mustang.

Tell us, dicerandom, how does it feel to get into that car and fire up the engine and roll down the street? Oh, and can I borrow it?

 

[dicerandom]

Tell us, dicerandom, how does it feel to get into that car and fire up the engine and roll down the street? Oh, and can I borrow it?

Feels great, providing that none of the ten thousand things which tend to go wrong with 38 year old cars happens to go wrong on that particular trip That car's trouble enough in the rain, you really have to fight to keep the rear end in check sometimes, I'd hate to think what it would be like on ice.*

* Note: This is my Californian "All of Canada is a frozen wasteland" prejudice showing itself

 

[Monique]

Oh I forgot the stats!
Carrera GT:
V10, 5.7L, 605HP @ 8000 RPM, 0-100 km/h in 3.9 seconds.
It's also very sexy:!) http://motor.tuportada.com/img/wp/porsche-carrera-gt-22.jpg
http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/03/carreragt05_01.JPG
Enzo:
V12, 6.0L, 660HP @ 7800 RMP, 0-100 km/h in 3.65 seconds.
http://www.luxcars.ch/wallpapers/ferrari/404_ferrari_enzo_1600_03.jpg
Sorry...I'm a car fanatic and I had to get in my say!

How likely are you actually going to DRIVE those cars, not many replies I've seen fall into that category..

 

[Cyrus]

Oh, If I had any of those cars, I would drive them daily. You have nice taste in cars too monique. Are you looking to buy a car?

 

[scorpa]

If I had my dream car I'd drive it, you'd have to pry me out of the drivers seat everynight...haha. But all the same I'd rather have a Harley Dyna Wide Glide.

 

[ray b]

want a 67 ferrari P4

building a pontiac fiero with a swaped in caddy northstar DOHC 4v V8
holly fuel injecton controler custom tube A-arms 13" vett brakes
should run sub 13sec 1/4 and handel turns like a lotus
450 hp with NOX and under 2500 lbs

total cost less then a new econo box

 

[rocketboy]

How likely are you actually going to DRIVE those cars, not many replies I've seen fall into that category..

Very likely

If I could afford one, I wouldn't hesitate buying it. And providing the weather is good I'd drive it every day...*drool*

 

[Pre-AlgebraDude]

Looks like Dodge has finally figured it out...now we wait for Ford and Chevy...


http://www.automobilemag.com/auto_shows/naias_2006/0601_dodge_challenger_concept/




BRAND NEW DODGE CHALLENGER CONCEPT! AHH, HOW I HAVE WAITED FOR THIS DAY!

Ford is coming out with a new Shelby G.T. 500, and Chevy redid the Camaro, but they need to go back to the old models, the ones that made them rich in the first place. The new camaro is just...crappy, and oh, how I hate the new Charger.

 

[scott1]

I would like to drive a this
http://bradbarnett.net/mustangs/mine/toys/Transformer-7.jpg
It's a new Mustang that can transform into a giant robot so I can got to make sure the gas staion gives me free gas every time
Or this
http://www.chesco.com/~silknitt/probert/end.jpg
It's the back to futre car so I can go to future find the cure to cancer nuclear cold fussion or find lottery ticket numbers
and of course
http://www.webbedenvironments.com/images/articles/flyingCar1.jpg
the flying jetson car so I don't have to worry about traffic(I herd thermonuclear missle lancher is optinol)

 

[rocketboy]

Looks like Dodge has finally figured it out...now we wait for Ford and Chevy...
http://www.automobilemag.com/auto_shows/naias_2006/0601_dodge_challenger_concept/
BRAND NEW DODGE CHALLENGER CONCEPT! AHH, HOW I HAVE WAITED FOR THIS DAY!
Ford is coming out with a new Shelby G.T. 500, and Chevy redid the Camaro, but they need to go back to the old models, the ones that made them rich in the first place. The new camaro is just...crappy, and oh, how I hate the new Charger.

No offense...but the interior of the Challenger concept looks really crappy...like most american built cars. They build (fairly) nice cars (sometimes) but they really cheap out on the interier.

I don't think it would be the same as driving the old Challenger either...it looks like a wannabe american muscle car despite it being the challenger of today...for some reason I don't see them putting a 450 in it.

 

[brewnog]

Wanted one of these since I was fourteen...


Mwhahahahahahahaaaaa!

 

[Astronuc]

http://www.forbes.com/vehicles/2006/06/14/extreme-cars-adventure_cx_dl_0616feat.html

A new type of car is available -- one that can go off-road, then go back on the pavement and compete with top-drawer sports cars. Dutch automaker Spyker calls this kind of car an "SSUV" -- a "super sports utility vehicle." Earlier this year, Spyker unveiled its D12 Peking-to-Paris SSUV at the Geneva Motor Show. The four-wheel-drive SUV, which will go into production next year, has a 500-horsepower, 12-cylinder engine that generates a zero-to-60 time of five seconds and a top speed of 185 mph.

Porsche has also recently entered this segment with its $112,000 Cayenne Turbo S SUV, which can scale down the side of a rocky hill and then go head-to-head with a Corvette, thanks to its 520-hp motor and zero-to-60 time of 4.8 seconds.

This kind of racecar/SUV hybrid is as adventurous as a car can get and will do virtually anything you want it to. But there are other kinds of "adventure cars" too, such as the Aquada boat-car from Britain's Gibbs Technologies. It can reach 100 miles per hour on land and a startling 30 mph in water.

All three have made our list of the most impressive adventure cars currently on the market. And they share another trait besides being built for unusual undertakings: sky-high base prices. Though we included such affordable fare as DaimlerChrysler's $19,000 Jeep Wrangler, the average price of a car in the slide show is $241,000.

 

[motai]

All these new fast cars, what about other, less performing ones for old time's sake.

Karl Benz's "Velo", 1894.

(Btw that car was raced according to wikipedia, so its not like there weren't daredeveling racers back then)

 

[scorpa]

Looks like Dodge has finally figured it out...now we wait for Ford and Chevy...


http://www.automobilemag.com/auto_shows/naias_2006/0601_dodge_challenger_concept/




BRAND NEW DODGE CHALLENGER CONCEPT! AHH, HOW I HAVE WAITED FOR THIS DAY!

Ford is coming out with a new Shelby G.T. 500, and Chevy redid the Camaro, but they need to go back to the old models, the ones that made them rich in the first place. The new camaro is just...crappy, and oh, how I hate the new Charger.

I'm really looking forward to the challenger coming out. It will be a pretty cool car, but of course nothing will ever replace the originals. Dodge really did screw up on the charger...how many chargers did you ever see that were 4 doors ? However, I don't hate them, they are nice cars if you don't think of them as a real charger, I drove an SRT8 charger and it was a very nice car.

 

[wolram]

Chity chity bang bang.:!)

 

[FrogPad]

Dream Car:
http://voip-blog.tmcnet.com/blog/rich-tehrani/uploads/bugatti-veyron-big.jpg"
I would just eat this car!

Car to save up for:
http://www.airbagonoff.com/Porsche_turbo_from_Passenger_side.jpg"
I'm a sucker for the turbo...

http://www.autotudos.hu/fotokgaleriak/kep_het_kep_05_08_27_hr_1_nagy.jpg"
Saw one in Paris and almost died... sounds SEXY

http://www.automotivechronicles.com/articles/2005/mar/02/images/b33125-bmw-m5.jpg"
Classy fast. You don't expect it to be fast until you watch the driver punch it.


Realistic Car:
http://www.desktopextreme.com/photos/BMW_2006_3_series_617200512032PM733.jpg"
Always good.

http://www.fantasycars.com/gallery/Cars/Acura/2004%20TL/acura_tl4.jpg"
Friend has one, and I love the inside. It's a quiet and comfortable ride.

 

[Hawknc]

A Porsche 911 GT3.

http://www.autoimage.cz/porsche/Porsche_911_GT3_2003_007.jpg

I'd prefer mine in silver, but if someone gave me that one I wouldn't complain. ;)

 

[rocketboy]

Porsche Carrera GT:

http://motor.tuportada.com/img/wp/porsche-carrera-gt-23.jpg

Ferrari 599 GTB:

http://www.eurocarblog.com/uploads/ferrari_599_gtb_uff_03.jpg My two dream cars would have to be the Carrera GT and the Ferrari Enzo, but I think I alread posted the Enzo earlier in this thread and the 599 GTB is new and pretty sick.

 

[FrogPad]

Porsche Carrera GT:

http://motor.tuportada.com/img/wp/porsche-carrera-gt-23.jpg

Ferrari 599 GTB:

http://www.eurocarblog.com/uploads/ferrari_599_gtb_uff_03.jpg My two dream cars would have to be the Carrera GT and the Ferrari Enzo, but I think I alread posted the Enzo earlier in this thread and the 599 GTB is new and pretty sick.

Do you watch top gear? They had an episode with the enzo... the car is... well, it's an enzo.
Wanna watch the sexiest thing ever, check this:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3891118438710288804&q=enzo+top+gear

here's a bunch of M5's chasing an enzo:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8052370153014093349&q=enzo

an enzo getting smoked:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6562545432920382091&q=enzo

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

I'm not particular, Bugatti, Masseratti, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Lotus, any will do.

 

[rocketboy]

Do you watch top gear? They had an episode with the enzo... the car is... well, it's an enzo.
Wanna watch the sexiest thing ever, check this:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3891118438710288804&q=enzo+top+gear

here's a bunch of M5's chasing an enzo:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8052370153014093349&q=enzo

an enzo getting smoked:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6562545432920382091&q=enzo

I love that show... almost as much as I love the enzo... that episode was awesome, with the Pink Floyd guy and his book haha.

as if the enzo lost that... the driver is a disgrace.

 

[Cyrus]

Thats no ordinary Mercedes that killed the Enzo Rocketboy.

 

[Kurdt]

Ooh I love cars! By my top five you can tell I'm a total speed freak but hey!

Caparo T1: coolest car ever.

http://www.caparo-t1.com/

Bugatti Veyron

http://www.bugatti-cars.de/bugatti/index.html

Mclaren slr

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=mclaren slr&sa=N&tab=wi

Mclaren f1

http://www.phys.uu.nl/~huizinga/photo/MCLaren F1 Front.jpg

and perhaps the bmw M6

http://www.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/index/0,4636,1156___bs-TQ%253D%253D%2540bb-TTZfQ1A%253D,00.html

 

[rocketboy]

Thats no ordinary Mercedes that killed the Enzo Rocketboy.

oh i know, but still... I'm dissapointed. What are the stats on the SLR?

 

[rocketboy]

Ooh I love cars! By my top five you can tell I'm a total speed freak but hey!

Caparo T1: coolest car ever.

http://www.caparo-t1.com/

Holy **** I think I'm in love (for the second time this year)

edit: wait, in the intro it says "1000 BHP" but in the specs it says 500...and only 2.4 L engine?

 

[Kurdt]

Hope its not with me but rather the caparo! It is rather lovely.

 

[rocketboy]

kk found it.

Here are the stats (that matter) for the '05 Mercedes SLR McLaren:

617 hp coming out of a 5.5L supercharged AMG V-8 engine with 517 lb-ft of torque.

weighs 3748lbs dry, top speed of 207.5mph, (wow) and goes 0-60mph in under 3.8 seconds.

I still much prefer the Enzo.

 

[Kurdt]

Yeah the caparo is 1000 BHP per tonne and 0-60 mph in 2.5 seconds with a mere 2.4 V8 is immense. it can pull over 3g in corners and still achieve over 200 mph with all the drag from the downforce of the wings.

EDIT: It only weighs 500 kilos though and that's where the impressive BHP stat comes from.

 

[Curious3141]

I just test-drove a car I've wanted to drive for a while : an E55 AMG. 470 hp, more than 700 Nm of torque. Not bad, but a bit disconnected from the road. It also felt quick but not mindblowingly quick compared to what I'm used to (but then my daily driver is a fairly heavily modded WRX that's also plenty quick). The slushbox had a fair bit to do with the underwhelming ride, when I switched it to manual mode, it felt a lot better. The handling left something to be desired - the default suspension is floaty, and even the Sports mode felt too soft to my bottom used to stiff racing coilovers. The car was understeery round sweeping corners, but being an auto made left foot braking to control the weight balance very easy.

Overall, this is a luxury cruiser for the road and an Autobahn stormer, not a wild performing stallion for the enthusiast. But I guess that's stating the obvious. It was a cool experience nonetheless.

 

[Cyrus]

That Caparo looks like Crap-aro. :yuck:

 

[Kurdt]

Its an engineering miracle not only interms of the engine but in the fact it takes formula one technology to the road so one can pull 3g turns in corners. Besides it has to look that for the road going vehicle regulations.