Nissan 240SX Successor - Nissan's New 2+2 Rear-Driver Will Revive the Spirit of the 240SX

This should be the Z car. The original was light weight, small, great handling. The Z of today is to big and soft (track pkg. excluded)

— Whatthe (View Profile)

Posted on 6/28/2008 9:15:09 AM | | Votes: -2   

missed the 2+2 thing. I do hope it is more like the 240z

— Whatthe (View Profile)

Posted on 6/28/2008 1:11:40 PM | | Votes: 3   

would be interesting to see who produces the better 2+2 RWD coupe, Nissan or Toyota.

— 07mcs (View Profile)

Posted on 6/28/2008 5:38:44 PM | | Votes: 1   

WHOOPS... hit post before I was done! LOL! I has=d 2 friends that had a 240z when they were new and they loved em. Fun to drive and all. Honda needs to bring back their Prelude.

— atomicbri (View Profile)

Posted on 6/28/2008 7:16:49 AM | | Votes: 1   

Correction:

1. The 2009 version of Nissan's Z will be called the 370Z, which I understood to be the reference here.

2. The US 240SX was, in JDM form, labeled Silvia only in 2-door/notchback form, as the turbocharged hatchback was called the 180SX (regardless of engine displacement).

3. The Pulsar moniker was never used on the JDM models in question, only on Sunny/Sentra-derived sportier versions of two (lesser) 1980's Nissan models, and (later) the configurable notch/sport-back model of the late 1980's.

4. The Datsun name was used in both the U.S. and JDM markets for many years, and in the JDM market, the name Datsun still remains on their small truck offerings.

5. The Toyota FX moniker was used only on U.S. FWD hatchback versions of the Corolla, whereas the AE86 Trueno and Levin were both names for the exact same RWD sportier verions of the Corolla during that period, marketed through different dealership networks.

Note: A Little Fact Checking might have helped here... or, like me, having lived there for over a decade...

— DaHarder (View Profile)

Posted on 6/28/2008 12:41:25 PM | | Votes: 11   

lenkun likes to pull information out of his ass to make it look like he knows something about automobiles and the industry, when in reality he knows nothing.

He's tried to share his "wisdom" a few times and I think he fails to realize that a number of people on this site actually KNOW what they are talking about.

— NARunner (View Profile)

Posted on 6/28/2008 4:54:44 PM | | Votes: 2   

well done daharder, well done.

— S30GTR (View Profile)

Posted on 6/29/2008 2:23:32 AM | | Votes: 3   

go play in traffic lenkun.

— Htay7500 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/29/2008 11:49:32 AM | | Votes: 2   

"In the US, it's called 350Z while Japan calls it Fairlady." - Correct

"The same is true for the GT-R which is what we call it here in the US, but in Japan it's known as the Skyline (Godzilla)." - GT-R was Skyline UNTIL the R35, which is GT-R worldwide. Japan still has the Skyline in sedan and coupe, which is pretty much the same as the infiniti G series.

"2. 240SX is the name in North America and Silvia is in Japan." - and for S14 and S15 it was 200SX in the UK, New Zealand and Australia (and most other "general" overseas markets)

"3. Just in case for you guys that don't know if Nissan decides to bring back the 200SX for the US market, in Japan it's known as the Pulsar NX2000." - Incorrect it was called the NX coupe.

"4. In the past, Datsun the name in the US while Nissan was used oversea." - Incorrect, both have been used all over the world, including simultaneously in some areas. Datsun is still used in Japan, for their ute (Light pick-up), known as the "Datsun Truck"

— Styles79 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/23/2008 6:37:25 PM | | Votes: 1   

Well, it'd be easy to improve on the original's 'spirit' (even easy for a company like nissan, that only produces half-ass engineered, thrown-together cars) since it was so horribly mediocre. And dont get me going on that 2nd generation, that was so damn boring even the people at toyota likely laughed at it.

As for the 1, don't hate; appreciate this game-changing little coupe. It's obviously nowhere as bad as you try to make it sound, seeing as it's top dog, and kicks the g37's ass so bad that it sent nissan running to the drawing board to make a lighter, cheaper competitor-that'll likely still get beat down by the 1.

— tattedtwice (View Profile)

Posted on 6/28/2008 6:46:09 PM | | Votes: -6   

"(even easy for a company like nissan, that only produces half-ass engineered, thrown-together cars)"

I guess their VQ engines that have won many times along with BMWs twinturbo engines are half-assed right? what about toyota? thats right toyota fanboy, they haven't made anything exciting than what BMW or nissan offers.

— Htay7500 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/29/2008 12:24:53 PM | | Votes: 3