A print-only report in Autocar declares the revised Nissan 350Z will appear at the Paris Motor Show this fall, but the car will be powered by the 3.7-liter engine found in the Infiniti G37 and thus become a 370Z. This news isn’t terribly shocking since the G and the Z share a platform and have historically run the same displacement engine. Such a move is good news for fans of the two-seat, more affordable cousin to the G.
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How much more power?

30 BHP at a guess.

Yeah, it will probably be on par to a G37, so 330 hp total.

Nissan 370Z coming to Los Angeles Auto Show

Winding Road's man from Japan, Peter Nunn, supposedly has it on good authority that Nissan's new Z-car is headed to Los Angeles this November for its official unveiling. According to Nunn's source, the 370Z looks "fantastic," despite it being a more evolutionary design.

The really interesting tidbit from Nunn is that the new Z will be shorter than the outgoing model by around four inches. That might curtail speculation that the spy shots we've seen of a chopped 350Z was a new rear-wheel-drive model that could resurrect the Silvia nameplate. Too bad. But the 370Z will be sporting the 3.7-liter V6 found in the Infiniti G37 coupe, a slightly wider track and, hopefully, will shed a few pounds from the outgoing model.

[Source: Winding Road/Autoblog]

I just hope it looks much better and has a decent interior. The current one had all the feel and quality of particle board when it first came out and its still cramped and cheap as hell now.

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The all-new Nissan 370Z is still a good eight months away from an official reveal, but images of the new coupe have surfaced online. The images of the Z come from the scanned pages of a Japanese magazine and preview the car that could grace the Nissan stage at the Paris Motor Show in October or Los Angeles Auto Show in November.

The car pictured is somewhat camouflaged, but a separate image purports to show the headlight unit without any disguise.

Overall, the 370Z — which is being developed under the code name C53D — appears to keep the same general shape as the current 350Z. However, the front headlights — which will reportedly use LEDs — are much more dramatic than the current car's. The rear also seems to be a bit stubbier, with a sharper crease along the trailing edge of the hatch.

The 370Z is expected to use the same VQ37VHR powerplant found in the Infiniti G37 — a V6 displacing 3.7L — delivering over 330 horsepower.

In December of 2006, Nissan product planning VP Larry Dominique said the next-generation Z would "have considerably more performance than the current model and give a visual stimulus beyond today’s Z." He said it would continue to deliver on the promise of being attainable to a wide range of people.

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Following the success of the GT-R I wonder if some of it's DNA will be traced off to the 370Z.

Very good question Luw...

As we know the VR38DETT V6 engine in the GT-R is derived from VQ35 engine in the 350Z. So could we see a 3.8 litre normally aspirated V6 for the new 350Z? Could even be a 380Z no?

Even more exciting is the prospect of the new Z having the GT-R's transaxle dual clutch gearbox without the AWD bits (heck they went to all the trouble - why limit it to one model?) It's not a likelihood but the prospect of it is intriguing for sure...

Porsche will be sticking PDK in the Cayman so it wouldn't be entirely unorthodox if Nissan blessed the 370Z with similar technology. I've seen diagrams of it and the AWD system in the GT-R is highly complex and like you said Martin the likelihood of it making it to the 370Z is next to zero. It would only make sense for Nissan two keep and arms lenght between the two cars.

But I wonder what Nissan has planned to do with all that technology. It can all be used to cook up a killer sedan capable of giving the RS4 and Impreza GB270 a run for their money.