Test drive Nissan 350Z compartment since 2007 coupe

Ninja with z -z

Most Nissan mass cars - example, Almer, mira - wear their own names. But an exclusive, a real ninja, in which a generation is content with an index of numbers supplemented by the letter Z. Maybe because it serves only to satisfy the driver's passion and is not used for economic purposes ...

Driver and passenger
Reflections on impractical double sports cars disappeared along with the first dose of adrenaline. This time the excitement, accompanied by a rapid pulse, arose even before the engine earned. The unusual, but very modern appearance of the new Nissan-350Z, huge 18-inch wheels with a potentist’s Bridgostone tires, Brembo brakes, two chromiums of the production of the release system were immediately set in the right one. Available, according to the creators, a sports car looks like a very expensive supercar. He does not disappoint either inside.
It was worth a leather seat with developed lateral supports to fix the body, the legs immediately found the brilliant metal pedal and a recreation site, the left hand fell on the rim of a sports three -spoke steering wheel, and the right pounded a short stalk of a lever of a six -speed gearbox. Comfortable. Restraining an almost insurmountable desire to break off, I drive a chair, regulate the mirrors, the steering column and click the belt bundle. So: a review of the back is good only in external burdocks, and in an intransal mirror only a narrow opening of the glass is visible. The right position of the seat was found quickly, but the steering wheel moves only up and down, adjustment from itself is absent. But along with the steering column, a combination of devices with round dials moves - great! The rim of the lamb will never block the speedometer and tachometer.
Start key. How pleasant the unnecessary, but distinct basas of the engine is pleasant. In this solo, the whole power of the atmospheric V-shaped six of a large volume is also heard. Let's hit the road! The first vivid impression, oddly enough, leave the pedals. As expected, they are tougher and more informative than in a regular passenger car, but exactly so that increased efforts when squeezing clutch, braking or gas supply do not cause rapid fatigue or discomfort.
The Nissan 350Z is accelerated very convincing. But this is not surprising - 280 forces are obliged under the hood. And only having gotten up to excellent dynamics, you note: at the very beginning, when moving from idle engine speeds to low ones, there is still a short freezing. It is characteristic of all machines that fulfill the latest norms of toxicity. There is nothing to be done - ecology does not allow the engine to sing in full voice. There are other restrictions - the electronic brain prohibits Nissan to ride faster than 250 km/h. I really liked the gearbox: clear switching, short moves of the lever, the harmony of transmission and engine capabilities.
Nissan on the shoulder winding paths with complex bundles of turns. He willingly and immediately reacts to the driver’s commands, demonstrating neutral rotation. The steering wheel, acute and moderately heavy, requires accurate, smooth and verified movements, and the hydraulic wrap manifests itself in its entirety only at low speeds.
The suspension is hard. At first, this seems to be an uncompromising tribute of controllability and only then you understand that the deliberately muscular nature of the suspension is a subtle game with the feelings of the driver. In fact, she has enough comfort and energy intensity. In any case, on European roads. Nissan is nevertheless intended for daily and long trips - the consumer will certainly not forgive him a racing toothbill.
... It's time to try on the passenger’s chair, losing a place at the wheel. Pereshev, I do not recognize the car: the sensations of steel are different. The pose is more impressive, the smoothness seemed to improve, the landing-planter has become easier. Mystic? No, Nissan experts confirmed assumptions about asymmetry. Similar, like native brothers, seats are actually different! The driver’s tougher and more relief for a better merger with the car and the completeness of sports impressions, the passenger is softer, and its lateral support below - preserving the style, they paid more attention to comfort.


Aluminum and carbon fiber
The engineers faced a difficult task: to design a decent change of perfect, but too expensive (for the Nissan brand, of course) model 300ZX. That is, create a car no less outstanding, but cheaper. Perhaps, it was possible to cope with such a contradictory task. The new athlete with the 350Z index clearly demonstrates that Nissan can do not only mass products. This time, the engine is not equipped with turbocharges, but 280 horses and 363 N.M of torque are quite worthy indicators for a 3.5 -liter atmospheric with variable phases of gas distribution.
The weight of the car of the classic layout with the rear drive wheels is close to the perfect one: 53% falls on the front axle, 47% on the rear. To reduce the mass of the part of the front and rear suspensions, as well as the wheel discs are rebuilt from aluminum alloys. The cardan shaft transmitting torque from the engine to the rear wheels is completely from carbon fiber. Aerodynamics of the body is excellent: CX \u003d 0.29. Moreover, Nissan experts thoroughly streamlined air flows under the bottom. The body is made durable and hard. In addition to amplifiers that are not visible, there are details deliberately striking - powerful spacers between the front and rear cups of shock absorbers. At the design stage, the interests of the pilot are taken into account. The driver’s chair is located in the middle of the wheelbase near the center of the car. Such a layout of the cabin is considered optimal for sports cars.

Of course, Nissan is equipped with numerous passive safety means: front and side pillows, inflatable curtains, and head protection. And the safety of active brakes from Brembo, ABS, electronic systems for the distribution of brake efforts, course stabilization and the anti -wings system serve. The devices that provide comfort are not forgotten: seats electric drives, climatic installation, cruise control, a music center with many speakers and a subwoofer behind the driver's seat.
Nissan 350Z is also popular in the Japanese market. More recently, his sales in the Old World began. And what do we have?
The price of a car in the USA - about 35 thousand dollars - is significantly cheaper than eminent supercars of European origin. Hence the high demand. Nissan 350Z is also popular in the Japanese market. More recently, his sales in the Old World began. And what do we have?

Official deliveries are not yet expected. The reason is in the unstable quality of Russian fuel, which can cause a breakdown of a forced engine. But the car has already trodden the track and to us - gray dealers sell the car with might and main. Moreover, at an exorbitant price: a very delicious piece! It is hoped that the ability to adapt the engine to our fuel will still be found and the Nissan 350Z will be supplied through official channels for a more affordable price.
The interior leaves no doubt about the purpose of the car. His credo is an athlete.
The combination of devices moves up and down along with the steering column.
The spacer between the cups of the rear shock absorbers is closed with plastic panels.
In the engine compartment - a V -shaped six with a capacity of 280 liters. With.
 





   








 
Vadim Kryuchkov
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Source: The magazine "Driving"