Nissan 370Z S-Tune begins to get official with new images, info and website
Click above for a gallery of the Nissan 370Z S-Tune
Nissan has released four more official images of the NISMO 370Z S-Tune, and the photos show a much more hardcore of version of the Japanese brand's new rear-wheel-drive sports car than we saw debut at the LA Auto Show last month. Buyers will be able to choose between the full-on body kit above with a new lower chin spoiler, "extension nose piece", rocker moldings, rear valance and rear wing or a toned down version. Those larger deep dish, five-spoke aluminum wheels are also an option, as are a stainless steel exhaust system, upgraded S-Tune suspension, additional body braces and S-Tune brake pads. Nissan already has an official website up in Japanese extolling the virtues of the 370Z S-Tune, including an opening intro video that flies around the car. Check out the new official pics in high-res, as well as detail shots of each NISMO component, in the gallery below.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Torrent 10:35AM (12/02/2008)
The 370Z is great, but I need chopsticks for all that rice.
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TEHawk11 11:05AM (12/02/2008)
Typical redneck comment...
Torrent 11:14AM (12/02/2008)
meh...
Torrent 11:17AM (12/02/2008)
I mean I like the 370Z, but this kit isn't my taste. Bodykits never really appealed to me.
happy_penguin 11:27AM (12/02/2008)
I think it looks kinda nice. I still love the look of the look all around the car except those DAMN HEADLIGHTS. I don't know why, but I hate them.
Daveman427 2:55PM (12/02/2008)
@TEHawk11: There are no misspellings in the comment and it is grammaticality correct. My redneck sensors detect nothing. As for my Nissan fan boy detector...
@Torrent: The kit isn't to my liking either, and I like the looks of the standard 370Z besides the headlights. If every bit of the kit was for functionality, I might accept it.
@happy_penguin: I don't know what the hell is up headlights either. The designers did such a good job with the clean lines and muscular stance, and then tried their best to ruin it with these misshapen pieces of crap they call headlamps.
gearhead18 6:55PM (12/04/2008)
You know i think the "windblown L" headlamps are starting to grow on me. Though the low center brake light seems a tad superfluous to me
Bling Bling Boy 10:42AM (12/02/2008)
I never cared much for the look of the Nismo Z. It looks like something a 12yr old would design.
JMO
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jinsei888 10:46AM (12/02/2008)
...and that's a bad thing?
RG 10:49AM (12/02/2008)
The gap (vertical and lateral) around those wheels are so bad that I can barely notice the kit.
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Tommy 10:55AM (12/02/2008)
It seems to me that the car needs bigger wheels and perhaps (do I dare to say?) thicker sidewall tires? It looks like the car's sitting on 30's...i say 35's would look great with a rim that's an inch or two bigger...
Even if you lower this thing with the wheels pictures above, the car will look goofy....
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Pat 11:26AM (12/02/2008)
Is there anything on the S-tune that actually makes it go faster?
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xpolarx 12:24PM (12/02/2008)
What's your definition of faster? 0-60 probably won't change much with just an exhaust...might get an extra tenth out of the quarter mile. But track times will likely improve quite a bit with the suspension, the brake pads and the bracing.
why not the LS2LS7? 12:32PM (12/02/2008)
There doesn't appear to be.
And an exhaust? First of all, exhausts are highly overrated. Especially on Nissans, as Nissan usually does a good job with their exhausts. Second of all, if Nissan know how to put a better exhaust on the 370Z, why did they not put it on the base model? It hasn't even shipped yet and they already found a better performing exhaust?
Sounds more like the exhaust is for show more than go. Just like the rest.
Jj 12:44PM (12/02/2008)
Perhaps because the better performing exhaust is louder and Nissan thinks that won't appeal to the base model's demographic?
Serge 1:09PM (12/02/2008)
Didn't you know... you gain 50hp for each plastic wing and sticker!!!
BoxerFanatic 3:25PM (12/02/2008)
Wow... further ruining a ruined design. All sort of missing the mark.
And I have to agree. It is pretty bad when the wheel flats stamped into the fenders, and the wheel gap between those and the tire, are each wider than the sidewalls of those tires.
I am a sports car guy, and I tend to like structural coupes, over convertibles... but I cannot bring myself to like this car. This car should be right down my alley, but it isn't, mainly due to the exterior design.
It isn't even the model brand. I liked both the 240-280Z era cars, as well as the 90's 300ZX. The 350Z had it's visual, weight, tire wear and other issues, but it looked better than the 370Z. I would much rather go with a G37 than the 370Z. The looks are worth the weight penalty.
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andreandreotti 11:23AM (12/02/2008)
hi guys...i have 1 simple question...
what "S"(the letter before the word "tune")stands for?
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lester 11:26AM (12/02/2008)
S-Tune should mean Sport-Tune or Street-Tune, R-Tune parts would be Race-Tune.
Mazda FTW! 11:23AM (12/02/2008)
I've always been a fan of the 350Z. I'm starting to like the 370Z but am still not sure about the design elements of it...there seem to be too many of them. The simplicity of the 350Z was nicer IMHO. Cleaner design.
But this one is REALLY tacky. The body-kit looks like something designed in the 'Auto-Sculpt' mode of NFS Underground by a kid who just finished watching 2 Fast 2 Furious.
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