2005 Nissan 350Z Review at Automotive.com
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2005 Nissan 350Z Review

Read a comprehensive review of the 2005 Nissan 350Z by one of the automobile experts at Automotive.com. Find an analysis of the test drive, the interior and exterior of the vehicle, specs, options, features and more. Learn how the industry leaders rated ...     read more
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2005 Nissan 350Z Review

Datsun's Day.
People like vanilla. It's pleasant, it's agreeable, and you don't need Baskin-Robbins to tell you it's popular. Companies sometimes take this fact and bet the farm on it. Everyone likes plain four-door sedans, right? Nissan thought so, and at one point promptly threw out the 300ZX, 240SX, and 200SX coupes like Wednesday's trash, leaving a car lineup of three indistinguishable cruise-and-snooze sedans with all the flavor of... vanilla. The sugar-free kind.

The public began to ask "What happened to the fun-loving company we used to call Datsun?" and "Where's the Z-car?", then yawned and walked away. Nissan broke, and automaker Renault swooped down to pick up the pieces.

As we now know, this was a good thing. The plant closings and platform consolidations helped, but the most drastic reform since the takeover has been Nissan's renewed willingness to take chances.
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The most significant was a dedicated conversion back to the company's performance roots - a drastic reform spearheaded by the resurrection of its pride and joy, the Z sports car. The project was seen through to the end, and the Z is back. Next Page


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