Cheston's 1st hand images of the new 370z (underbody, suspension, glove box, etc)

[Chebosto]

hey guys.

i posted this on my350z.. thought i'd do it here as well-


i took the picts everyone else failed to take pictures of..

tonite was a Source Interlink Media Unveiling of the 370z in downtown LA at the J Lounge... pretty snazzy event.. Chris Forsberg, Rhys Millen, Tanner Foust, Dai Yashiro were there, along with some Nissan Marketing folks.

pretty dope show..

i think i was the first one to take underbody picts. rofl..

some interesting notes:
1. side flat underbody panel pieces (driver and passenger)
2. gas pedal pivots from the floor ala infiniti M35 style.
3. gas door? push to open
4. NO mass dampers.. as much as i could see under the foam.
5. the teeth? they direct air to... nothing.. it's blocked off! fail.
6. Woooo. 'sport button'! aka wanna be M mode.
7. hood/trunk/door.. aluminum? very light.. dual latches on hood.
8. z side emblem also blinker
9. butt hole is teh lose
10. front chin spoiler is big!!
11. rear lip wing is glue on looks like.. can't see the mounting holes for bolts.. maybe under plastic
12. steering wheel is not entirely round.. its like a trapizoidal or even oval shaped ..
13. INTERIOR FEEL IS AWESOME.. great leather alcantara ish feel on the touring edition... foam underneath dash cover.. hope it doesnt crack after the years.
14. gauges look neat.. unfortunately no key to turn it on.. fuel level looks like blinky led lights ..
15. exhaust is HEADERS-> Cats->Ypipe (single pipe) -> Y's back into 2 bpipes-> two pipes that lead into single big exhaust canister.. hmm.
16. NO exterior antenna
17. NO rear hatch wiper blade.


ok images:

[Chebosto]

MOAR!

[Chebosto]

rawr..
moar.






































































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[Boston]

Thanks for sharing.

[GreenGoblin]

Thank you for the pics

[richie]

dannng that is a LOT of pictures! good work

[5150DS]

I love the new Z, too bad i am going to have to wait to get one used. I am tired of taking the initial depreciation hit on cars.

[rookie]

You gotta talk the wifey into it!

[NewGuyG35]

The lack of full body shots is disturbing.

[rookie]

It was surrounded most of the evening by the guests. The detail pics are the ones no one has posted before.

[jutn35]

oo god the three gauge cluster on the dash is hideous, looks like they do so little work on it

[RICK@riversideinfiniti]

Good seeing some of you guys last night at this event, it was actually fun. I'm in the background holding my beer in a couple of the pics

[sammy_G]

damn i wish i could have gone!

I'm liking this car... that blue almost looks like Marty's lambo blue from certain angles.

I like parts of the interior a lot but some of it still screams plastic economy (sentra-versa-etc)

and geez ya think they could have wiped off the exhaust tips

[RICK@riversideinfiniti]

I just went cause it was open bar, I took advantage of the situation. The car thing was cool, but the real cars were outside across the street.

[Triple8Sol]

Good job getting the angles we want to see! The rear and headlights actually looks good up close. The GTR-like roofline isn't bad, either. Not feeling those "incisors" in the front opening. Don't like how the gauges are mounted in the center dash though...looks like an afterthought. Do like the addition of a glovebox, increased trunkspace, and how the rear brace takes up less room. Interior really looks cheap up close. I think it's actually a stepdown from the previous gen.

Why does that bolt hang down like that?