Ah, it must be nice to work for a big name auto website. Not only did Inside Line get to go to Portugal on a press junket to drive some Nissans around in scenery that’s probably more beautiful than my wildest dreams, they got a sneek peak at a new RWD coupe for the Infiniti lineup. It’s based on the 370Z and possibly will be powered by a 2.5L V6 while the upcoming Silvia successor will get an inline four.
No new news about this highly anticipated, possibly hybrid competitor to the Toyobaru except for this surreptitiously taken photo from the GT 2012 event. Read more about it at The Motor Report.
[7Tune via TheMotorReport]
Drive.com.au got an interview with Nissan’s senior veep of global marketing, Junichi Endo, who revealed that the RWD Nissan we’ve been hearing about might just have a “50-50″ chance of seeing the light of day. With Toyota mulling the FT-HS concept, it looks like a hybrid sports car battle might be on the horizon.
[Drive.com.au via Autoblog]
Drift fans, rejoice! Nissan is trying to resurrect the next-generation Silvia to go head to head with the RWD Toyobaru coupe in 2011. Except, Nissan wants to beat its competition to the punch with a late 2010 debut. Japan’s Best Car magazine says that the new will ride on the FM platform which underpins everything from the Z to the Infiniti FX. Power will come from either a naturally aspirated 2.0L or a turbocharged four ranging from 1.6 to 1.8L with an expected horsepower rating of up to 215. Of course, lightness will be a key engineering trait.