Nissan has updated its popular 350Z sports car to feature the company’s latest VQ35 V6 powerplant. The engine first debuted in the 2007 Infiniti G35 sedan, producing an SAE-certified 306 horsepower. While the previous 350Z was rated at 300 horsepower, the new engine should feel reasonably quicker, because its output was not measured under the new strict SAE standards.
In a statement released this week, Nissan product planning VP Larry Dominique spoke about the much-discussed 2009 Z. “The price of GT-R will keep it above the mass market, but Z is attainable by most. The next generation Z will continue to deliver upon that promise,” Dominique said. “It will have considerably more performance than the current model and give a visual stimulus beyond today’s Z. This value and performance proposition will be even better than today, continuing an almost 40-year tradition as Nissan’s brand icon.”
