Comments on: Nissan 240SX replacement to offer hybrid powertrain?

By: Impulsive

Impulsive — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:05:12 +0000

‘Johnny’, you’re nuts … it was a weak, second rate (to the REAL man’s 300ZX) car … looked unbalanced with a super long hood (a la old 240Z). No question it was a girl’s car.

By: RaineMan

RaineMan — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:49:40 +0000

I don’t know of any RWD car that was good in the snow on stock tires.

Get snow tires or stay home.

By: JohnnyBlazE

JohnnyBlazE — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:38:49 +0000

Hardly a girl’s car Implusive… You must be thinking of the 100nx It did look a bit… wanting… in stock form, but with the right wide bodykit and deep dish rims (there’s one that comes to my street frequently and it’s awesome with that getup) it looks the mutts nuts.

Still, it was a good car which was of course terrible in snow being RWD…

By: Impulsive

Impulsive — Sun, 18 May 2008 01:42:27 +0000

The 240 was a girl’s car.

By: autonut

autonut — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:22:03 +0000

I don’t recall anything wrong with 240 except bad handling in snow. It was powerful for it’s day, but all that torque was hard to control in snow and ice even with decent tires ( I recall it had Bridgestones). It was death of a sport coup that killed it along with Toyota Celica, Honda prelude, VW Scirocco. With gas prices up this segment will come back as the outlet of excitement.

By: olds307

olds307 — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:10:50 +0000

Revive the old 240SX crap? Well, since anything small and RWD deserves support, which I wholeheartedly agree, I’m waiting for a Chevy Vega revival!

By: acura_el2000

acura_el2000 — Sat, 17 May 2008 07:35:47 +0000

NOOOOOOOO

**** that!

hybrids=added weight

By: howsmydriving

howsmydriving — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:01:44 +0000

Anything small and RWD deserves support. Period.

By: autonut

autonut — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:14:26 +0000

I think that Renault-Nissan is a global company and will try to build global car. In Europe most of small performance cars are motivated by diesels. Diesels actually started to match gasoline engines in horsepower with huge advantage in torque. But for global car diesel may or may not suffice: diesel is not accepted or certified in US and even less accepted in Japan. Perhaps hybrid is acceptable solution. The car will have torque and speed and above 40-50 mpg. Batteries in hybrid are charged not only during braking but also during cruising and they do not discharge as rapidly when working on concert with gasoline mill. Wight gain may not be drastic: 100-200 lbs.

By: G

Fri, 16 May 2008 22:57:45 +0000

Actually when I think about it this makes absolutely no sense. Because … unless I’m mistaken, under performance driving, the batteries go dead pretty quickly in a hybrid. The energy recovered under braking is nowhere near close enough to cover what’s used under hard acceleration …

Meaning this is a totally retarded idea. Just turbo it and let it be!

By: A4

A4 — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:36:50 +0000

now your car will sound like a blow dryer and weigh 250-350 lbs more than it needs to! all while making it worlds more difficult for tuners to go to town on it! I hate ricers as much as the next guy but this car IS for ricers and drifters and going fast and making it faster.

By: RaineMan

RaineMan — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:23:52 +0000

Ewww…

Why make it a hybrid?

You are just adding weight and cost where it doesn’t need to be. The 240 is a pureist car, don’t try to give it a green image.
I properly built and tuned 2.0-2.4L 4-cyl can make over 200hp and still get 30MPG, with or without forced induction.
The $5000 premium that a hybrid car carries over an otherwise identical gasoline only car would buy a lot of gas… even at $5/gal or more.

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:36:37 +0000

B/c hybrids are bull****.

By: xyunya

xyunya — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:29:23 +0000

The hybrid will make it heavy is Nissan will use older batteries. Electric motor can provide same benefits as turbo does: jolt of torque when needed without turbo lag. It does not have to be hybrid like Prius, sounds more like Accord hybrid (the one that did not sell).

By: G

Fri, 16 May 2008 19:27:57 +0000

Ghosn is awesome … he’s really pointing Nissan in the right direction … I think Nissan has become by far the most exciting Japanese manufacturer.

By: G

Fri, 16 May 2008 19:26:41 +0000

Why would they dump the turbos to make it a hybrid? …

Also, wouldn’t making it a hybrid make it heavy as hell? With or without the turbos …

I think an all-electric version would be awesome, if they could solve the technological problem of storage. (and therefore range) If they could get a light, high-capacity storage format going this thing would outperform a lot of cars out there.

By: xyunya

xyunya — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:22:20 +0000

I think it will drive well, sell well and Ghosn is laughing looking at Volt all the way to the bank.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:14:45 +0000

Somebody had to take a shot at this. I’d laugh too golf4me but this is probably where it’s all headed in the next 10 years or so.

By: golf4me

golf4me — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:59:51 +0000

I can’t stop laughing…

By: kagon

kagon — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:46:57 +0000

of course its ugly, did you forget the unspoken law of the automobile world, if its a hybrid, it must be ugly.

By: Impulsive

Impulsive — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:38:36 +0000

I wouldn’t buy it if it looks anything like that **** in the pic … or if it follows the design theme of late with those wacky headlights.

By: christianboy10

christianboy10 — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:38:17 +0000

Nissan is moving in the right direction

By: 441Zuke

441Zuke — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:35:56 +0000

thats awesome i’d buy that in a heart beat it is a hybrid car with soul power