Classical Japanese is so understated and elegant, and modern Japanese design
seems to go
to the other extreme - very busy and (to my taste, anyway) overdone. I get the
impression
that modern Japanese designers equate simple, clean, uncluttered lines and
subtlety with
"old-fashioned", so to be "modern", they go to the other extreme.
Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA
Marc Sayer wrote:
> I'm with you, and I think the factory front is pretty damn bad. :-) I will say
> this though, I think the same sort of minds that designed and like the 350Z
>will
> design and like kits like that. The Japanese have always had strange tastes in
> body kits. They are all overdone and excessive in my opinion and make the cars
> look like Transformers wannabes. And the argument that all those scoops and
>crap
> are necessary to make the cars go fast is BS, as anyone in the field will tell
> you. In fact all that crap will do is create turbulence, it's there for style
> and not function. I'm no fan, but NASCAR manages to go pretty damn fast
>without
> that crap, as do all sorts of racing series.
>
> A designer looking to develop a new Z could have come up with the 350Z or the
> Aston Martin DB7 (check out the lines and styling cues on the DB7 and you'll
>see
> the ghost of a Z). One is cheap, immature, overdone, and flashy. It panders
>to a
> "target" audience. The other is elegant, stylish, refined, and a true styling
> achievement. It presents a work of art and says, if you can appreciate this,
>buy
> it. This has nothing to do with cost, either car's *styling* could be marketed
> at any price (though I doubt there are many teens - the 350Zs target - with
> enough money to buy a car in the DB7s class). One is targeting children and
> teens, the other targets adults. Nissan has shown its true colors in this
> effort, as far as I am concerned, pandering to style instead of creating it.
>The
> pricing reinforces this idea, being price pointed to the demographics of the
> target audience.
>
> When the 240Z came out it made a bold statement and set style trends for a
> generation. This new 350Z is doing none of that. It is following style trends
> set by others and trying to cash in on the Z name, period. It is just another
> video-game car. Luckily for it, "the emperor's new clothes" syndrome is still
> alive and well.
>
> All just my .02 of course.
>
> datsunmike wrote:
> >
> > Compared to that monstrosity the factory front is beautiful.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <DemonTSi@aol.com>
> > To: <csp311@telia.com>; <Pre_Z@msn.com>
> > Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 8:52 AM
> > Subject: Re: OT: 2003 350Z.
> >
> > > In a message dated 1/9/02 3:10:58 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> > csp311@telia.com
> > > writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > > There will be a lot of aftermarket companies making a new front
> > > > bumper cover for the car.
> > >
> > > Already in the works:
> > > http://www.c-west.co.jp/new_model/news_z.html
> > >
> > > \/ /\ /\/
> > > personal quote - "\/\/ O \/\/ !"
> > >
>
> --
> Marc Sayer
> 82 280ZXT
> 71 510 2.5 Trans Am vintage racer
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