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Nissan 350Z

Test date Tuesday, October 21, 2003  Price as tested £25,500

The legendary Datsun 240Z, launched in 1969, changed the image of the Japanese firm. Styled by a European, Albrecht Goertz, it had performance, rear-drive handling, style and crucually, reliability and was a runaway sales success in the USA. Never a big seller in the UK, the Z had grown fatter and uglier by the launch of the first 300ZX in 1983. That changed in 1989 when the all new twin turbo 300ZX was launced, a car that combined near supercar performance with a well balanced rear-drive chassis and beat the Porsche 968 in the process. But UK buyers remained unconvinced about that cars brash image and dull interior and it was largely ignored in the showroom.

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