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08-03-2009, 07:00 PM
08-03-2009 12:28 PM
Filed under: Technology (http://www.autoblog.com/category/tech/), Nissan (http://www.autoblog.com/category/nissan/), Renault (http://www.autoblog.com/category/renault/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/nissan-370z.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/in-the-autoblog-garage-2009-nissan-370z)2009 Nissan 370Z - Click above for high-res gallery
As much as we've grown to love Nissan's award-winning line of VQ six-cylinder powerplants, reality dictates that time marches on and a replacement will soon be needed. According to Tetsuya Takahashi, a manager at Nissan's Powertrain Engineering Division, a switch to smaller displacements may be in the offing along with a return to forced induction - much like what Ford has done with its EcoBoost series of engines.
Nissan and Renault have well-known plans to share virtually all powerplants (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/03/11/nissan-and-renault-to-share-virtually-all-new-engines/) from this point forward, and this move would likely allow for both small and fuel efficient powerplants for passenger car duty - which is especially important in Europe - along with somewhat larger and much more powerful engines for high-performance models. Drawbacks include the additional cost of the turbocharging hardware and a more difficult path to emissions approval, so future turbo Nissans are far from a sure thing.
For those old enough to remember Nissan's pre-2002 series of Z cars, which received its first turbocharger way back in 1981 and reached its horsepower apogee in the form of the 300-horsepower 300ZX Turbo in 1990 (not to mention the incredible RB and SR powerplants), this news may be welcomed with open arms. As far as we're concerned, a slightly detuned version of the VR38DETT V6 powering fire-breathing GT-R would look mighty fine under the shapely hood of the next-gen Z.
Gallery: Review: 2009 Nissan 370Z (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2009-nissan-370z/low/)
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[Source: Motor Trend (http://wot.motortrend.com/6568925/future/return-of-the-turbo-z-nissan-studying-future-turbocharging-options/index.html)]
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/08/nissan-370z.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/in-the-autoblog-garage-2009-nissan-370z)2009 Nissan 370Z - Click above for high-res gallery
As much as we've grown to love Nissan's award-winning line of VQ six-cylinder powerplants, reality dictates that time marches on and a replacement will soon be needed. According to Tetsuya Takahashi, a manager at Nissan's Powertrain Engineering Division, a switch to smaller displacements may be in the offing along with a return to forced induction - much like what Ford has done with its EcoBoost series of engines.
Nissan and Renault have well-known plans to share virtually all powerplants (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/03/11/nissan-and-renault-to-share-virtually-all-new-engines/) from this point forward, and this move would likely allow for both small and fuel efficient powerplants for passenger car duty - which is especially important in Europe - along with somewhat larger and much more powerful engines for high-performance models. Drawbacks include the additional cost of the turbocharging hardware and a more difficult path to emissions approval, so future turbo Nissans are far from a sure thing.
For those old enough to remember Nissan's pre-2002 series of Z cars, which received its first turbocharger way back in 1981 and reached its horsepower apogee in the form of the 300-horsepower 300ZX Turbo in 1990 (not to mention the incredible RB and SR powerplants), this news may be welcomed with open arms. As far as we're concerned, a slightly detuned version of the VR38DETT V6 powering fire-breathing GT-R would look mighty fine under the shapely hood of the next-gen Z.
Gallery: Review: 2009 Nissan 370Z (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2009-nissan-370z/low/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/03/nissan370zfd_01_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2009-nissan-370z/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/03/nissan370zfd_02_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2009-nissan-370z/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/03/nissan370zfd_03_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2009-nissan-370z/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/03/nissan370zfd_04_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2009-nissan-370z/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/03/nissan370zfd_05_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/in-the-autoblog-garage-2009-nissan-370z/low/)
[Source: Motor Trend (http://wot.motortrend.com/6568925/future/return-of-the-turbo-z-nissan-studying-future-turbocharging-options/index.html)]
Nissan studying turbochargers for future vehicles? (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/03/nissan-studying-turbochargers-for-future-vehicles/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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