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Old 12-11-2009, 01:30 PM   #1
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Post Yes, again: Nissan rumored to be reviving 240SX, bringing it to the U.S.

12-11-2009 12:26 PM

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Nissan's plans to revive the 240SX (Silvia in JDM parlance) has almost become a running joke, right up there with the fake moon landing and Tom Cruise's heterosexuality. But still, this old chestnut carries forth, with a new report from Insideline's editor in Japan who says the coupe's revival is due to hit the market sometime in 2011 or 2012.

Details, per usual, are both scarce and obvious. The next-generation Silvia will supposedly be built atop Nissan's popular FM platform (370Z, Infiniti G, etc.), come in a 2+2 seating configuration and tip the scales around 2,800 pounds. Naturally, as the S15's successor, it will be a front-engine, rear-drive setup, and is rumored to be packing a turbocharged 1.8-liter inline-four putting out around 200 horsepower. A naturally aspirated variant will also be available to keep the cost of entry low, but the turbo'd model is obviously the pick of the litter and should deliver a 0-60 time of between six and seven seconds.

IL's man in Japan points to the Nissan Foria concept (shown above) as the stylistic inspiration, but notes that the coupe would only be "loosely based" on the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show concept. Judging by Nissan's recent design endeavors, we doubt the Foria -- or as previously rumored, the Urge concept -- will be a heavy influence on this supposed Silvia revival.

Although we're all for more budget-oriented FR sports cars, the popularity of the Toyota FT-86 is sure to be a factor in Nissan's decision to bring the 240SX back to life. That, coupled with the unknown demand for the Hyundai Genesis Coupe (Hyundai doesn't break out Genesis Sedan from Coupe sales in its monthly reports) makes the proposition of a new 2+2 from Nissan even more hazy. So until we hear something solid from Ghosn and Company, we'll resume our normal respiration routine.


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i am hoping to see silvias in the future... S16 possibly?

nissan can not stop making silvias, cause after all there is a lot of them out there and ppl are still buying the S-chassis every where around the world. so come on Nissan don't let us down!!!
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If that thing is the new 240sx.....kill me now. I would not drive that in a million years! What a shit box
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if you went on to read the article, it would say loosely based off of. which means that's not it.

IL's man in Japan points to the Nissan Foria concept (shown above) as the stylistic inspiration, but notes that the coupe would only be "loosely based" on the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show concept. Judging by Nissan's recent design endeavors, we doubt the Foria -- or as previously rumored, the Urge concept -- will be a heavy influence on this supposed Silvia revival.
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DISCLAIMER: I know this is a prototype design model thing or whatever... Lay off my suggestions lol

The overall "shape" isnt too bad. A little bulky, but not too bad. Reminds me a little of an S13. But loose the goofy cadillac grill, maybe de-bulk the looks it a little, the rear needs to be a tad bit longer IMO, and for god's sake... loose the RX8 3rd doors. Please. I hope to god it doesnt have 4 doors. Please don't let it have 4 doors.

They're going to want this to compete with the likes of the genesis coupe, the Miata, scion TC, and the upcomming toyobaru. I doubt they're going to use too many design keys from this concept on the production model. Look for a sportier shape, with a few more angles and sharp edges, a more agressive front fascia, and hopefully 2 doors.

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If it was going to be out by 2011, I would assume it would already be in the pipeline and we would know. I doubt it's going to happen.
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It looks like an FM chassis camaro, lol. I hope they wouldnt bring back a silvia/240sx on the FM chassis, because its already a bunch of cars! It buggs me that the GT-R has basically the same skeleton as the Z... doesn't that make it almost the same car? which would make the maxima the 4-door version of the 2.... simultaneously making it the same as an altima???? ugh.... plus they all have VQ's.... damn

someone please correct me if im wrong...
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Wish it would look like this.

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3rd, I would buy if it looked like that
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If that thing is the new 240sx.....kill me now. I would not drive that in a million years! What a shit box

Agree...I honestly hope it looks nothing like that
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IL's man in Japan points to the Nissan Foria concept (shown above) as the stylistic inspiration, but notes that the coupe would only be "loosely based" on the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show concept. Judging by Nissan's recent design endeavors, we doubt the Foria -- or as previously rumored, the Urge concept -- will be a heavy influence on this supposed Silvia revival.
UGH! people! learn to read! the pictured shown is the Foria which if i remember correctly is basically a revival of the 60's Silvia. And the Urge is the the style of platform they are shooting for.




if they bring it back based more off of this style almost all the 240sx enthusiasts would rejoice!
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I am all for this


But it will never happen people. it would kill the sales of the new 370z which competes against cars twice the price. Nissan will never jeopardize the sales of cars they have already spent money on tooling.
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i would sell my car asap to buy this one
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lol @ the posts of people who haven't read.

me, bring it back!
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if it looked like that im sure the price will be more than a 370z or same
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if it looked like that im sure the price will be more than a 370z or same
which pretty much means they would not make it or it would be an Infiniti and cost more.


Seriously guys put down the crack pipe. The rendering that dorki did was his fantasy of what he thought they should make it look like. The Fiora was a concept car on Nissan's part. Nissan has never actually built any of their concept cars. If they had they would have had the Ferrari like Supercar market sown up back in the late 80's with the Mid 4.
They do sometimes take design cues from their concepts. There are design cues in the 180sx that are straight out of the first Mid 4 concept. Now will they take cues from the Fiora? Most likely not. Reason being is they are not doing anything retro in the lineup and they have alread seen what the competition is doing.

Expect the car to be along the lines of a Urge and more than likely a shortened Z.

Do not think Nissan would design anything that would be so hot and less than the Z to damage Z sales. It is just not going to happen.

So stop smoking that crack.
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Nissan never did sell the s15 in the U.S. Why not just sell that chassis here and for emission purposes drop a VQ and problem solved, we would have a 240 which looks good and packs decent amount of power. If u ask me, the new cars coming it, are obese as fuck, just look at the new corolla, that shit is almost as big as the camry hahahaha, in a few more years you won't need a camry
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Nissan never did sell the s15 in the U.S. Why not just sell that chassis here and for emission purposes drop a VQ and problem solved, we would have a 240 which looks good and packs decent amount of power. If u ask me, the new cars coming it, are obese as fuck, just look at the new corolla, that shit is almost as big as the camry hahahaha, in a few more years you won't need a camry
They would be hard pressed to just build the S15 again and bring it over. Production costs were to high on the car for the price point. On top of that the S chassis factory that it came out of is now shut down. No more S chassis form factor as we knew it. FM chassis is current.
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ill be happy as long at it looks like that ^^^^^
dont matter on what chassis its on..pure sex
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There are design cues in the 180sx that are straight out of the first Mid 4 concept.
I totally agree with you. It's too late for Nissan to release that S15/G37 coupe love-child looking car (as georgeous as it is). They're already starting to move away from that design language. I think the next Silvia will have visual cues from the Essence instead.

I also think Nissan won't have the Z and the Silvia on sale at the same time. By the time we get a new Silvia, it should probably be about 2012/2013. By that time, it should be time for the current Z to be wrapping up it's production and leaving the market for a little while to make room for the Silvia...
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