Mr.INSANE Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 The Zolfe Isnt to Far Off from the Z Get a hood on it with the PowerBulge and change up the rear end a bit and youve got a winner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty white boy Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 i say it looks like a modified rx7--mid 90's......did i win??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggyZ Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 i say it looks like a modified rx7--mid 90's......did i win??? This isn't the Special Olympics, so no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty white boy Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 This isn't the Special Olympics, so no. now i don't care who you are, that's FUNNY right there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Beck Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Reviving a thread from more than a year ago - we see that the opinions related to the styling of the 350Z/370Z haven't changed much. I say "styling", because there are some aspects of, or components utilized in, the design that are hard to beat. Reviewing some of the previous comments - I see statements such as; "it looks like...", or "it reminds me of...." Amazing how differently we perceive the form of lines and shapes... "it looks like"... might be true of one thinks that an apple looks like an orange because they are both spherical... I suppose that explains why many people say that the Datsun 240Z looks like the Toyota 2000GT, or that either of them look any like the ugly Nissan 2000GT prototype built to Mr. Goertz specification... "it reminds me of".... well here anything goes. Almost any fastback coupe "reminds me of" being parked in the mountains of Northern Idaho, very late at night circa 1970.... and thinking of how wonderful it was a petite and somewhat flexible young lady could lay almost flat on her back, on the rear deck area of a 240-Z, with room to spare.... {they should have put an inside hatch lid release these cars}. dirty white boy - I totally agree... even if it is NOT PC.... ShaggyZ's remark it was funny as hell... FWIW, Carl B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehelix112 Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Surprised noone linked this sooner. http://www.zolfe.com/Zolfe2web.wmv Edit: OK not that surprised, most boring video of all time. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 All sorts of arguments can be made about the aesthetics of the headlight placement, the airdam, the windshield and so forth, but the broader question is: does this car succeed as a true light-weight 2-seater? We have lots of "sports cars" these days, with admirable performance... but most are north of 3300 lbs. It has become essentially impossible to find anything <2500 lbs, unless it is a Lotus or some dilapidated econobox. So if this new orange car is truly light weight, then three cheers! - regardless of what it looks like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a6t8vw Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 I like this rendering more pic's/info here http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1717671 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Beck Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 All sorts of arguments can be made about the aesthetics of the headlight placement, the airdam, the windshield and so forth, but the broader question is: does this car succeed as a true light-weight 2-seater? I don't know - I can not find the curb weight of the vehicle -nor any preformance spec.s How "light" can a tube frame, fiberglass body be today? Nonetheless, very few people would buy a great peforming, ugly car. I think Panos proved that... I totally agree with the concept of a light weight Sports/GT - that's why I have Datsun 240-Z's. The truth is that the Solstice Roadster came in just above 2800lbs - had GM actually produced a fastback coupe - instead of adding a rear roof to the existing roadster - they might have had coupe that weighted under 2500lbs at least... but as usual they blew it.. FWIW, Carl B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyZdriver110 Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Found this today, just a update to this thread. http://www.zolfeusa.com/home/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty white boy Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 (edited) wow... looks like an opel gt (rear), rx-8 (side) except for the roof line, and 911 (front) all rolled into one. i like it Edited November 18, 2009 by dirty white boy forgot something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Beck Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Nothing but drawings or artists renderings - not a single picture of a complete/finished car. No "news" since Feb. 08... Looks like it went down the tubes before making it out of the dream stage. Most likely wasn't helped by the financial meltdown - wonder why they didn't get a bail out? Short of spending $225,000.00, I still have not seen a Sports/GT to match the original Datsun 240Z. Nothing even close... FWIW, Carl B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Go to the design page, there's several pictures of a finished prototype. Sure there's no recent news updates, but who knows, there might be hope still. Nothing but drawings or artists renderings - not a single picture of a complete/finished car. No "news" since Feb. 08... Looks like it went down the tubes before making it out of the dream stage. Most likely wasn't helped by the financial meltdown - wonder why they didn't get a bail out? Short of spending $225,000.00, I still have not seen a Sports/GT to match the original Datsun 240Z. Nothing even close... FWIW, Carl B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeeboost Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Nothing but drawings or artists renderings - not a single picture of a complete/finished car. No "news" since Feb. 08... Looks like it went down the tubes before making it out of the dream stage. Most likely wasn't helped by the financial meltdown - wonder why they didn't get a bail out? Short of spending $225,000.00, I still have not seen a Sports/GT to match the original Datsun 240Z. Nothing even close... FWIW, Carl B. Base is supposed to be around $42,000 for the 180-190hp engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
310z Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 With the title I thought the picture was going to be of the new BMW, most likly to be a new Z coupe. Then when I saw the picture and instantly said TRV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockerstar Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Well, I'm still a huge fan of the Grid car, and still think that Nissan was crazy for turning the design down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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