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Nissan to drop 4.5L V8 into Z-car

This was just reported in Edmunds.com Inside Line, and something I would certainly call a no-brainer. Stuffing large engines into small sports cars is as natural as peanut butter and jelly. Just ask Carroll Shelby who took that concept to the max with his V8-powered Cobra.

According to Edmunds and this link, the new hyper-Z will be AWD, using most likely a beefed up unit sourced from the Infiniti G35x...
Expect it to be called the 450Z when it arrives. I guess the only question I have is: What took so long?


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