austin350z Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 just watched a re run of an old topgear on dave and to my amazement found out that the Zed engine is borrowed from a Renault Vel Satis WTF !!!! thought you might like to know, i never knew that. Seems a little less appealing now somehow Mind you Nissan do own a big chunk of renault Quote
rtbiscuit Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 already knew this. from what i remember nissan designed the engine and used it in the velsatis first. its still a jap engine Quote
Stew Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 Oh this has been slogged out many times. Take a look at Wiki for the history of the VQ35. Quote
Renegade Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 Its a Nissan engine that was also used in a Renault as far as I Know. Same V6 as they have built for years. According to this article they build over half a million of them a year. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/nissan-350z-design4.htm Quote
martinmac Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 It was in the top ten of Wards best engines from conception to 2009 so its a pretty great piece of engineering. Quote
Stew Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 It was in Wards top 10 engines in the world for 13 years running! In fact since the start of it. Quote
yeti Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 yep been in nissans for eyars, i remember by dad getting a 300zx from work and him and my grandad comparing the engines with my grandads old maxima, tried and tested vq engine, never forget clarkson's a plank! :-) Quote
3FIDDYZ Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 Info here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_VQ_engine Was used in other Nissan cars before the Renault... Its a Nissan Engine... Renault borrowed it cause its a great engine and they couldnt be ar$ed to build one!! Quote
austin350z Posted August 27, 2009 Author Posted August 27, 2009 cool thanks for the link, some interesting reading i bow down to your superior knowledge im just a mere mortal, for a minute there i thought i was going to get flamed, but i didnt and thats what makes this forum good Quote
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 cool thanks for the link, some interesting reading i bow down to your superior knowledge im just a mere mortal, for a minute there i thought i was going to get flamed, but i didnt and thats what makes this forum good Dude.... are you just trying to find some dirt about Zeds cos your gettin 'or have got rid' of yours and it might make you feel better about it ???? (quote) Less appealing cos of a renault engine, tut tut...... if your Zed could here you now !!!! Quote
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 Might have come across a bit harshly after reading it back. im sure you have your reasons for selling Quote
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