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Originally Posted by thumper
slightly off topic: why did nissan stop building the silvia? if there was a direct competitor available against the toyobaru it would have been the silvia...
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Change in management.
Nissan has lost a lot of ground in terms of what enthusiasts want vs. what they are producing for the soccer moms. The GTR is great, but it's still a car many cannot afford, the 370z is just a G37 with an even uglier body.
People want a 240z in a world where producing such a car is difficult due to strict regulations, Toyota and Subaru have proven that it's possible, but it doesn't change the fact that Nissan loves to re-use chassis', and all of their current chassis' are large and heavy. Designing a car from scratch and tooling a factory to produce such a car is an expensive and time consuming venture, I wish they'd do it, but it doesn't seem likely.