The Nissan Z automobile was dead for the 2021 model year, but it surely’s about to return and now we all know when.

On Thursday, Nissan introduced the next-generation Z automobile, recognized internally because the Z35, will make its formal debut in manufacturing kind on in Aug. 17 in New York Metropolis simply forward of the 2021 New York Worldwide Auto Present.

The brand new Z, which is able to possible be referred to as the 400Z, is anticipated to journey on an up to date model of the present 370Z’s front-midship chassis. The brand new Z won’t be a lot lighter than the present automobile, but it surely may drive and deal with like it’s, chief engineer Hiroshi Tamura told us in 2019 because of smaller 19-inch wheels and a revised suspension.

Count on the Z to be powered by a 3.0-liter twin-turbo V-6 that makes 400 hp. A 6-speed guide transmission will likely be normal and a 7-speed automated will likely be out there. Rear-wheel drive will likely be normal, and whereas unlikely, all-wheel drive might come sooner or later because it’s an possibility on the Z’s platform and powertrain sibling, the Infiniti Q60.

Previewed in September by the Z Proto, the brand new Z is not anticipated to come back with many surprises. The sports activities automobile will characteristic a retro design with a nostril and spherical daytime working lights impressed by the 240Z of the Seventies. A 370Z-like roofline with a Z badge on the C-pillar will lead right into a rear finish with horizontal taillights as a nod to the Z32 300ZX of the Nineteen Nineties.

The Z’s inside ought to really feel acquainted to anybody who’s been in a Z within the final 20 years, however with fashionable expertise. A skinny-rimmed steering wheel will sit forward of a 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster that places a tach entrance and heart. A touchscreen, possible an 8.0-inch unit, will management automobile and infotainment capabilities. Spherical knobs under the touchscreen will make the local weather management system simple to make use of. A trio of analog gauges, a nod to Zs of the previous, sit atop the dashboard angled towards the driving force.