New Z to get AMG power?

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Lambos run Audi/VW motors :) The AMG motors do show up in some very nice super/hyper cars though.

I wanna say the Zonda runs one.


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The Zonda does indeed run an AMG engine. And iirc, the Zonda is freaking sweet.

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I kinda dug the old Koenigsegg rockin' the Ford motor.

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Jesda wrote:
charlieo wrote:New engine? Who cares!

It seems they're getting rid of the retarded headlights!
They dug up all the Crossfire parts from the Karmann factory and said, "Lets try this again"
For it. Thought the Crossfire was a good looking car.

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from here on out, anything you say will be not be taken seriously.

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Mr1der wrote:Lambos run Audi/VW motors :)
I wasn't speaking of recent, I was talking about design theft on older motors. Merc retaliated by theft in 95 in F1 after Lambo failed to secure McLaren in 93 and Mercedes provided a motor based on trial and error.

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I could think of worse companies they could pair up with. I'm not real crazy about the new Zs. I have never driven one but I rode in one once. David Muramoto took me out on the track with him for about 20 laps at Omaha. Call me crazy but I'm kind of an old-fashioned girl. I like my S30 just fine. :yesnod

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flohtingPoint wrote:
Mr1der wrote:Lambos run Audi/VW motors :)
I wasn't speaking of recent, I was talking about design theft on older motors. Merc retaliated by theft in 95 in F1 after Lambo failed to secure McLaren in 93 and Mercedes provided a motor based on trial and error.
we talking street cars or race cars or what?

<---doesn't honestly care much for Lambos.

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:confused:

Japanese tech, German tech. They are great separately, together on the other hand I am undecided.

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Its a Trojan horse. Daimler wants a larger partnership with Nissan-Renault to diversify and gain world dominance.

Never, ever trust the Germans.

http://www.amazon.com/Taken-Ride-Daimle ... 0688173055

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I threw my magazine when I saw this article. I absolutely hate Mercedes cars and their stuck up snobby drivers. Why can't nissan just man up and throw their own v8 in a z and toss the hybrid idea?

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flohtingPoint wrote:This is the first good news about Nissan I've heard in years. Mercedes has been making the best F1 motors for quite some time now, their powerplants have been in Lambos for years, an Merc powered Z car would be great! I can only imagine how this came about...

To: FIA President Jean Todt
From: Nissan
Subject: HLP PLZ!

Mr. Todt,

We at Nissan have never made a dent in FIA motorsports. How could we go about cracking into the big leagues?

V/R,
Nissan

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To: Ross Brawn
From: Jean Todt
Subject: FW: HLP PLZ!

Ross,

Want to let Nissan in on how you turned Honda around?

Cheers,
Todt
Consumer demands and racing demands for/on an engine are slightly different.

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ScorchedNX2K wrote:
flohtingPoint wrote:This is the first good news about Nissan I've heard in years. Mercedes has been making the best F1 motors for quite some time now, their powerplants have been in Lambos for years, an Merc powered Z car would be great! I can only imagine how this came about...

To: FIA President Jean Todt
From: Nissan
Subject: HLP PLZ!

Mr. Todt,

We at Nissan have never made a dent in FIA motorsports. How could we go about cracking into the big leagues?

V/R,
Nissan

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To: Ross Brawn
From: Jean Todt
Subject: FW: HLP PLZ!

Ross,

Want to let Nissan in on how you turned Honda around?

Cheers,
Todt
Consumer demands and racing demands for/on an engine are slightly different.
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