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Originally Posted by Speedsteve

The new BMW 130 - more Power AAAAAAAND guaranteed more weights! ( I have unfortunately no data of the new model! )

Are you sure about that? It is the new Magnesium block engine, I doubt it will be much heavier.

Originally Posted by Speedsteve

Understeer - I hate it! But the BMW 120i or the Porsche 911 have the same problem!

http://www.autobild.de/test/neuwagen...rtikel_seite=2

http://www.autobild.de/test/neuwagen...rtikel_seite=4

you can translate German with

http://translate.google.com/translate_t

Understeer in German that is - "Untersteuerer" oder "Untersteuern"

According to the first article, understeer in the 120 is extremely neutrally diminshed.

Compared to the 350z's understeer

But you push it a little bit harder and you have - bang! - sudden understeer. And it is sudden.

350z Review

Originally Posted by Speedsteve

Target group? Which Target Group? BMW says the 120 is the best Car in the German "Golf-Class" ( Compact Cars )! In this Class you can find the VW Golf, Opel Astra, Ford Focus and so on. The Nissan 350Z does not fit into this Target Group!!!

VW Golf FSI ( 150hp ) - 2738lbs

Opel Astra 2.0 Turbo ( 170hp ) - 2711lbs

Ford Focus 2.0 ( 145hp ) - 2881lbs

BMW 120i ( 150hp ) - 2976lbs

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Yeah, that is the 120's target group. The 350Z competes with other 2 seater sports cars around 30-40k.

This includes the
BMW Z4 (2998lbs)
Honda S2000 (2835 lbs)
Porsche Boxster (2965 lbs)
SLK3509 (3231 lbs)

The 350S MT ranges from 3188 to 3299, with the exception of the Mercedes is 200 lbs heaver than any of it's rivals, and as much as 465 lbs heavier than the S2000.