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As brilliant as the new GT-R is, its premium price tag and limited availability means it will be out of reach of most sports car lovers for some time to come. Then there’s the 350Z but it too can be a bit expensive for younger fans. Sadly, Nissan’s affordable sports car, the Silvia (240SX), no longer exists. In fact, Nissan’s image of late has been skewed towards the SUV segment, but this may soon change with speculation there’s a Silvia replacement in the works.

According to latest reports, Nissan Chief Carlos Ghosn and the carmaker’s COO Toshiyuki Shiga have both hinted at the return of the Silvia in 2010.

This rendering, which turned up on RocketPunch, gives a possible styling direction for the new coupe, and draws some of its lines from Nissan’s own Foria concept car.

Whatever the final version looks like, we just hope it retains the punchy four-banger and RWD layout of its predecessors.

 

Can't imagine it would be much cheaper than a 370Z. Going to a 4cyl. doesn't save that much money.

I know that isn't a Nissan sketch, but that car doesn't look very sporty.

 

Bland-orama

 

that looks like crap.



those looked far better in the mid/late 90s.

 

I think the new Civic looks more sporty than that sketch.

 

As a big 240sx fan, I can't wait to see the next incarnation. I can't see them making it as bland as that though. Nissan learned their lesson when they made the 94-96 body style with the boring lights. They were trying to get away from the boy racer image and sales tanked, which is why they went back to the sharper front in the mid model redesign. Besides, all their cars look pretty edgy nowadays. Even the Sentra and Altima can be classified as such. It ain't going to come out looking like a Toyota Echo.

Hopefully they keep weight down and give it a VQ varient.

 

Can't wait to see how it turns out.

 

Looks like a G35 with a weird front end to me. I like the G35 a lot, however, I don't like that sketch.

We'll see. Nissan/Infinity have been making some nice looking cars as of late.

 

 

I don't see how you can make a business case for three different coupes on one dealer lot, four if you count the GTR.

 

I prefer the 89-91 styling myself. But the whole idea behind the Silvia (240SX) is that it is smaller than the Z. We're talking about a RWD Cobalt sized vehicle. So if Nissan can price it within the same range, it my be a big seller if it stays RWD, especially with the popularity rise of drifting and the fact that not one of Nissan's competitors sells a RWD car in that category.

 

I can't see how they could attempt to have this unless they are getting rid of the 2 door altima. There's no reason to have 4 coupes like that (altima, 240, g37)

 

All are fairly different cars seperated by things like drivewheels, engine choices, seating capacity and pricepoints. Having more choices is a good thing and there isn't much redundancy and overlap imo. Like chevy having the Cobalt SS, Monte carlo, camaro, and corvette. All are 2 door cars, but all are also very different cars.

Lower end: Fwd 2+2 Altima coupe and Rwd 2+2 Silvia. priced between low to upper 20k's.

Mid-level: Rwd 350z. 2 seater and v6 only. $30k+

High-end - AWD GTR. $70k+.

 

And we can see where that's put them. Having too many cars competing for the same segment is not a good idea today. The whole chevy vs. pontiac vs. saturn in certain segments has been hurting GM. Ford was the same way with Mazda, although there were a LOT of people who didn't realize that Ford produced Mazda vehicles.

 

These cars are more than just badge-engineered copies. That's GM/Ford's problem. Nissan currently offers NOTHING like the Silvia (affordable 2+2 rwd coupe). Ford has the mustang, Chrysler has the challenger, Hyundai has their new genesis coupe, GM has the camaro, Toyota and subaru will soon have theirs, and Nissan has what? The altima? a fwd grocery getter?