RiceRocketUK | Nissan 300ZX:

Using the Porsche 944 Turbo as its target, Japanese Giant Nissan
set to transform the image of it cumbersome 300ZX - a task in which
it succeeded. The new model was one of the fastest and best handling
sports cars of its day. In 1990, The 300ZX was the most advanced
and complicated sports car Nissan had ever built. It was gimmicky,
but all the advanced technology was
there for a good reason - to enable it to compete on equal terms
with the best in the world. It featured a naturally aspirated engine
rated at 222 bhp, and a top-of-the-line Twin-Turbo version rated
at 280 bhp of boost through two intercoolers. A naturally aspirated
convertible model was also introduced in 1993.
The twin-turbo Z32s can be spotted with a different front bumper
featuring three vents for supplying air to the dual intercoolers,
as opposed to the naturally aspirated (NA) models. They also came
with the requisite "Twin Turbo" badging in the rear and
a subtle tail spoiler, which was enlarged and redesigned in 1994.
Twin Turbo models featured Nissan's all-wheel-steering system SUPER
HICAS (Super High Capacity Actively Controlled Suspension), which
could turn the rear wheels a full two degrees at speed. A multi-link
suspension is a type of vehicle suspension design typically used
in independent suspensions, using 3 or more lateral arms, and one
or more longitudinal arms....
Production of the Z32 continued in Japan until 1999 through a major
redesign in 1998, in naturally aspirated 2-seater, 2+2 seater, and
"R" versions, which were 2+2 twin turbo models.
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