I mean the GTR when I say R35, that's the model codename (R34 was the previous gen as in the above pic, R33 in 1K3's). Now that I think of it, didn't the Z/G35 get the Rxx/Skyline designation since the GTR went off on its own?
I don't think it looks Z-ish so much as it and the Z are the fruits of contemporary JP design (I know the Z was done in cali, but it's no less Japanese styling IMO)... The 1098 Ducati was said to have been inspired in no small part by the R1 ("it was the one of the most beautiful bikes out there when we set to out to design it", or something like that, from one of the aesthetics designers), and almost anywhere you look in the motor industry, one shape or another has been 'stolen' and evolved in parallel at least once.. The new Z as I interpreted it was a continuation of the old Z (not the 300ZX), with the then commonplace teardrop shape.
Somewhere in the designers' head there was probably an original design intent, but I agree it's hard to find it
That, a V6 instead of an I6, and the huge weight are the biggest turn offs for me.
Maybe Italdesign could give it a work-over the same way they did the new Mustang
Like I meant to say above, sometimes futuristic designs get a little ahead of themselves (or seem to), but IMO it can be done right. I can't think of any other examples off-hand, but the Pininfarina Maserati Birdcage shows what I think is futuristic done credibly enough.
The F430 was a nice evolution of the 355/360 line.
