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The 350Z's are certainly nice cars, and don't get me wrong; they're incredibly quick. But the weight difference in nothing to scoff at. The base car weighs in at 3100 and change, while a convertible with all the bells and whistles weighs in at 3600 and change. The 2SS is somewhere in the neighborhood of 3800.
My buddy has a 2005 350Z coupe with the highest trim package (touring?) and his major complaint is weight. I can't imagine how much crap he's going to give me for how heavy my Camaro is.
I'm not sure if GM saw the 350Z as the main competition, but they certainly considered it when building/testing the Camaro. There was a Car and Driver article with a pre-pro Camaro and the tester said it left the competition in the dust (Mustangs, G35/Z, Challengers etc.) in the dust. It should be fun though.
Setting performance aside for a moment, I think the 370Z is ugly. I personally am a fan of the 350, but at certain angles it looks REALLY hatchbacky (I love that inventing words when discussing cars is perfectly acceptable). The 370 at a 1/4 view looks exponentially more hatchbacky. The new grill on the 370 does look much better than its' predecessor.
I think the interior of the Camaro is pretty gadgety looking, but not TOO over the top. But the interior of the Z is way too busy for my tastes (the navigation makes it worse). I am so glad that the Camaro does not come with a navigation system, as drivers will be doing what they're supposed to be doing-DRIVING, and not f*cking with a screen.
With all that being said, the 370Z is a worthy opponent from the East, and the only battles that are worth winning are the ones that were fought hard. But I'm still a soldier in the General's Army and the General's Army will prove victorious.
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