**Gone Goon: Speculation Surrounds Nissan's Next-Generation Z Car**

What are we gonna do boss? The fate of Nissan hangs in the balance as the company prepares to unveil its next-generation Z car. The rumors have been swirling for years, and finally, it seems that the time has come to reveal what's in store for this iconic sports car brand.

Thirteen million dollars may seem like a paltry sum compared to the estimated 318 million Nissan claims to be owed by the company, but it's a significant amount nonetheless. The damage has been done, with Nissan facing an estimated $90 million in damages and losses. But despite all this, Nissan is determined to move past its troubles and focus on reinvigorating its brand.

The question on everyone's mind is: what can we realistically expect from the new Z? The name "400Z" has been circulating for years, but it remains unconfirmed by Nissan. However, given the previous naming conventions (240, 300, 350), it would make sense if the next generation followed suit. Some sources have speculated that the engine could be a 3-liter turbo V6, producing around 400 horsepower, which is eerily similar to the Infiniti Q60's engine.

But Nissan won't stop there. There might also be an entry-level four-cylinder version and even a hybrid model on the cards. The company has partnered with Mercedes to develop its new car, much like BMW helped Toyota develop the new Supra. This partnership could bring a 2-liter turbocharged AMG inline 4 as the base engine, while the top-of-the-line engine for the 400Z might come as part of the Nismo package, bumping power up to an impressive 475 horsepower.

However, not everyone is optimistic about the new Z's price point. As the car gets closer to a GT-R in terms of performance and features, it's hard to imagine how Nissan can justify pricing it at an affordable level for the masses. The gap between the boring Nissan models that dot our highways and their high-performance counterparts has alienated Nissan's die-hard fans.

So, what can Nissan do to redeem itself? One possible answer is to create a new model that captures the spirit of its past performance cars. Imagine an "Ease Mover" with a 6-speed manual transmission, 250 horsepower, and front-wheel drive – it's a prospect that sounds like just the kind of fun car that would recapture the essence of the b13 and Sentra SE-R.

**The Future of Nissan: A Turning Point?**

Nissan has been listening to its fans and the people who sell them cars. They're trying to right the ship and figure out what went wrong. The company is on a mission to reinvent itself, and it's clear that they're not going to let their past mistakes hold them back.

One thing is for sure: Nissan needs to be bold and take risks if they want to reclaim their position as a leader in the sports car market. They need to create cars that are fun, exciting, and affordable – cars that will make people forget about the troubles of the past.

It's time for Nissan to enter the speculation zone, where rumors and whispers become reality. If they succeed, it could be a turning point for the company. They'll figure out how to make cars that appeal to both their loyal fans and the masses.

**The GR Yaris: A Glimpse into Nissan's Future**

But what about the GR Yaris, the Gazoo Racing version of the tiny hot hatch? This car has proven that manufacturers can make a car that sounds like fun. It's an era of endless volume cars, but the GR Yaris is a breath of fresh air.

Nissan could totally redeem themselves by creating a GR equivalent in the Versa. Imagine a 6-speed manual transmission, 250 horsepower, and front-wheel drive – it's a prospect that sounds like just the kind of car that would recapture the spirit of Nissan's past performance cars.

The point is that manufacturers can make a car for every price level, not just for the high-end market. Nissan needs to take a page out of Toyota's book and create cars that are fun, exciting, and affordable – cars that will appeal to both their loyal fans and the masses.

As we wait with bated breath for the new Z, one thing is certain: Nissan has a long way to go before they can reclaim their position as a leader in the sports car market. But if they succeed, it could be a turning point for the company – a chance to redefine themselves and create cars that will make people forget about the troubles of the past.

**Photosynthesis**

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WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: ena few months ago we came out with an episode that was somewhere in between a love letter and an intervention we detailed how from our perspective Nissan is blowing it as a company and how many of their problems were tied to the decisions of Carlos gone the ex-ceo accused of underreporting his salary at Nissan five Millions a man who smuggled himself out of Japan to flee prosecution despite his claims that he was set up by Nissan with rumors of the new 400 Z coming out this year it's clear that Nissan is trying to turn things around did they listen to us did we just save Nissan and was Carlos Cohn framed so many questions all we want is a cool car again Mario Andretti Jeff Gordon young Sheldon what do these people have in common they all have great hair big shout-out to our sponsor this week keeps the sad fact is that two out of three men will experience some form of male pattern baldness by the time they're 35 the good news though is that with today's scientific advancements keeps offers proven treatments that combat the symptoms of hair loss you used to have to go to the doctor's office and wait in line to get a prescription not anymore with keeps all you have to do is visit a doctor online and your medication gets shipped straight to your home and that can come in pretty handy when you're hours into a young Sheldon marathon find out why keeps has more five-star reviews than any of its competition and nearly a hundred thousand men trust keeps for their hair loss medication if you're ready to take action and prevent hair loss go to keeps calm / wheelhouse 52 receive 50% off your first order that's right 50% off that's K EEP s.com / wheelhouse 50 thank you keeps support the companies that support donut look I'm no dumb-dumb I'm sure that Nissan has been developing a 400 Z for years now I know that I a lowly internet Auto Journal on abhi have no bearing on a billion-dollar multinational company but I would really like to believe that Nissan listens to their fans and you and I were fans at heart so when new rumors came out about their newest venture the so-called 400 Z it made me happy to hear that they're taking steps to re-energize their brand I'm not so sure what to think about Carlos gone though he's a slippery guy who was arrested in November of 2018 earlier this year Cohn evaded Japanese authorities by smuggling himself in an audio equipment shipping container and fled to his home country of Lebanon what Cohn recently came out with a statement blasting Nissan and the Japanese judicial system a system in which 99.9 percent of accused persons are convicted but quote partly because prosecutors only pursue cases when they are extremely confident the suspect will be proven guilty which doesn't bode well for Carl gone in an interview gone was quick to point out how allegedly Nissan set him up and how much the company is failing without him which is credit it kind of is we called that out Alex roll that footage in the spring of 2019 Nissan lost ninety five percent of net income and ninety nine percent of their operating profits Nissan is basically in the same exact position they were in before Carlos go and took over with both Nissan and gun throwing out wild accusations about each other there's a lot of conflicting information out there so for this video we're gonna look why Carlos Khan thinks the system is rigged against him why shareholders are putting a thirteen million dollar bounty on his head and if you stick around you'll hear what we know about the new Nissan 400 G that's supposedly coming out this year it's it's a rumor but first let's take a look at what Nissan and the new CEO are doing to restore faith in fans and navigate this storm of bad press in the wake of the Carlos go and stand alone asan hired a new interim CEO who roto Sakawa to clean things up but he was ousted by the board last September over failing sales and a dispute about his pay shortly after they hired Makoto you cheetah who vowed to turn things around for Nissan but things they didn't pan out and shareholders started getting fed up with crashing profits Nissan shareholders weren't the only ones that are disappointed in Fujita when he traveled to the u.s. headquarters in Nashville back in January Uchida was verbally accosted he opened the meeting by saying quote I want to hear all the negatives I'm here to listen don't hold anything back and I guess they took that to heart because you cheetah got reamed for an hour and a half by Nissan dealers who said that the company needed to work hard to fight against their quote bargain-basement brand reputation props to them for being honest some of the biggest gripes dealers had were regarding better marketing almost non-existent profitability collapsing residual value and faster product updates huh those all sound like things that we addressed our last episode we nailed it frankly it's only a matter of time before you cheetah either resigns or gets forced out he's even come out and said that if profits don't bounce back he's alright with getting fired it doesn't matter who's in charge after gone though Nissan needs a new leader with vision not just a scapegoat when Carlos Gunn was in charge the company expanded production all over the world but as demand for nissan cars is continuing to dry up nissan has announced that they are eliminating an additional 4,300 white-collar jobs and are considering shutting down two of their factories on top of that nissan is cutting 10% of their product line going from 69 models large to 62 this might help them keep their head above water for a little bit but bigger shake ups need to happen or else nissan is finished so that's got me thinking how did Carlos go and do that 20 years ago we would have never gotten the 350z or the new r35 without the cuts gone made but despite saving the company he was seen as a villain I mean look at this guy's face many smaller parts companies had cross Holdings with Nissan but as soon as Carlos go and took over he disintegrated those alliances frankly it made sense from a business perspective but in the eyes of the Japanese it seemed like a slap in the face from an out-of-touch foreigner slowly Nissan's vol cars started to dilute the brand a little bit they stopped making cars for enthusiasts and quality went downhill while the hate for goin might have subsided as profits bounced back people started turning on him as soon as things weren't going so great and that's one of the reasons going believes he was set up which is why days before our Nissan video dropped he squeezed himself into a small insulated box made for audio equipment which was loaded onto a private jet by hired hands including the son of an American green beret and he fled to his home country of Lebanon to seek asylum that's not something that I would have predicted now there's a rest warrants for everyone involved jeez I mean all I wanted was an S 16 but like this sequel to The Bourne Identity is pretty cool too my desk can't wait to read this book yeah I read books I'm reading The Outsider by Stephen King right now as well as a Bruce McLaren biography which will come in handy on our podcast passed gas if you haven't listened to or watched passed gas it's our podcast check it out we have a second channel for it donut podcast you can find it right there or listen to it on Spotify or you know a podcast anywhere else you get your podcast pass gas I know it's an insane thing that only happens in movies he reportedly got there in a musical instrument case I am not making this up but it happened and Carlos Cohen has been safe in Lebanon since late December the Lebanese government even came out and said they wouldn't comply with Japanese authorities to extradite going back to Japan to face prosecution I was in Japan and I was under the control of the prosecutor now I'm free I can't defend myself Nissan shareholders are mad as hell too and are proposing a reward of 13 million dollars in exchange for the return of Carlos going 13 million how much is a ticket to the Lebanon I'm gonna go he probably has guards I wanna be a gone goon I'm not gonna try to catch Carlos galán I'm gonna become a gone goon what are we gonna do boss and he can tell me how cool French accent I'm mourning thirteen million might seem like a lot for a bounty but it's a paltry sum compared to the ninety million dollars in damages gone has been sued for and the estimated 318 million Nissan claims gone cost the company despite all this though Nissan is doing their best to move past it and focus on reinvigorating their brand how you ask we've all heard the rumors so what can we realistically expect with this new 400 Z it's time to enter the speculation zone there's been chatter for years now about what Nissan is gonna do with their next generation Z and while details are murphy there are a few key things that have been corroborated the name 400 Z is just a rumor Nissan hasn't officially come out saying it's gonna be called back but it would make sense given the previous Z numbering you know 240 300 350 371 um burring usually follows the displacement of the engine like 3.5 liter 3.7 liter the 400 G will apparently not have a 4 liter engine some sources have speculated that's gonna have a 3 liter turbo v6 similar to the engine in the Infiniti q60 which makes about 400 horsepower which is why the 400 in the name makes sense but the turbo v6 isn't the only engine they would offer there might be an entry-level four-cylinder version and even a hybrid version who knows Nissan is apparently partnered with Mercedes to develop in your car much in the same way that BMW helped Toyota develop a new Supra so it's entirely possible that the 2-liter turbocharged AMG inline 4 could be the four-cylinder option waft await and see of course the top-of-the-line engine for the 400 Z would maybe come as part of the Nismo package and might bump the power up to 475 just shy of the 485 that the GTR makes that's the kind of high-end performance option we've all been waiting for thanks for listening to us Nissan that that sounds awesome if that's if it's real it is speculation after all all that excitement might be short-lived the price point of the new Z is probably gonna be more towards new Super territory and further away from what the Z's have traditionally been priced at Z cars started out as an affordable sports car for the everyman but as the price gets closer to a GTR doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose there's an undeniably huge gap between the boring Nissan models that dot our highways and their performance models and that's alienating Nissan's diehard fans so hopefully the new Z is affordable while we're on the subject of the new super uh why doesn't Nissan take a page out of Toyota's book we've all heard about the GR Supra but did you know about the GR Yaris the Gazoo Racing version of this tiny hot hatch is one of the sickest new cars I'm super stoked for it and it proves that manufacturers can make a car for in an era of endless volume cars that sounds like a lot of fun my point is Nissan could totally redeem themselves by making whatever the gr Yaris equivalent is the Versa right now boring I would probably never run but just imagine if they came out with an ease mover that had like a 6-speed manual like 250 horsepower maybe it's still front-wheel drive to keep costs down that seems realistic and it was just something that you could just throw around and have a ton of fun in that kind of car would like totally recapture the spirit of like the b13 the Sentra se-r because that's that's what Nissan used to be man like they used to have a fun car at every price level and that's not really true anymore in conclusion I'm very optimistic for Nissan they're listening to both their fans and the people that actually sell them they're trying to right the ship keep at it nissan you'll figure it out you're welcome here at wheelhouse we're saving one car company at a time that's a very bold thing to say Nolan I mean I can't imagine a world with that Nissan I tried it once and I got a bad headache thanks for watching be nice I'll see you next time photosynthesisa few months ago we came out with an episode that was somewhere in between a love letter and an intervention we detailed how from our perspective Nissan is blowing it as a company and how many of their problems were tied to the decisions of Carlos gone the ex-ceo accused of underreporting his salary at Nissan five Millions a man who smuggled himself out of Japan to flee prosecution despite his claims that he was set up by Nissan with rumors of the new 400 Z coming out this year it's clear that Nissan is trying to turn things around did they listen to us did we just save Nissan and was Carlos Cohn framed so many questions all we want is a cool car again Mario Andretti Jeff Gordon young Sheldon what do these people have in common they all have great hair big shout-out to our sponsor this week keeps the sad fact is that two out of three men will experience some form of male pattern baldness by the time they're 35 the good news though is that with today's scientific advancements keeps offers proven treatments that combat the symptoms of hair loss you used to have to go to the doctor's office and wait in line to get a prescription not anymore with keeps all you have to do is visit a doctor online and your medication gets shipped straight to your home and that can come in pretty handy when you're hours into a young Sheldon marathon find out why keeps has more five-star reviews than any of its competition and nearly a hundred thousand men trust keeps for their hair loss medication if you're ready to take action and prevent hair loss go to keeps calm / wheelhouse 52 receive 50% off your first order that's right 50% off that's K EEP s.com / wheelhouse 50 thank you keeps support the companies that support donut look I'm no dumb-dumb I'm sure that Nissan has been developing a 400 Z for years now I know that I a lowly internet Auto Journal on abhi have no bearing on a billion-dollar multinational company but I would really like to believe that Nissan listens to their fans and you and I were fans at heart so when new rumors came out about their newest venture the so-called 400 Z it made me happy to hear that they're taking steps to re-energize their brand I'm not so sure what to think about Carlos gone though he's a slippery guy who was arrested in November of 2018 earlier this year Cohn evaded Japanese authorities by smuggling himself in an audio equipment shipping container and fled to his home country of Lebanon what Cohn recently came out with a statement blasting Nissan and the Japanese judicial system a system in which 99.9 percent of accused persons are convicted but quote partly because prosecutors only pursue cases when they are extremely confident the suspect will be proven guilty which doesn't bode well for Carl gone in an interview gone was quick to point out how allegedly Nissan set him up and how much the company is failing without him which is credit it kind of is we called that out Alex roll that footage in the spring of 2019 Nissan lost ninety five percent of net income and ninety nine percent of their operating profits Nissan is basically in the same exact position they were in before Carlos go and took over with both Nissan and gun throwing out wild accusations about each other there's a lot of conflicting information out there so for this video we're gonna look why Carlos Khan thinks the system is rigged against him why shareholders are putting a thirteen million dollar bounty on his head and if you stick around you'll hear what we know about the new Nissan 400 G that's supposedly coming out this year it's it's a rumor but first let's take a look at what Nissan and the new CEO are doing to restore faith in fans and navigate this storm of bad press in the wake of the Carlos go and stand alone asan hired a new interim CEO who roto Sakawa to clean things up but he was ousted by the board last September over failing sales and a dispute about his pay shortly after they hired Makoto you cheetah who vowed to turn things around for Nissan but things they didn't pan out and shareholders started getting fed up with crashing profits Nissan shareholders weren't the only ones that are disappointed in Fujita when he traveled to the u.s. headquarters in Nashville back in January Uchida was verbally accosted he opened the meeting by saying quote I want to hear all the negatives I'm here to listen don't hold anything back and I guess they took that to heart because you cheetah got reamed for an hour and a half by Nissan dealers who said that the company needed to work hard to fight against their quote bargain-basement brand reputation props to them for being honest some of the biggest gripes dealers had were regarding better marketing almost non-existent profitability collapsing residual value and faster product updates huh those all sound like things that we addressed our last episode we nailed it frankly it's only a matter of time before you cheetah either resigns or gets forced out he's even come out and said that if profits don't bounce back he's alright with getting fired it doesn't matter who's in charge after gone though Nissan needs a new leader with vision not just a scapegoat when Carlos Gunn was in charge the company expanded production all over the world but as demand for nissan cars is continuing to dry up nissan has announced that they are eliminating an additional 4,300 white-collar jobs and are considering shutting down two of their factories on top of that nissan is cutting 10% of their product line going from 69 models large to 62 this might help them keep their head above water for a little bit but bigger shake ups need to happen or else nissan is finished so that's got me thinking how did Carlos go and do that 20 years ago we would have never gotten the 350z or the new r35 without the cuts gone made but despite saving the company he was seen as a villain I mean look at this guy's face many smaller parts companies had cross Holdings with Nissan but as soon as Carlos go and took over he disintegrated those alliances frankly it made sense from a business perspective but in the eyes of the Japanese it seemed like a slap in the face from an out-of-touch foreigner slowly Nissan's vol cars started to dilute the brand a little bit they stopped making cars for enthusiasts and quality went downhill while the hate for goin might have subsided as profits bounced back people started turning on him as soon as things weren't going so great and that's one of the reasons going believes he was set up which is why days before our Nissan video dropped he squeezed himself into a small insulated box made for audio equipment which was loaded onto a private jet by hired hands including the son of an American green beret and he fled to his home country of Lebanon to seek asylum that's not something that I would have predicted now there's a rest warrants for everyone involved jeez I mean all I wanted was an S 16 but like this sequel to The Bourne Identity is pretty cool too my desk can't wait to read this book yeah I read books I'm reading The Outsider by Stephen King right now as well as a Bruce McLaren biography which will come in handy on our podcast passed gas if you haven't listened to or watched passed gas it's our podcast check it out we have a second channel for it donut podcast you can find it right there or listen to it on Spotify or you know a podcast anywhere else you get your podcast pass gas I know it's an insane thing that only happens in movies he reportedly got there in a musical instrument case I am not making this up but it happened and Carlos Cohen has been safe in Lebanon since late December the Lebanese government even came out and said they wouldn't comply with Japanese authorities to extradite going back to Japan to face prosecution I was in Japan and I was under the control of the prosecutor now I'm free I can't defend myself Nissan shareholders are mad as hell too and are proposing a reward of 13 million dollars in exchange for the return of Carlos going 13 million how much is a ticket to the Lebanon I'm gonna go he probably has guards I wanna be a gone goon I'm not gonna try to catch Carlos galán I'm gonna become a gone goon what are we gonna do boss and he can tell me how cool French accent I'm mourning thirteen million might seem like a lot for a bounty but it's a paltry sum compared to the ninety million dollars in damages gone has been sued for and the estimated 318 million Nissan claims gone cost the company despite all this though Nissan is doing their best to move past it and focus on reinvigorating their brand how you ask we've all heard the rumors so what can we realistically expect with this new 400 Z it's time to enter the speculation zone there's been chatter for years now about what Nissan is gonna do with their next generation Z and while details are murphy there are a few key things that have been corroborated the name 400 Z is just a rumor Nissan hasn't officially come out saying it's gonna be called back but it would make sense given the previous Z numbering you know 240 300 350 371 um burring usually follows the displacement of the engine like 3.5 liter 3.7 liter the 400 G will apparently not have a 4 liter engine some sources have speculated that's gonna have a 3 liter turbo v6 similar to the engine in the Infiniti q60 which makes about 400 horsepower which is why the 400 in the name makes sense but the turbo v6 isn't the only engine they would offer there might be an entry-level four-cylinder version and even a hybrid version who knows Nissan is apparently partnered with Mercedes to develop in your car much in the same way that BMW helped Toyota develop a new Supra so it's entirely possible that the 2-liter turbocharged AMG inline 4 could be the four-cylinder option waft await and see of course the top-of-the-line engine for the 400 Z would maybe come as part of the Nismo package and might bump the power up to 475 just shy of the 485 that the GTR makes that's the kind of high-end performance option we've all been waiting for thanks for listening to us Nissan that that sounds awesome if that's if it's real it is speculation after all all that excitement might be short-lived the price point of the new Z is probably gonna be more towards new Super territory and further away from what the Z's have traditionally been priced at Z cars started out as an affordable sports car for the everyman but as the price gets closer to a GTR doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose there's an undeniably huge gap between the boring Nissan models that dot our highways and their performance models and that's alienating Nissan's diehard fans so hopefully the new Z is affordable while we're on the subject of the new super uh why doesn't Nissan take a page out of Toyota's book we've all heard about the GR Supra but did you know about the GR Yaris the Gazoo Racing version of this tiny hot hatch is one of the sickest new cars I'm super stoked for it and it proves that manufacturers can make a car for in an era of endless volume cars that sounds like a lot of fun my point is Nissan could totally redeem themselves by making whatever the gr Yaris equivalent is the Versa right now boring I would probably never run but just imagine if they came out with an ease mover that had like a 6-speed manual like 250 horsepower maybe it's still front-wheel drive to keep costs down that seems realistic and it was just something that you could just throw around and have a ton of fun in that kind of car would like totally recapture the spirit of like the b13 the Sentra se-r because that's that's what Nissan used to be man like they used to have a fun car at every price level and that's not really true anymore in conclusion I'm very optimistic for Nissan they're listening to both their fans and the people that actually sell them they're trying to right the ship keep at it nissan you'll figure it out you're welcome here at wheelhouse we're saving one car company at a time that's a very bold thing to say Nolan I mean I can't imagine a world with that Nissan I tried it once and I got a bad headache thanks for watching be nice I'll see you next time photosynthesis