2010 Nissan 370Z Touring Roadster in Monterey Blue with Black Leather at Victoria Nissan in Victoria, Texas

2010 Nissan 370Z Touring Roadster - Interior with Black Leather at Victoria Nissan

2010 Nissan 370Z Touring Roadster - Steering wheel with audio controls, multi-function speed control, and Bluetooth Phone System

332 horsepower 3.7L V-6 in the 2010 Nissan 370Z Touring Roadster

2010 Nissan 370Z Touring Roadster Wheel

Nissan Z - Heritage, Performance, Style

Victoria Nissan in Victoria, Texas has secured an extra 370Z Touring Roadster from one of our fellow dealers. The Monterey Blue looks great on this Z, and is a great contrast to the black leather seats (which are heated and air conditioned).  You’ll also enjoy the audiophile BOSE audio system, and XM radio.  Here are the complete specs on this hard to find convertible -

2010 Nissan 370Z Touring Roadster in Monterey Blue with Black Leather with the following optional equipment:

• 7-speed automatic transmission with manual shift mode, paddle shifters, and downshift rev-matching
• Splash Guards
• Floor Mats
• Carpeted Trunk Mat
• Illuminated Kick Plates

Featured Touring Roadster Equipment:

Ventilated leather-appointed power heated and cooling seats  Digital Bose® audio system with 8 speakers, including 2 subwoofers 
 XM® Satellite Radio [1]  Bluetooth® Hands-free Phone System
 HomeLink® Universal Transceiver  Auto-dimming rearview mirror
 Aluminum-trimmed pedals  

Mechanical:
 VQ37VHR – 3.7-liter DOHC 24-valve V6 aluminum-alloy engine  332 hp @ 7,000 rpm
 270 lb-ft @ 5,200 rpm  Bore and stroke – 95.5 x 86.0
 Compression ratio – 11:1  Maximum engine speed – 7,500 rpm
 Emissions – Tier 2-Bin 5 (Fed); LEV2-ULEV (CA)  Continuously Variable Valve Timing Control System (CVTCS) with Variable Valve Event and Lift (VVEL) on intake valves
 Twin-intake system  Nissan Direct Ignition System
 Iridium-tipped spark plugs  Electronic drive-by-wire throttle
 Longitudinally mid-mounted front engine/rear-wheel drive  Carbon-fiber composite driveshaft 
 Front: 2-link double-wishbone aluminum-alloy suspension with aluminum subframe
 Rear: 4-link aluminum-alloy suspension  Front and rear stabilizer bars
 3-point front strut tower brace  Ripple-control shock absorbers
 Vehicle-speed-sensitive power steering Power-assisted brakes – 12.6″ x 1.10″ vented front discs and 12.6″ x 0.63″ vented rear discs
 4-wheel Anti-lock Braking System (ABS)  Electronic Brake force Distribution (EBD)
 Brake Assist  

Exterior:  
 18″ x 8.0″ (front) and 18″ x 9.0″ (rear) 5-spoke aluminum-alloy wheels  225/50WR18 (front) and 245/45WR18 (rear) Bridgestone® Potenza® high-performance tires
 High Intensity Discharge (HID) bi-functional xenon headlights  LED taillights
 LED illuminated Z® side marker emblems  Aluminum hood, doors and trunk
 Body-color dual power heated outside mirrors  Dual exhaust outlets with finishers
 One-touch trunk release  UV-reducing solar glass
 Power convertible soft-top with glass window  Rear glass wind deflector
 Power moving tonneau cover 

Interior:  
 Nissan Intelligent Key® with Push Button Ignition  Automatic Temperature Control (ATC) with in-cabin microfilter
 Bluetooth® Hands-free Phone System  3-bay gauge cluster (oil temperature, voltmeter and digital clock)
 Fine Vision electroluminescent gauges with multi-function drive computer  Upshift indicator light (manual transmission only)
 Power windows with one-touch auto-up/down feature and auto-reverse  Partial-down window mechanism
 Power door locks with auto-locking feature  Remote keyless entry with rolling code protection
 Remote front windows down  Key-operated front windows up/down
 Illuminated steering-wheel-mounted cruise control  HomeLink® Universal Transceiver
 Retained accessory power and battery saver  Map lights
 Tilt steering column with integrated gauges  Variable intermittent windshield wipers
 Auto-dimming rearview mirror  Dual illuminated visor vanity mirrors
 Digital clock (in radio)  Two 12-volt power outlets
 Three cup holders  Dash-mounted storage (N/A with Nissan Navigation System)
 Lockable glove compartment  Parcel box (behind passenger’s seat)
 Parcel shelves (behind seats) 

Seating and Appointments : 
 Ventilated leather-appointed sport seats  8-way adjustable driver’s seat
 4-way adjustable passenger’s bucket seat  Power front seats
 Climate-controlled seats (heated and cooled)  Driver-shaped bucket seat with thigh support
 Passenger-shaped bucket seat  Driver’s and passenger’s side knee support
 Synthetic suede door panel inserts  Leather-wrapped steering wheel
 Leather-wrapped shift knob  Leather-wrapped parking-brake lever
 Aluminum-trimmed pedals 

Audio:  
 Digital Bose® audio system with AM/FM/in-dash 6-CD changer  Eight speakers, including dual subwoofers
 XM® Satellite Radio [1]  MP3/WMA CD playback capability
 Auxiliary audio input jack [2]  Radio Data System (RDS)
 Illuminated steering wheel-mounted audio controls  

 Safety and Security:  
 Nissan Advanced Air Bag System (AABS) with dual-stage supplemental front air bags with seat belt and occupant-classification sensors [3]  Driver and passenger seat-mounted side-impact supplemental air bags [3]
 Door-mounted curtain side-impact supplemental air bags for occupants head protection [3]  Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) [4]
 Traction Control System (TCS)  Seat belts with pretensioners and load limiters
 3-point ALR/ELR passenger seat belt system  Active Head Restraints
 Energy-absorbing steering column  Zone Body construction with front and rear crumple zones
 High-strength side-door guard beams  Hood buckling creases
 Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)  Nissan Vehicle Immobilizer System
 Vehicle Security System

All the above equipment and Victoria Nissan’s great service for only $43,170 plus taxes. Call Hutch Pine at 361-533-1205 with any questions on this vehicle. You can also email me at hpine@victorianissan.com

Victoria Nissan in Victoria, Texas, provides sales and service for new Nissan vehicles. Victoria Nissan also offers a great selection of pre-owned cars and trucks. In addition to new and used cars, Victoria Nissan also services all makes and models. Victoria Nissan is located in Victoria, but we offer a great selection of new and pre-owned vehicles to South Texas, including San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Corpus Christi, and McAllen metro areas. You can contact Victoria Nissan at 866-808-7765 or locally at 645-7045. You can also visit our online showroom at www.victorianissan.com or our blog at www.victorianissanblog.com.Victoria Nissan, 6003 N. Navarro, Victoria, Texas 77904

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Going through time

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Some recently finished modeling. A wheel and a baseball, sounds boring eh? Well not at all, it’s quite challenging.
Previously I’ve done mostly organic modeling (and not even high detail), where topology’s more important near detail areas, and each vertex (for subd or smooth) is more forgiving. Hard surface on the other hand, can have parts with careless topology, like flat areas. But once precise curves and flats must join, every detail area needs both perfect topology and vertex location.

The wheel somewhat references a Lamborghini Reventon Roadster, since the 2009 version debuted with a strange looking wheel, actually similar to some older Reventons. A problem was lack of reference photos for the wheel (there are only a handful of unique Roadster 2009 photos online). But I wanted to challenge the features, not the exact positions of shapes, so the details turned out nice.

The tire treads are a challenge, since I wanted connected treads, separate extrude treads, and even circular treads (inspired by cloud patterns on JP wear), besides very dense fillet. Everything turned out well, except the top cap of some treads. The tire process lends itself great to procedural/history based modeling, which Maya does to a limited extent (I had to deal with a messy node graph and reconnect nodes and hope it works). And it switched halfway from a Nurbs model to a dense poly, so unfortunately some top caps are separate geos and have gaps with the sidewall fillets. I planned to keep all nurbs, but SW and MR render with the highest nurbs settings couldn’t remove visilble gaps at trims. The best I got was random black dots along the seam. Ok, still learning Nurbs, maybe Rhino or some methods can give correct nurbs rendering.

The steel rim, spokes, center and bolts are also by a Nurbs -> poly process. Nurbs was great setting the precise curves and exact cuts. Though I’m still gauging when the poly conversion should best occur.

The baseball also took lots of experiments, and now it’s curvatures are precise to baseball spec, and all Nurbs. The trims get away because the render’s small enough. And the 108 stitches are fairly light weight since it’s paintfx.

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2010 Nissan 370Z Touring Roadster in Black Cherry with Wine Leather - Nissan Navigation System with XM Nav Traffic and Nav Weather

Now in stock at Victoria Nissan.

This 2010 Nissan 370Z Touring Roadster in Black Cherry with Wine Leather has EVERY available option including:

• Black Cherry exterior
• 7-speed automatic transmission with manual shift mode, paddle shifters, and downshift rev-matching
• Sport Package including Nissan Sport Brakes, Viscous Limited Slip Differential, 19″ Rays superlight alloy wheels with WR rated tired
• Navigation Package including Nissan’s Hard Drive Navigation System with XM Nav Traffic, XM Nav Weather, and Zagat restaurant reviews, 9.3 GB Music Box hard drive for digital music, and iPod compatible USB connectivity
• Splash Guards
• Floor Mats
• Carpeted Trunk Mat
• Illuminated Kick Plates

Questions or if you want to purchase please call Hutch Pine at Victoria Nissan – 361-533-1205, or email me at hpine@victorianissan.com

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