<Dl> <Dd> Main article: Nissan Z - car </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Main article: Nissan Z - car </Dd> <P> The Nissan 350Z (known as Nissan Fairlady Z in Japan) is a two - door, two - seater sports car that was manufactured by Nissan Motors from 2002 to 2009 and marks the fifth generation of Nissan's Z - car line . The 350Z entered production in late 2002 and was sold and marketed as a 2003 model . The first year there was only a coupe, as the roadster did not debut until the following year . Initially, the coupe came in Base, Enthusiast, Performance, Touring and Track versions, while the Roadster was limited to Enthusiast and Touring trim levels . The Track trim came with lightweight wheels and Brembo brakes, but its suspension tuning was the same as all other coupes . The Nissan 350Z has been succeeded by the 370Z since the 2009 model year . </P> <P> After the Nissan 300ZX was withdrawn from the U.S. market in 1996, Nissan initially tried to keep the Z name alive by re-creating the 240Z the following year . The car was conceived by Nissan's North American design team in their free time, and the concept was introduced in a four state Road Show in July of 1998 to various car media, dealers, and employees . Yutaka Katayama, regarded as the "Father of the Z" unveiled the Z concept sketch to the public when he received a motor industry award . The design, representing a modern vision of the 240Z, did not please the original 240Z designer Yoshihiko Matsuo, who compared it to the Bluebird and Leopard . </P>

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