I was pointed towards a link on the Edmund’s Straightline Blog the other day that gives us a view into one of the 370z designer’s mind. Randy Rodriguez penned the original 370z sketch and it turns out that he grabbed some inspiration from a few exotic Italian motorcycles.
While the 370z was in it’s early design phase Randy was piecing together a MV Agusta F4-750 and it is easy to see how one beautiful two-wheeled machine was able to lend a few design cues to a four-wheeled one. There were also influences from a Ducati 749/999 upper triple clamp that was morphed into the final design of the sport-package wheel. His MV Agusta motorcycle now sits behind his desk at Nissan Design America in San Diego when he isn’t out putting it through it’s paces.
Many of you know that we here at Z Car Garage ride motorcycles or have close ties to them and it is always nice to see our two passions come together in a car that we get to enjoy, the 370z. In a side note, I’ve had the chance to own a few Ducatis and still own a 2006 749s, small world…
There are a couple more photos after the ‘read more’ including one of the Ducati 749s that I own. Enjoy and thanks to Edmunds Insideline for the Nissan info and a few of the photos.