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2022 400Z HP Revealed?

400Z

According to Project Cars 3, a video game from Slightly Mad Studios distributed by Bandai Namco, the new Nissan 400Z is shown in their latest downloadable content (DLC) power pack to possess some very serious horsepower.

400Z

In its interpretation of the Power Pack, thenewnissanz.com flaunts the numbers shown in the video, such as 445 horsepower and a weight of 3,251 lbs. When it compared the 400Z to the powertrain in the last Z, the 2020 370Z, the numbers they found were 332 hp with a curb weight of 3,333 lbs. If that wasn’t impressive enough, they then pitted the new Z versus the 2021 Toyota Supra, whose inline-six produces 382 hp while weighing in at 3,400 lbs.

400Z

We’ve previously chronicled what we know so far about the 400Z’s powertrain and its design. With no official word from Nissan, there is more speculation than usual, and thus far no spy photos taken here or in Japan.

400Z

Project Cars 3’s power pack is referenced in a trailer, which can be viewed on Yahoo! Entertainment. In the trailer, there are numerous examples of 400Zs, modified for motorsport competition.

400Z

Not having played Project Cars 3, I had to admit the trailer gave me the urge to go out and buy a Playstation4. I wonder if there’s a Gamestop nearby where I can go and try it out?

[Images: Slightly Mad Studios]

Automotive Journalist Dick DeLoach Succumbs to COVID-19

Dick DeLoach

Dick DeLoach, a 44-year automotive industry journalist, who was instrumental at Lowrider magazine and many other automotive enthusiast publications, died on November 9, 2020, following complications from COVID-19. He had been admitted to Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Ontario on October 25th.

Dick DeLoach

DeLoach, 76, of Chino, California, spent his career in the industry as an editor, writer, and photographer. A veteran journalist who specialized in technology, product guides, how-to articles, celebrity profiles, and business features, DeLoach could often be found covering industry and enthusiast events.

Among the publications he worked for were Truckin’ magazine, Lowrider magazine, DUB magazine, LFTD X LVLD, Parts & People, and Aftermarket Matters Weekly. In addition to his broad career, DeLoach made friendships in and out of the industry and served as a trustee on the ASC Educational Foundation.

I first met Dick when he was on the staff of Truckin’, then owned by McMullen Publishing, and I was a contributor to Custom Rodder, another McMullen title. DeLoach was affable, easygoing, and intelligent. He and I were reunited for a short time at Lowrider, which was not a good fit for me but was for Dick, judging by the number of years he was with the magazine.

Dick DeLoach

Lowrider was an icon of Chicano culture that existed for decades, offering a mix of cultural and political content alongside cars and trucks of that genre. As a staff member who covered the growing popularity of the lowrider movement, Dick played an essential part in chronicling it.

Lowrider played a critical role in forming the culture and image of the lowriding lifestyle and its aesthetics. Popular among Mexican-Americans, the magazine was as much a statement about Chicano identity and pride as it was about ground-hugging vintage cars. By the fall of 1988, Lowrider hit 60,000 in monthly newsstand sales, and by 2000, it was among the bestselling newsstand automotive periodicals in the country, with an average monthly circulation of about 210,000 copies.

DeLoach’s humor could be found in his biography, in which he said he wrote some 30,000 articles. I would tell him whenever we saw each other at a show or event that I was getting close to his total, if only he would stop and take a break for a while.

[Images: Courtesy of Tate DeLoach]