Nissan Z sedan would look sleek

What if the pace and panache of an iconic Japanese sports coupe was combined with the pragmatism of a Toyota Camry?

Well imagine no more, because this four-door Nissan Z sports sedan was created by the talented digital artists at AscarissDesign, stretching the sleek, rear-wheel drive coupe without diluting its compellingly sporty optics.

Based on the striking Nissan Z Proto concept, the forerunner to the current-generation Nissan Z, this cool render is dubbed the ‘Nissan Fairlady Z Sedan Concept’ by AscarissDesign.

The imaginary Z sedan’s silhouette maintains athletic and its ground-hugging body kit, large alloy wheels and deftly blended rear windscreen and short decklid give it plenty of visual gravitas.

Is there any chance Nissan would develop a scorching rear-drive sedan like this as an up-yours to the now-defunct twin-turbo V6-powered Kia Stinger?

Or would it take a reinstated Carlos Ghosn to pull enough strings to make this one happen?

We don’t know, but Nissan does have a tasty back-catalogue with a rich history of high-performance four-door sedans based on two-door coupes, one of the more memorable efforts being the KPGC10-era Skyline 2000GT-R from 1969.

The follow-up came decades later in the form of a four-door Nissan Skyline GT-R, the R33 sedan of 1998, and it could be argued the 3.5-litre V6-powered Maxima continued Nissan’s sports sedan tradition in the modern era.

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Let’s not forget that Ford is thinking about a four-door Mustang sedan that would deliver all the kudos but none of the cargo and passenger carrying limitations of the iconic coupe.

If Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida decided to green-light a four-door version of the Nissan Z, it would almost certainly be powered by the same Toyota Supra-slapping 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6 that powers the coupe.

Known internally as the VR30DDTT, the buxom V6 spins to almost 7000rpm and generates 298kW of power and 475Nm of torque, which would theoretically be enough to propel a longer and heavier Nissan Z sedan to 100km/h pretty rapidly… leaving many skid marks along the way.

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