The result is an amazingly tight structure with nary a creak or groan even on less than perfect road surfaces. The serpentine roadways surrounding North America's number one ski resort, Whistler, where it was introduced, were hardly a challenge. The roadster performed even the tightest hairpin corners at more than double digit speeds with no perceptible body roll. Few cars allow the driver as much intuitive control, becoming the extension of mind, hands and feet to carry out each and every thought with absolute precision.
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| The 350Z Roadster gets all-new distinctive and supportive seats, with a one-piece shoulder bolster headrest wrapped over a low-back bucket. (Photo: Trevor Hofmann, Canadian Auto Press) |
And it's so easy to get comfortable in. Its standard leather driver's seat that is shaped differently than the passenger's in coupe form, replicates its partner in the roadster. The seats themselves, however, are both distinctive from the coupe, with a one-piece shoulder bolster headrest wrapping over and around what is essentially a low-back bucket. They're superbly shaped and completely supportive.
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| Although the seats match, the purposeful incongruity of the coupe continues in the Roadster's unmatched, yet contemporary, door panels . (Photo: Trevor Hofmann, Canadian Auto Press) |
For those missing the incongruity of the coupe's seats the roadster's door panels still mismatch from one to the other. Some like it, some don't, c'est la vie. I love their contemporary design, featuring a solid looking piece of dark gray textured plastic with tastefully placed metallic trim highlighting a vertical door handle on the passenger side and grab handle to the driver's left.
Interestingly, the power passenger seat moves forward slightly when opening or closing the top, settling back into place when the job is done. This might be disconcerting for the passenger at first, but the movement is so minimal it will be hardly noticeable the second time around. Why only the passenger seat moves and not the driver's is anyone's guess, the Nissan staff on hand didn't have the answer. It must have something to do with clearance, but looking at both seats side by side made it hard to figure out.