From 7Tune, “Nissan have acknowledged the lack of an entry level sports car to appeal to younger buyers and this new FR based coupe is being designed with “enjoyable handling” in mind to keep them from turning to other manufacturers. The size of the car closely resembles the previous S15 Silvia, the new FR coupe’s dimensions being 4350mm in length, 1750mm in width and with a wheelbase identical to the the new Fairlady/350 Z platform of 2550mm. As with the Toyota/Subaru sports car, the new Nissan compact FR sports coupe will attempt to keep weight at a minimum, although the extent of which is unknown at present.”

I don’t really want to wait until 2010 or 2011.  Why can’t they just homologate the S15 Silvia, pictured below, to U.S. standards and start selling that here?  Surely the ramp-up/tooling costs would be less than designing an entirely new car?  There’s already a proven market for cars like these, evidenced by WRX and Evo sales…cars that were previously unavailable for sale in the U.S., that sold like hotcakes once they were…

I know I’m living in a pipe dream where CAFE standards and crash tests don’t exist…but still…a guy can dream, right?