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Senner Tuning Presents Nissan 370Z Asphalt Surfer with 365 Ponies [+ Video]

Senner Tuning, probably best known for last year's disastrously named "White Power" RS6, has released pictures and details of its latest project car: the Nissan 370Z Asphalt Surfer.

The German tuning house has modified the 370Z with an ECU tune, sports air filter and cold air intake, boosting power to 365 hp (272 kw) and torque to 400 Nm. Twin 63.5 mm (2.5 inch) sports exhaust, door mirror caps / B-pillars capped in carbon fibre and black painting front / rear splitter round out the exterior package.

As part of its year-long celebration of the 'Z' sports coupe's 40th anniversary, Nissan will display a series of historic racers at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, formerly known as the Monterey Historic Automobile Races, which takes place at the at Laguna Seca Raceway on August 12-15. The six Z racers of the past will be joined at the event by a number of vintage Nissan race cars including a 1970 Datsun 510 and a pair of 1985 Nissan GTPs. For more details about the display cars, hit the break for the official release.

A new and rather aggressive advertising campaign regarding the Nissan 370Z and GT-R sports cars has kicked off in Britain. The company launched a series of poster and print adverts highlighting the fact that both sports cars are better in terms of performance yet cost less than their equivalent German rivals.

And mind you, Nissan isn't being polite as the automaker is using tongue-in-cheek phrases in the ads such as "The Winner Hans Down," "The Germans Came Off Wurst," "Kaisers Chiefed" and "Deutschland Deutschland Über-Rated".

To further frustrate its German adversaries, the Japanese company took an Audi TTS bearing the slogan "More expensive, slower and less powerful than a Nissan 370Z" around the streets of London. It was joined by a Porsche Cayman adorned with the words "I dream of being as fast as a Nissan 370Z". Ouch...

Germany's Senner Tuning is marketing a new sport exhaust system for the Nissan 370Z sports car. Priced at €1,450 or about US$1,900 at today's exchange rates, the custom made exhaust system comes with 130mm wide oval tailpipes and according to the tuner, aside from producing a more sonorous note, it also adds an extra 16-horsepower raising the 3.7-liter V6's total output to 347HP. Video and pictures after the jump.

AutoTrader Classics' Michael Boulton snagged the very first photos of the finished BRE Edition Nissan 370Z racer that was revealed on Thursday during the Brock Racing Enterprises reunion dinner honoring Peter Brock (not to be confused with the famous Australian racing driver who passed away in 2006) and crew.

Built to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Brock Racing Enterprises' (BRE) win at the SCCA National Championship at Road Atlanta with a 240Z in 1970, the specially modified Nismo 370Z racer features the classic vintage red, white, and blue BRE paint scheme.

A little while back - forty years ago - Peter Brock's Brock Racing Enterprises won the SCCA National Championship at Road Atlanta with a 240Z driven by John Morton.

Now, on the 40th anniversary of the original win, BRE is celebrating the first official ass-kicking Japanese racer on American soil with a special new 370Z.

Based on the Nismo 370Z Coupe, it will be "built to current SCCA T2 racecar regulations and will see track duty later this year." It will also feature a distinct red, white, and blue BRE paint scheme.

Created to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original Datsun 240Z, Nissan's special edition 370Z is scheduled to go on sale in the U.S. towards the end of the month with pricing set at $38,860 not including destination fees. The 370Z 40th Anniversary Edition will be offered in the States only as a coupe with production limited to 1,000 units.

The commemorative edition is based on the 370Z Touring model equipped with Sport Package and 6-speed manual transmission adding several unique features such as "40th Graphite" exterior finish and special red leather-appointed interior.

Other exclusive features for the 40th Anniversary Edition include a high-luster smoke wheel finish, red brake calipers and 40th Anniversary badges on the rear hatch and front shock tower brace.

In the interior, aside from the red leather seats, there are red door panel inserts, 40th Anniversary debossed seatback and floormat embroidery, red stitching on the shift boot and kneepads, center stack and steering wheel plus an interior 40th commemorative plaque of authenticity.

Finally, every 40th Anniversary Edition Z will come with a commemorative satin car cover.

Nissan 370Z Coupe Black Edition: 40th Anniversary Special for Europe

Having already presented commemorative editions for the Z's 40th birthday both in Japan and the USA, Nissan has now announced a special celebratory version of the 370Z for the European market that will be available from April as a coupe only, and in a limited run of just 370 units.

As its name implies, the Euro-spec 370Z Black Edition comes in two metallic shades black and quartz with both paints using Nissan's Scratch Shield technology that promises to 'heal' the finish in the case of stone chip damage.

The exterior of the 370Z Black can be identified by the dark grey 19-inch forged RAYS wheels that encompass the red brake calipers and the special emblem on the rear hatch.

Inside the special Z gets a red leather and suede appointed interior with embossed 40th Anniversary logo seats, smooth leather wrapped steering wheel with red stitching that's also found on the centre cluster, centre console and knee pads plus the firm's touch-screen satellite navigation and audio system with USB connectivity.

Other than that, the Black Edition features the same 3.7-litre V6 developing 328PS as the standard model offering the 370Z a limited top speed of 250km/h or 155mph and a 0-100km/h (62 mph) time of 5.3 seconds or 5.6 seconds for the 7-speed automatic version.

In the UK, prices for the 370Z Black Edition start from £33,645 for the 6-speed manual and £35,045 for the automatic transmission model.

NISSAN 370Z BLACK EDITION