As a former owner of a 370Z I want this car to be better. It looks the part, but it’s performance at that price just doesn’t make sense to me. For this price I can get a used C7 Z06 (with not so desirable milage) which will be a lot more fun and based on my ownership of the 370Z, more reliable too.
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I actually like the styling on this one. I am not much of a Nissan fan, but this one has enough of the old design to be easily recognizable while still having new design features. It also doesn’t look overly boxy or overly bulbous, just like the initial 350z design.
There are really only two things that bother me about it. The lack of numbers in the name, just calling it the “Nissan Z”, and the price.
I don’t like the recent trend of dropping numbers from names. 350 and 370 were already good because it indicated the engine size. 350 had a 3.5L engine and the 370 had a 3.7L engine. This change is almost certainly because the engine has probably been downsized, but in that case they could switch to horsepower instead. The Nissan 400Z is an easy to identify name. And the Nismo could be the 420Z Nismo, or the 419Z or the 421Z, etc if marketing didnt like the number.
$66k US is very high for this kind of vehicle, which I would classify similarly to a Ford Mustang (the normal one) or Genesis Coupe (not sold anymore). I would expect the Nissan Z (non-Nismo) to be priced around $30k - $32k, which is similar to the normal Mustang. But actually the Nissan Z Sport starts at $42k, that’s still too high.
If I had any other complaint, the car looks a bit wide for my tastes. Now, I am also not the target market for this vehicle, so that doesn’t really matter.
Other than the wide comment I agree with everything here. And to charge that price for a car that shares so much with a 370Z is just nuts to me.
And the worst part which they don’t mention here is the went to electronic steering, the steering on the 370Z was still hydraulic and it felt fantastic.
Auto only makes it a no go for me. I stopped watching when they said that.
For this price I can get a used C7 Z06 (with not so desirable milage)
That argument can extend to any new car to be honest. I’d only buy a new car if it’s something spectacular, otherwise it’s simply not worth it
Agreed! Plus with all the data they collect. Until comprehensive privacy restrictions occur I won’t touch one. I’ve seen articles about Ford and GM getting busted for selling telemetry data to brokers who sold it to insurance companies and then people’s insurance went up.
Technically, the C8 Corvettes starting price is only 3k more than the Nismo starting price (65,750 vs 68,300). Demand will alter that but, still a crazy comparison.
I hadn’t thought of that. No way I’d take any Z over a C8 Vette. I wonder who their customer is for the Z?
Nobody that’s who lol. A mustang dark horse starts at $63,280, so either spend a lil more and get an “almost” supercar or spend a lil less and get a N/A V8 manual 500hp rwd car. Both options are way better than the Nismo, I have no idea who would possibly want it.
Which is sad, because I loved my 370 and I want so much for this car. But the 370Z Nismo was also too expensive…
