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Originally Posted by NYBladeZ
The next gen Z will not get 530hp and a GTR price tag, Nissan won't take away from the GTR market. Moreover, how many of us would have gotten the Z if we had to pay GTR prices? The Z is a mid-entry sports car meant for the $30000-$42000 price range. Anything more luxurious is reserved for Infiniti. It makes me sad to think that the Z will be offered with a multiple engines. The G does this and that is why you see them everywhere, the Z is a niche car, if Nissan blows that up the Z will lose its allure and you'll have your "v6 mustang" Z's running around with 200hp. What Nissan should do is continue to improve the Z, more displacement more power and refine what they can from the 370z (LIKE THE M6 CLUNKYNESS). With times being what they are my hopes may be a pipe dream as maximizing the dollars > niche market sports cars.
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Now that we know Datsun name is coming as a kia type brand. I expect the nissan name to go upmarket. I expect the juke, sentra, versa and possibly the altima go datsun along with a couple new datsun models. And nissan to start off woth the maxima, Z and the trucks along with some new models. The price range for the nissan I can see starting @ $30k and going up to 110k. I can see infiniti bringing the supercharged 2.5 motor into the G25 producing current power levels on lower displacement and adopting current G37 pricing. I see the G going upmarket and directly competeing at the same level as BMW. 5 series... the M into the 7 series segment. THE INTRODUCTION of the datsun name is going to change nissan as we know it. The new altima is offering so much technology for such a low price that I think nissan is finally going to be setting new standards again by 2015. I don't think the other companies are ready for what nissan is going to bring. Companies like hyundai, kia, honda and toyota will be stuck playing catch-up all over again.