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Originally Posted by Chuck33079
I'll pass on the DCT, but the transaxle would be great. The problem is the cost of something like that. People are already complaining that the Z isn't a great value at $35-45k. Adding something like that would cost quite a bit of money, especially when you have so few sales to amortize the costs over. And then it would be too close to the GTR, Nissan's halo car. They won't let that happen. It's the same reason the Cayman will never get as good of an engine as a 911. Car manufacturers don't want to cannibalize halo car sales.
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If they would give us a better MT, I would be ok without the DCT, but I am just so jaded against their ability to do that.
However, considering the Z uses a shared platform, if the other vehicles sell decently, I could see switch to a transaxle as not moving the needle too terribly much on pricing. Could be entirely wrong though. Especially if the other cars are not selling well and if switching to transaxle will mess up too much with those other vehicles.
Still....dare to dream.
