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Originally Posted by Magic Bus
While the thought of 2 different engines for the Z sounds interesting, I highly doubt this would ever occur. Reasons being, 2 seat sport cars is a niche, not a high volume product. And add to the fact that Nissan is currently selling less than 700 Z's a month, this would be too risky and just not make any business sense. However if Nissan was selling over 10,000 a month there's a possibility of this.
I like Unknown's idea of what a Z shoud be. TT, 420 hp, lighter with great feedback to the driver. The best selling 2 door sportscar out there is the Corvette and if Nissan wants to be competitive in this market, they have to come out with a car that's very close to the C7 in performance. Then tuners can do just a little bit of magic to the TT to make it outrun a standard C7. This should establish street cred for the Z which Nissan is seeking.
Yes the price will go up for this new Z. However, I believe if Nissan can build this car with the base model starting at $37k and the Nismo topping out at $49k, they'll get their fare share of sales in this niche market. I know I'd buy one and scratch all the others off my list for a future car.
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I agree I think if they put a little more of a package together and the prices went up they would sell a lot more.
I could see sales going up even if base price was 38k. If the car offered a v6tt lightweight and looked great.
Look at all the guys who drop 10k out of pocket to TT there 370z or 350z. I would rather keep the money in my savings and finance a car that already has this on it.
If they did do two engines. Then have a 330hp NA v6 and a 420hp v6tt like the 90s with the supras and 300zx offering both.
For people who can't afford the 40k us turbo z they could get the base v6 for 32k. Seems simple to me.
Nissan need to stop dipping their toes in the water with the Z and just dive in... look at the new Toyota Supra aka ft1 to be released. Most likely will be a 6 cylinder turbo with a carbon chassis supplied by bmw with looks to kill.
If the toyota supra aka ft1 is priced in the 50k mark and nissan expects to sell Nismo models close to 50k with a not so great engine choice then they will lose for sure.