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Originally Posted by njobe89
well from what the guy told me, it won't be lighter. it's going to stay at around 3,300 as what it is now (for the base).
when the price starts getting high it starts to get into other car territories. you can find used gtr's for 50k now. you can get a nice used z06 for 45-50k... i know these are used cars and not new, but when you get into that price range, the amount of "faster" cars you can get begin to go up.
i honestly don't think there are that many true z enthusiasts that can support the car if it went to mid 40s to 50k.
nissans goal is to sell as many units as they can.
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You're speaking in hypothetics. Your friend who is giving you info doesn't know what he's talking about because the only people who know the weight of the next Z are in the actual production lab. There's Been "NO INFO WHATSOEVER" and the most viable info we have is that the next Z will be a suped up Juke 3 door. The 5 door Juke is 2800lbs Soooooo? Even with the most ridiculous rumor in automotive history. The Z would probably be down 550lbs in weight. No one knows anything. So don't trust what you hear. It's as much speculation as this whole thread.
As far as no enthusiasts willing to pay? The only reason why people complain about the Z's power, in reality. It's cuz, our engines cost over $15,000 to properly add forced induction with a proper suspension tune to hold the power. If you own an auto. $23,000.
The Z still out handles all of the competition. The Z, if it remains at the same exact price? All they have to do is compete with the v6 Camaro, ecoboost Mustang and the challenger R/T.
The Z is soon to be no longer the fastest v6 on the market. Because we were stagnant and other vehicles progressed. They caught up to us.
We WILL NOT be able to compete with V8's without adding a premium to the price.
Mercedes gave infiniti, the turbo 4 for the Q50 and it will be an identical 208hp as in the C300.
Nissan may adopt the C400 engine which is a turbo 3.0 cranking 328hp. Maybe the Z will continue to only push 332hp. But if it has a turbo engine? Expect a $3,000 premium on that alone. If the in-house tune it and it's 400hp off the rip to compete with v8's? Expect it to cost in the range of v'8's just like the 09 z34. The Mustang was 30,000 back then. So was the Z. So look at a Mustang GT base price. And I give you the price of a 380-400hp Z.
People will pay cuz the Z driving experience is incomparable to other cars in the range. Muscle are all inherently similar. Just each model is better at one particular thing over the other..