Nissan 370Z Forum - View Single Post - [OFFICIAL] Discussion for the next new Nissan 400Z Z35?

Chuck33079 · 03-01-2016, 03:05 PM

Ricer, the only issue with the cars you compare it against is that they all sell 10x times what a Z does. They sell hundreds of thousands of Miata, mustangs and camaros. The frs uses the same off the shelf Aisin tranny that toyotas used in other cars. The German cars have a higher margin on them, so you can absorb the costs easier. It's easy to amortize a bunch of different options when you sell like that. When you move 5k units a year, we're lucky they didn't completely kill it again.

Not to mention, Porsche has been moving away from manuals for a while now, Benz doesn't have one and bmw has only a very few models available. Only the Vette in your list is really easily available with a stick. It's sad, but that's the way the world seems to be going.

03-01-2016, 03:05 PM	#1615 (permalink)
Chuck33079 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Houston Posts: 12,265 Drives: 2011 370ztt Rep Power: 29539	$60K for next new Z35? Ricer, the only issue with the cars you compare it against is that they all sell 10x times what a Z does. They sell hundreds of thousands of Miata, mustangs and camaros. The frs uses the same off the shelf Aisin tranny that toyotas used in other cars. The German cars have a higher margin on them, so you can absorb the costs easier. It's easy to amortize a bunch of different options when you sell like that. When you move 5k units a year, we're lucky they didn't completely kill it again. Not to mention, Porsche has been moving away from manuals for a while now, Benz doesn't have one and bmw has only a very few models available. Only the Vette in your list is really easily available with a stick. It's sad, but that's the way the world seems to be going. __________________ 2011 MB Touring-Sport-6sp-Nav/GTM TT/FI TT TDX/JTran/Kosmic/Eibach/Hotchkis/SPC/CSF/RPS/SoThatsWhereAllMyMoneyWent Last edited by Chuck33079; 03-01-2016 at 03:10 PM.