Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370

2+2 cars will always outsell 2 seaters.... And you gotta think. The Z is truly the poor man's "dedicated" sports car. Most people that shop in the Z price range are looking for practical or versatile performance. Most people whohave the income to buy a Proper Z with SP or Nismo. May not be able to buy tires, pads, and other types of real sports car maintenance.

A car like the vette starts at a price where you have another tier of buyer. One that drives a nice car but is practical enough to want the most performance for the best money. If a higher tier purchaser is looking at the Z and the vette. He'll choose the vette.

The Z represents a balance of car with a tiny market. The 350z was also $25,000 to start vs the 370 being 30,000. At 30,000 in a 350 you had a well appointed car for the coin.

The 2009 370z was now a $40,000 car well appointed. So the way packages were done, you were jumping into an extra $7,000 of car compared to a comparable Z 3 years earlier. That's over $100 a month payment. And as stated. It happened during a recessio.

I think the Z power is fine for what you get. I would love to see the more powerful turbo but power would be on the bottom of my complaints.
But America is mostly about horsepower wars so the Z once again narrows the customer base by being ultra niche.

The populous for our cars in this income bracket is dismal. But that's EXACTLY what makes the Z so special. Most problems are small in the solution but huge in the ideology of being a competitive sports car. And it's because Nissan ignores the small things. Irs why the Z still suffers in sales right now.