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Originally Posted by 1/4atatime
I agree where are our specs? Nothing at the original press conference at all and still nothing now. I know they are pretty much known but I want to hear it from the horses mouth. IDK the fact that they aren't excited enough to at least act like they want to give us details and HP numbers or 0 to 60 times or even price worries me a little that they don't have a lot of confidence that the new Z will stack up against it's competitors. That or they are going to have to push it's release back further than they thought they would which won't help either considering the Supra is already looking to roll out a faster more powerful model.
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Couple things here -
The guys that built this know it can compete just fine... IF... the beancounters let them proceed as they ideally would like to. There are likely going to be a few compromises to the final configuration of the car that affect all of the final numbers. The car is still technically in development... why should they tip their hand until it's fully ready to go? Parts of this are still a chess game to ensure their competition doesn't respond before they're ready for them to. You can already bet Toyota is trying to figure out what potential Z conquest sales are out there if they crank out a manual Supra.
However, the statement made with this whole play they've made so far is there WILL NOT be a compromise of any kind on the manual transmission offering and the powerplant being a twin turbo V6. They've already committed to that and can't back off on that now or it would be a
PR nightmare that Nissan can't afford.
The continuous release of videos about the design of the car are to keep it fresh in people's minds while they undoubtedly adjust to pandemic-related challenges impacting product development. Nissan is supposed to launch two new products in the Infiniti QX55 and Nissan Ariya with pending launches of a revised Armada, a brand new Pathfinder/QX60, and a brand new Frontier... all after delayed/hampered launches of the revised Titan and the extremely important Rogue redesign (the company's top selling model). Every single one of the aforementioned have been delayed due to COVID.
It's not an issue of confidence in the product. It's a cash-crunched company doing its best to survive a pandemic. I was more than surprised to even see a Z Prototype, and even moreso one that's basically production ready like we got in September.
I think we can afford to be patient a bit longer here. Some of us have been waiting on the next Z for 10 years already. A few more weeks won't hurt.