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Originally Posted by danegrey
here is the reality. this is from autoweek....
But we really can't complain. In the current market it's a miracle that any carmaker is still selling sports cars. So far this year Nissan has sold only 996 Zs in the U.S. Compare that to almost 150,000 Rogue compact crossovers in the same time period. Nissan blames at least some of the slow sales on remnants of the chip supply problem. But larger than that is the market's obsession with crossover utility vehicles like the Rogue.
The closest competitor, the BMW-based Toyota Supra, brought in almost 5000 sales last year and is on track to move over 3000 this year.
https://www.autoweek.com/news/a44693...at-everything/
Also it quoted the following:
Nissan execs said that owners they spoke with wanted faster laps times with a Z NISMO, and the fastest lap time came from the automatic.
so who are they talking too? truthful for tracking an auto is easier and faster, not as much fun, but it is. |
This article is flawed IMO. Yes, there is still the global supply chain issues, namely the chip production, but the other side of this coin is the elevated interest rates. Unless someone is buying the new Z in cash, it is more difficult now to get qualified for loans.
Also, I'm curious to see how many Z's have been in production so far and how many of them were sent to the US market. Keep in mind, the bmw supra made a come back after a 20-year haitus, so the anticipation was there, whereas the Z line has been back in production for 20 years.
And I agree, it would be impossible for any human to keep up and shift gears as fast as a computer.