Do you really need a magazine to write an article about the Z toreenforce your decision of buying the Z in the first place? Now that I'm an owner the
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02-03-2011, 09:22 PM | #46 (permalink) |
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Do you really need a magazine to write an article about the Z toreenforce your decision of buying the Z in the first place?
Now that I'm an owner the only articles I need to read about the Z is ones about tuning it.
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02-03-2011, 11:18 PM | #49 (permalink) |
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Notwithstanding a permanent loss of data, you just did.
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02-04-2011, 08:52 PM | #50 (permalink) | |
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But I have to somewhat disagree with the Boxter, Caymen, Z4 - category. Z-Roadster does fit in the same category with Boxster and Z4 but at a disadvantage because of price over performance, and architecture. Z is designed first and foremost as a coupe hatchback. Caymen is almost ~2X the price of a Z. And frankly, as much as I love the Z, its no Porsche Cayman. So I think its a stretch to put both in the same category. I still feel like the mags have exiled the Z. If they loved it, it would be featured in 3-4 major articles a year.
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02-05-2011, 10:11 AM | #52 (permalink) |
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02-05-2011, 10:16 AM | #53 (permalink) |
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I didn't mean for the post to be a complaint. I'm just surprised the Z doesn't come up as a comparison as often as I'd expect. When the magazines compare new models to older cars, some seem very obvious comparisons to the Z, yet the Z goes unmentioned. Not a big deal...just an observation.
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02-05-2011, 11:34 AM | #55 (permalink) |
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The Z is ranked 3rd. Here you go.
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02-05-2011, 11:46 AM | #56 (permalink) |
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I had to read that word three times before I understood it. Now I'm going to use it all the time
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LOL. Not sure how they're doing their math. Half the categories are incomplete with N/A. Miata outperforms all other cars in the class? Miata 8.9 Genesis. 8.0 370Z 8.5 RX8 8.3 Eclipse 7.2 How they computed the overall score for the Genesis is beyond me - how does the overall score exceed the value of the score in any one category: Overall: 8.5 Performance: 8.0 Exterior: NA Interior: 7.2 Safety: NA Reliability: NA Qualitative scoring ? Highly subjective - -I'm guessing the reviewer owns a miata.
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02-05-2011, 01:34 PM | #58 (permalink) |
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The Miata got extra points due to it's door construction.
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02-05-2011, 03:07 PM | #59 (permalink) |
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Hilarious that Exterior is NA for the Genesis. I guess looking at the car from outside the vehicle was off limits that day.
Z interior 6.9. That's pretty harsh compared to the competitor scores.
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The only reason the Z competes with the Mustang/Genesis/Camaro/etc. is price only. I've owned both and I'm telling you they are completely different cars. Not even close to being in the same class. There's a reason I haven't written any extensive 370Z vs. 5.0 comparo on this site or any of the Mustang ones... they are just too different.
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