Motor Trend: Arthur St. Antoine's 2nd take on the Z34

JoeD · 09-06-2009, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by cstr_Cali

Go for the Z. You get to keep your manhood and get great fuel economy at the same time. The Camaro? Not so much; you're stuck with either the sure-to-be gas hog SS or the girly/girly-mans V6 (even if it has 300hp it looks chick and it weighs a ton). The 370Z is the quintessential 21st century affordable but ultra sexy high performance sports-car.

The SS gets about 25 MPG on the highway...certainly not bad and just shy of the Z by a tick.

I'm indifferent on the Camaro...it's a neat car, but that's about it. Performance-wise, it has the 370Z beat hands down in straight-line acceleration or on a road-course. However, it's not a sports-car, which the Z is in the purest sense. It's a 3900 lb. cruiser with a great engine and not much else in terms of dynamics.

spearfish25 · 09-06-2009, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeD

The SS gets about 25 MPG on the highway...certainly not bad and just shy of the Z by a tick.

I'm indifferent on the Camaro...it's a neat car, but that's about it. Performance-wise, it has the 370Z beat hands down in straight-line acceleration or on a road-course. However, it's not a sports-car, which the Z is in the purest sense. It's a 3900 lb. cruiser with a great engine and not much else in terms of dynamics.

The camaro will barely take the Z in a straight line. It certainly wouldn't beat the Z in any road course/track situation.

JoeD · 09-07-2009, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by 370Z_Fan

Actually the SS gets 24 MPG on the highway as per EPA ratings. That's not "just shy of the Z by a tick."

Wow, please excuse me...I missed the rating by a whole 1 MPG.

In fact, after a quick check, it appears as the SS equipped with the auto gets an EPA-estimated 25 MPG highway. Compared to the 370Z's 26, I'd say it's close enough not to warrant a comment.

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Originally Posted by spearfish25

The camaro will barely take the Z in a straight line. It certainly wouldn't beat the Z in any road course/track situation.

High-12s @ 110+ MPH is barely faster than a Z? SSs have at least 4 MPH advantage over the Z and are 4.5-seconds quicker from 0-140 MPH. That's significant. Also, as per a recent Motor Trend test on Laguna Seca, the SS circled the track a whole 0.8-seconds quicker than the Nismo 370Z with a professional driver behind the wheel. Mind you, Laguna is not even considered a high-speed track, so the Camaro's straight-line advantage hardly comes into play.

Hate to magazine-race, but please don't be in denial.

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