Nissan motorsports offers nissan 370z nismo rc race car
 

Saw this this morning!

Iconic GT car is lighter, faster and ready for the track

If you’ve ever wanted to extend your love of the iconic Nissan Z-car from the street to the track, now is a good time to take action. Nissan Motorsports is now offering Nissan 370Z race cars for customer orders.

Source: Nissan and Infiniti - NISSAN MOTORSPORTS OFFERS NISSAN 370Z NISMO RC RACE CAR

Source: Nissan rolls out competition-spec 370Z NISMO

Pricing is ridiculous IMHO. I'd rather have a GTR.

Do they offer a GTR spec race car?

This is not a road car, folks, it's a professional race car. It's not just a Nismo 370Z with some CF overlays and stuff taken out. It's gonna cost money.

But how is it race car without 9 million horsepower?




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$150k!!!!!????

You could build that exact car for probably $15-20k over the price of buying a regular Nismo. And most of that goes toward the FIA spec cage/safety equipment.

That's obvious. I merely stated that I'd rather have a car that is almost half the cost and could probably still beat this "race car".

Going from a $45k Nismo and removing all the interior and adding a better clutch/flywheel, a roll cage, and a differential/oil cooler is not worth an additional $120k over a regular Nismo.

Yea, and it doesn't even come with NAV and Climate Control!!!!

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Keep comparing this Race Car to a Street Mod...... :shakes head:

i neeeeeeeeeeed thissss

This is a spec racer. It's not meant to destroy all supercar in a single bound. It's meant to meet a performance specification and compete.

Don't like the price? Don't buy one. Everyone just assumes they're the target demographic for this vehicle.

It is a street mod. A "race car" would be a tube frame chassis. There's nothing that I can see done to this car that you couldn't do with a 370Z that you get off the showroom floor at your local dealership...for A LOT less money.

It would be WAY cheaper to buy a regular 370Z, remove the NAV, climate control, etc. and build it exactly to these specs. That's what Nissan did with this car. Nothing special.

This is for the rich guy that decides on Monday that he wants to go race in World Challenge on Friday. There's nothing wrong with that, but all I am saying is you could build the same thing for FAR less.

Don't get bent out of shape. We know it's a race car and not meant for everyone. Anyone that wanted a race car could simply buy a Nismo and build it for much cheaper. I don't care which way you try to spin it. It simply isn't worth that kind of money and I know "worth" is a matter of opinion.

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The target demographic ^^^

And I agree, Mike, you and a couple of folks could probably do this cheaper, but some of that cost is rolled into the immediate convenience. No waiting for mods. Buy, race.

Exactly.

It's not worth it to you, then fine. You want a race car and can build it cheaper, go ahead.

You want a spec racer straight from Nismo, this is the one, cough up the dough.

If your time and your friend's time is worth nothing, and you have convenient access to a shop, and can get in tuning time for free at the local track, sure.

Then I have question, do those BMW, CHEVY, FORD, CITROEN race in BTCC, WTCC and WRC worth their cost?

The BMW ONLY put a 320 in BTCC, can you mod a consumer 320i to that spec and beat those factory spec 320? I am pretty sure a street mod 320 will cost much less than buying a BTCC 320.

I am pretty sure you can put same or similar or even better adds-on to a consumer car, however, there are some reasond race teams will spend much more to buy a factory race car.


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This one has enhanced VDC valued at well over $100k alone. :stirthepot:

I'm pretty sure you can just buy a 335i, wave a magic wand, drive up to a BTCC race, lap the field 5-6 times, and take home the trophies and paddock girls.

nope, BTCC limit the engine at 2000cc and 4-cylinders

I was being facetious :tup:

this time you got me, lol

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Ah, guess that rule means you can't take the paddock girls then?

I don't know why anyone would consider this car for $150k? It only has 335 hp and I bet it is not even street legal. I can get a Porsche 911 Turbo for this price and it'd be a much better DD and you wouldn't have to worry about cops pulling you over for having an illegal car. And it'd be faster.



































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True, and the mirror doesn't even come with Homelink system, that means I can drive this home!!!

lol

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Can I take the car instead??

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The brake ducts are worth the cost. That's gotta be at least a million dollars in R & D.

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I like what they did to this, but seriously cost isn't justified on this one. I agree with earlier post of I would rather get a GTR or Porsche. Faster, and more dd friendly.

Anyone know what kind of brakes they put on it?

It's a race car.

Yeah, NOTHING on this car is intended for the street! :rofl2:

Because racecar.

because race car

car race because

racecar as a racecar.

must be because race car

racecar | racecar

It's a mirror. Why? Because racecar :|

Actually what about a gt3 rs? It's already 99% race car. yet street legal, and it can easily outperform the nismo rc on a track.

i beat you to posting the official press release lol
http://www.the370z.com/nissan-370z-p...-race-car.html

A BMW 320 BTCC will cost quite a bit more then 150K... It also has more then 300hp from its little 2.0 4 cylinder. A lot more development went into that car then into this Nismo RC. Check out EVO magazine from August. They track tested a BTCC Honda Civic. It lapped their test track faster then a Ferrari 458, try that with the Nismo RC...

There is a difference between factory prepared spec race cars and factory prepped weekend warriors. I think this Nismo RC belongs to the latter category