New Motortrend review of 2012 370Z

Z_ealot

Have to say, this is one of the few reviews that i can absolutely agree with from motortrend on the 370Z, sorry if this is a repost, but video was posted by motortrend on the 27th of this month.

2012 Nissan 370Z: The Rough and Tumble Sports Car! - Ignition Episode 30 - YouTube

Z_ealot

i take it from the lack of responses everyone has seen this video already? lol

ayrton88

Pretty much spot on. Sums up my impression of the car. I like the fact that the Z requires some effort to drive, like the old sports cars of my youth. That's why I bought one.

enkei2k

Why is Motor Trend reviewing so many 370Z's lately? And even still, why aren't they reviewing the 2013 model?

I want to know more about the Euro Tuned suspension!! And how it compares to the 2012 model. So if they're going to test the Z twice in the same week, at least should have made it the 2013 model.

red6spd

Two and a half years 21,000 miles and not one of those problems he mentioned.

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red6spd

I dont think its a second review. Its just the video to the original review. And I would like to point out again a 0-60 time on Par with 400+ HP muscle cars.

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Z_ealot

yeah none here either and i've got 25,000 on mine, but then again he does say that the car he is driving is a press car so it has basically had the crap beat out of it lol

red6spd

True. The problem is people do not understand that I jump to conclusions, kind of like that Nismo CarAndDriver put into the wall at VIR a few years ago.

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Z_ealot

eh no problem man, heck even i know my VLSD will eventually go out but i plan to replace it with a real LSD long before then anyway...still kinda disappointing that nissan would choose to cheap out on not putting a real LSD in there to begin with though or at least give us the option of putting one of their Nismo GT clutch type LSD on the car. i know i was just browsing through their build your own Z tool and noticed they now give you the option of choosing Nismo parts including the catback exhaust system.

red6spd

Yea the LSD should have been better but I guess that's how they keep cost down. Performance of a 55-60k Cayman/Boxster for 30-40k.

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Zoren 370

Hi Im Forest...whats a LSD can do to your car? Would it help me stop RUNNIN???

Z_ealot

nah, only a box of chocolates can do that

UNKNOWN_370

Best Review In Years...

Some people may not like how the Z gets the job done. But when it's done, in most cases it will be the victor. The Z in the hands of a skilled driver is one of those cars, that a skeptic in the passengers seat will be shockingly surprised after a thrillrush ride.

If you are set on driving one type of car ONLY,ie muscle or lightweight sports car like miatas. The Z will feel like it doesn't have an identity. But if your driving skill can adapt to anything? The Z's Bi-polar capability will be intoxicatingly addicting. The current Z is a car for those that get it... in other words a seriously niché car.

Z_ealot

exactly the reason i liked this review compared to the other ones motortrend has put up. the other review that was written on the 29th just seemed like the guy was basically copying what everyone else has said before about the 370 and when he started picking apart the interior quality that just turned me off of his article completely cause at that point i knew he had nothing more to say that hasnt already been said before and he needed something else to critique so he chose the interior. this carlos lagos guy however seems to "get" more of what the Z's true intentions are and he doesnt really sit there and go on and on comparing it to other cars, but takes the car for what it is....a no holds barred no frills true classic feeling sports car and to me at least that's what a sports car should be, none of this "oh it doesnt have blu tooth so it must not be good" BS that alot of other reviewers seem to be spitting out lately. not saying that all that isnt good for some people, but to me when you are driving fast around a track or going down a canyon or mountain road, the less distracting crap the better.

Mt Tam I am

Taking it for what it is.

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