Next gen turbo Z? Possible

need4speed

I can see the GT-R going extinct in a few years as a limited-run classic. The 370z ending (in like 5 to 7yrs) and the new generation car being a 400zx. Maybe it will be a small block V8. N/A on base model running 400hp n 340 lbs toque with an optional 4.0L ttdi pushin 550hp n 490lbs tq.
A 2 seater and 2+2 model on the nissan name. I see the G37 taking on its own identity seperate from the later ZX models. I see these ZX models starting at $45k goin up to $70k.
Sounds kinda like history will repeat itself in my prediction huh. Lol
Expect the Z to go upmarket again and a new silvia type car to be the 30 to 40k car.

edeeZee

I doubt the Z-car will go upmarket, because that along with the overvalued yen is what killed the Z32. I think Nissan and all the other Japanese car manufacturers learned their lessons from the mid 90's.

You know why the 300ZX had an "X" right? It implied "luxury." This deviated from the original concept of 'affordable sports car' that Datsun intended for Z-car enthusiasts.

need4speed

Oh kool. That I didn't kno and always wondered y the X was added. I figured it was when they started putting back seats but what u say makes sense cuz there were 2 seater ZX's. But I knew my concocted theory was flawed n kept it to myself till now.

BUt. I would luv to believe that car companies and all companies learn lessons.
In a beautiful world that would be true. But greed is a mutha.
The Z started in 2003 at $25,630 in '03 dest. Inc.. In 6 years it went up to 30.6k
And now we can expect this Z34 around for a similar amount of years.
The numbers follow a trend I previously stated in another thread. The 1st 2 years of a new model. The car stays tight in price. The last 4 years it goes up 1,000 a year. So in 6 years at minimum
This Z on its last model year will be around $36k to start.
Then comes the Z35. Inflation goes up like the space shuttle. Salaries and minimum wages stagger along the most pathetic of lines of poverty. Lol They way the economy is people won't be able to afford this car at base. They are trying to make the easily attainable car pricepoint 30 to 45k while most of america are still only able to afford around 20 to 35k.
The Z is going upmarket as we speak. Lol
I just don't think they will put the exaggerated prices of the 90's but probably by then will be more than what its worth, which is still similar to the 90's and BMW, there other benchmark competitor aside from porsche.
Hyundai is working on a 2 seat coupe version of the genesis coupe.
Maybe hyundai will keep nissan in check on prices though?
Only time will tell.

edeeZee

Inflation is typically 3% per year in the U.S. 300ZX Twin Turbo's costed $45,000+ back in '95 when they stopped sales in the U.S.

1.03^14=1.51 or 1.5x as expensive now. That $45K Z32 TT in today's money =$68,000 car. The Z32 TT in '95 was about a $70,000 car in 2009 money. When it was first introduced in August of '89, it was about $35,000; here's the math 1.03^20=1.8-->1.8x as expensive then, thus $35,000 x 1.8 = $63,000 car in 2009 money.

In the mid 90's the Japanese yen was "overvalued" to the U.S. dollar, thus all the twin turbo Japanese sports cars were hitting over $40K to even $50,000. The MK IV Supra TT was $52,000. Keep in mind, these are "1990's dollar figures."

I know all these things...because as a high school student then, I used to gawk at these cars @ the dealerships.