More info on the next 370Z

watson853

2016 would be pretty perfect so that the 50th anniversary edition won't be plagued by first model year issues like the 40th!

kenchan

plagued? kinda strong and offensive choice of words for someone driving an AT car...

watson853

Sry ur so sensitive Kenchan. Also I chose the auto for specific reasons mainly because my knees are a mess from my time in the army.

kenchan

you no fun.

Limeybastard

Becareful, he is a very sensitive kinda of fella deep inside. Dont want to end up like me on his ignore list. My days here have been a shadow of what they used to be from that time onwards that I was ignored by him.

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kenchan

yah, watson didnt take the bait.

UNKNOWN_370

No one will pay for A $60k Z. Going upmarket due to the state of the yen is what killed the Z32. Not so much SUV'S People expect a Z to be less than a vette with near performance. At $38k the Z32 was selling. At $50k it did nothing. Same will happen if we go upmarket

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b15

Again, if it has the right specs to back up going upmarket, people will buy it, including myself. There's a huge difference between pricing it up because of the yen (as with the later years of the z32) and pricing it there because thats the price it can command based on what it offers. Why are people so fixated on a cheap price yet complain about not having enough performance/options. If the current z34 went for $60k you're right no one would buy it. But this, hopefully, will be a different formula than the Z34

The z32 was also long in tooth when it was discontinued, coupled with Nissans financial troubles, increasing emissions standards and the rising yen. When a company is near bankruptcy, they have to cut fast. The Z had always been a niche car and will never sell in the masses like the vette which unfortunately adversely affects the pricing. I don't get it, people will rave about a vette, who until recently was a cheaply built car for $60k that only offered raw power. Yet the idea of a Nissan Z that could rival it in the $50k range is so absurd? Seems like majority here want vette power, Porsche refinement at a BRZ price.

NeoRacer

Going upmarket will put it out of the hands of middle class owners, 60-70k is more than some people make in a year. Even 35k is a stretch but doable with creative financing.

watson853

All we can go off is what Nissan has let leak out.
The base sounds like it will be around 50k and probably won't be worth it cause the turbo four hybrid drivetrain will most likely have similar power levels to our Z34's with more torque from the hybrid system. Now the v6 turbo hybrid for 60k should be more than capable of 400+ Hp/Tq that may very well be worth it's higher price.

If you want a cheap powerful Rwd import start praying that Hyundai puts there 5.0 V8 in the genesis coupe.

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njobe89

if that's true, i think that it will come to bite them in the ***... thought to self, i need to find a sugar momma by 2016 lol

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Firebase99

For what it's worth, my Genesis forum has talk of the V8 in the 2016/17 coupe. Market research done by Car and Driver have Hyundai a 20% chance to have a "0 to 60 mph under 4 second coupe in the market for $40k"

b15

Off topic, but do you think Hyundai will spin off 'Genesis' as it's luxury marque?

Firebase99

Yes, all sources point to that. Much like the rumors with the Z going "upmarket". They discontinued the 2.0 version as of '14 and just focusing on the current 3.8/3.3 turbo/V8 for the "high end luxury" coupe.