IDx combined with the Z as the future of the Z?

Magic Bus

Posting some car sales stats for US & Canada only. 2014 model year is through September only.

Nissan Z: Year 2012-7,827, Year 2013-7,013, Year 2014-6,281
Nissan Juke: Year 2012-40,096, Year 2013-42,234, Year 2014-35,221

Scion FRS: Year 2012-12,617, Year 2013-20,179, Year 2014-12,516 FRS First sold in June of 2012
Scion TC: Year 2012-24,174, Year 2013-20,579, Year 2014-15,432

Corvette: Year 2012-14,382, Year 2013-17,615, Year 2014-26,979
Cayman: Year 2012-554, Year 2013-3,623, Year 2014-2,784 2012 was model change year

Looking at these numbers, Nissan has to choose a segment they wish to participate in. The IDX would fall more into the category of the Juke, FRS & TC, where the amount of cars sold were fairly high. And it appears that when the FRS came out, it did not really cut too badly into the TC sales. Nissan could make the IDX one step up the ladder from the Juke and cut into the competitors share without affecting Juke sales. Might be the safer option for Nissan.

The Camaro is selling 80,000+ a year and Mustang 72,000+ a year. I didn't put it in the chart, as Good Car Bad Car (where I got info) does not breakdown the different types of Camaro's or Mustangs. I'm guessing that about 80%+ of Camaros and Mustangs must be the 6 cylinder versions. The typical car buyer in this segment wants a 2 door, sporty appearance, reasonably priced car that seats four and has a trunk. They are not true sports car lover like many on this forum, so looking at a car spec sheet that shows 306 or 332 horsepower is good enough for them. So the 2 seat Z has a hard time competing in this market.

Because Cayman's sell so few, that only leaves the Corvette for the Z to steal sales from. So the question is, does Nissan want to come out with another platform to come close to the C7 or just keep putting more money/resources into the GTR and make sure it stays at the top of the sports car world?