2009 Nissan 370z vs 1996 Toyota Supra

Jeffblue

vettes have gotten more expensive, japanese sports cars have gotten less expensive.... what does that say about where each company is putting their engineering money

ImportConvert

Extrapolated for inflation, a 1984 C4 vette costs $44K. The new 'vette costs $48K, and...

It is nearly 500% more rigid.
It has over 170% more power.
It still gets gets within 2mpg of it on the highway and identical mileage in the city.
It has a 5/100 powertrain warranty.



I would say the money is being spent well. Not bad for $4K.

Jeffblue

money well spent. my point was that gm is still putting a fair amount of money into engineering its sports cars, nissan seems to be the only japanese car that actually has sports cars, and then all the others have just abandoned them completely. oh wait, i forgot, toyota is spending a lot of money on engineering high performance cars.... the LFA, which no one can afford.