The Dark Side is Calling..

b1adesofcha0s · 03-22-2012, 10:09 AM

There were also much fewer 370Z's produced than 350Z's so it will never really be as popular.

m4a1mustang · 03-22-2012, 10:35 AM

Correct. The 350Z sold somewhere on the order of 30k units a year.

The 370Z sold ~10k in the first year and is averaging 7-8k for each year after that. It's just not the same market it was so it's not going to be as popular as the 350.

sfearl1 · 03-22-2012, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by TongMan

People had more money to spend back in the early 2000's. Now people are broke; losing their jobs and homes. Sports car is not so popular today compared to the 350z days. Housing market crashed in 2008, 370z released in 2009 - not good.

i tried to make this argument over at my350z and almost every 350z owner disagreed

sfearl1 · 03-22-2012, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

I had it for a while and wanted to move on to something different.

Andrew brought her out to our last meet. She's looking good

b1adesofcha0s · 03-22-2012, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by sfearl1

i tried to make this argument over at my350z and almost every 350z owner disagreed

What a surprise

m4a1mustang · 03-22-2012, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by sfearl1

Andrew brought her out to our last meet. She's looking good

I'm glad. Hopefully I get to see her again at ZDayZ. Did he tell you about the hood stains?

m4a1mustang · 03-22-2012, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by sfearl1

i tried to make this argument over at my350z and almost every 350z owner disagreed

ZMan8 · 03-22-2012, 11:36 AM

Must not turn to darkside....

All I can think of is yoda accent.

Lug · 03-22-2012, 01:20 PM

Actually, the reason the 350Z sold so well was on the reputation of the 2004 1/2 model......flawless!

m4a1mustang · 03-22-2012, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Lug

Actually, the reason the 350Z sold so well was on the reputation of the 2004 1/2 model......flawless!

WRONG.

It was F-L-A-W-L-E-S-S.

shadoquad · 03-22-2012, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Lug

Actually, the reason the 350Z sold so well was on the reputation of the 2004 1/2 model......flawless!

irrefutable logic.

I blame some of the 370z's slow numbers on poor advertising. It was released when the culture of advertising PR was based around eco vehicles and crossovers.

babbagandu · 03-22-2012, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Correct. The 350Z sold somewhere on the order of 30k units a year.

The 370Z sold ~10k in the first year and is averaging 7-8k for each year after that. It's just not the same market it was so it's not going to be as popular as the 350.

Good. I hated seeing all those riced out 350Z's and kids driving G35's. I hope the 370 never becomes popular like the 350

ZMan8 · 03-22-2012, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by babbagandu

Good. I hated seeing all those riced out 350Z's and kids driving G35's. I hope the 370 never becomes popular like the 350

Actually there is some truth in that...for the most part the 370z has been sold a more mature crowd.

864Zbeast · 03-22-2012, 09:29 PM

I really don't want the 370 to turn into the 350. I don't want to drive a car with such a reputation of a riced out 350 even though I am a youngster. I really cannot stand seeing riced out cars especially a z. But to each their own I GUESS...

babbagandu · 03-22-2012, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by 864Zbeast

I really don't want the 370 to turn into the 350. I don't want to drive a car with such a reputation of a riced out 350 even though I am a youngster. I really cannot stand seeing riced out cars especially a z. But to each their own I GUESS...

Yup. I have always been worried that in a couple years time the 370z would end up being like the 350, i.e., I would start seeing them all over the place being driven by the type person that I do not want to be perceived as by society. It would totally ruin the car for me.

But I think that the reason this happened with the 350 as it aged had more to do with the fact that there were so many of them floating around. Hopefully this does not happen with the 370z since there are not as many of them

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