A coworker and friend has one of these, it's an amazing car. He let me drive it one time when we went out for lunch. It a lot of fun, fast and has a beautiful interior. It just goes when you hit the gas, where I have to be a little more careful with my car. I finally had some real world experience with all wheel vs. rear wheel drive cars. The downside, he got a nail in a tire that couldn't be repaired and ended up replacing all 4 tires when they had plenty of tread left.
I had an 03 350z (the 1st year the Z came back), I loved that car. It was pretty quick, handling was amazing. I never felt like I would come close to pushing it to it's limits. The reliability was awesome, only requiring basic maintenance for wear and tear items. I owned the car for 9 years and did nothing other than basic maintenance (brakes, batteries, tires and oil changes). I've owned several cars over the years, the 350z was the only car I paid off and continued to drive. I traded it in because I thought it was starting to burn oil and figured it was going to start giving me problems, it had 186k miles on it by then. Turned out it was leaking oil from the value covers. I also wanted something with a back seat. I ended up getting a 2014 Maxima thinking my Z was awesome, so the Maxima should be a great car too. Boy was that a mistake, the transmission (CVT) blew up on me at 80k miles, I fixed it and within 1 month traded it in on the mustang I have now.I'm intrigued by what I've read about the upcoming Nissan 400Z. I like my 2015 GT, it's the 5th Mustang I've owned in my life (my first car was a 1965 Convertible). Every time I drive it, it still gives me a thrill and I fall in love with it all over again.
I've also owned a few Z cars over the years. The 370Z was a very close second to the Mustang when I bought it (if I had been able to find an ethical Nissan dealer willing to sell me a car without playing games, I may well have ended up with one). With a 400 hp twin-turbo engine, the performance is likely to be similar to a GT, but with better build quality and reliability than Ford can do.
In any event, it'll be fun to test drive (after Nissan dealers get over hyping the launch of the car with insane ADM's and other ridiculous games), and something to look forward to on the other side of this pandemic.
I may consider one as well. I was 95% sure I was going to get a Scat Pack of some sort, but I may end up waiting to check out the new Z if it comes out in 2021 and not 2022. The guys over on the Challenger forum think I'm crazy to cross shop them as they say are nothing alike. But to me it makes sense since I'm single. Its still a RWD sports car. Yeah, it won't have the V8 sound and maybe as much torque right off the line, but should be comparable in performance with better handling and gas mileage and should be a lot easier to get more power with mods being a turbo.I'm intrigued by what I've read about the upcoming Nissan 400Z. I like my 2015 GT, it's the 5th Mustang I've owned in my life (my first car was a 1965 Convertible). Every time I drive it, it still gives me a thrill and I fall in love with it all over again.
I've also owned a few Z cars over the years. The 370Z was a very close second to the Mustang when I bought it (if I had been able to find an ethical Nissan dealer willing to sell me a car without playing games, I may well have ended up with one). With a 400 hp twin-turbo engine, the performance is likely to be similar to a GT, but with better build quality and reliability than Ford can do.
In any event, it'll be fun to test drive (after Nissan dealers get over hyping the launch of the car with insane ADM's and other ridiculous games), and something to look forward to on the other side of this pandemic.
Hope it sells well cause it has a manual and a breath of fresh air over all the SUV cross over stuff going on.
