ICYMI: Meet the 2023 Nissan Z

Nissan finally unveiled the latest generation of its iconic Z-car last night, and yes, you can get it with a six-speed manual transmission.

Powering the new Z is the VR30DDT,: a 3.0-liter, twin-turbocharged V6 engine rated for 400 horsepower and 350 lb.-ft. of torque. It can be attached to either the previously mentioned six-speed manual or a nine-speed automatic …

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Here's the video reveal from last night, too:

I really like the looks of this car and I cant wait to see one in person. 

This looks really promising. I really love the looks.

yeah, good job nissan (something I haven't thought in a while)!

There is a boost gauge and a 7K redline on the dash of the car in the video

It's gonna scoot, and that motor says they're competing against the pony cars/Supra.

If they price it right, I think they'll sell a lot of them. 

It's a good looking car. 

My thought was it would have been nice to have a non-turbo version, but then they're competing against the Miata/86, and probably not enough of a market for a "3rd" car maker at that price point.   And/but, depending on pricing, they could steal some buyers from this segment with "wow, for just a few grand more...".

Feels like they're positioned to do really well with this car. 

I don't see myself actually owning one unless maybe something catastrophic happens to the cayman, but this is the first (hopefully) reasonably priced new release performance car that's seriously interested me. The yellow color combo was a bit weird, but it looks pretty good in blue and I'm not usually a fan of black wheels but it works pretty well here. Not sure I'm a fan of the blue interior though. I guess there's still a chance it could come out weighing 5000lbs, but for all the specs that have been released so far, it looks like there's no obvious deficiencies other than the performance trim having a bunch of extra comfort items piled on which is going to make it heavy and probably super expensive. If the weight is reasonable and nissan can get the price competitive with the supra, I don't see how this doesn't totally blow it out of the water.

I didn't see anything about price points, do we know anything yet?  As a former 240Z, 280ZX, and 370Z owner, I am definitely interested.  

racerdave600 said:

I didn't see anything about price points, do we know anything yet?  As a former 240Z, 280ZX, and 370Z owner, I am definitely interested.  

Base starts "around $40k"

In reply to tuna55 :

Pictures of the gauge cluster, plus a pic of the gauges mounted on the dash:

Interesting that both a boost gauge and a turbo speed gauge are offered.

I really don't understand the point of the turbine speed gauge. Other than "Ohhh look, it's spinning 200,000 rpms!"

z31maniac said:

I really don't understand the point of the turbine speed gauge. Other than "Ohhh look, it's spinning 200,000 rpms!"

Look how good I can left foot brake!

but then again, aren't there 2 turbos? what the heck is that gauge showing??

I'm not seeing a whole lot to lead someone to buy this over a lightly used GT350, especially once the ridiculous dealer mark-up hits.

In reply to 350z247 :

Or a brand new Camaro 1LT for at least $5k less than the base.  And isn’t the Mach 1 Mustang less than $40k too?

I like it. I'm probably not in the market for a coupe of any sort, but if it was I would put it ahead of the Supra, mustang and camaro. It looks like that was the intended competition so kudos.

350z247 said:

I'm not seeing a whole lot to lead someone to buy this over a lightly used GT350, especially once the ridiculous dealer mark-up hits.

1. Only idiots pay ADM. Fly and drive, or wait. The 949 Racing guys flew out to OKC to purchase their GT350s and drive them back to LA. 

2. The GT350s are much more hardcore and need a quart of oil everytime you need to put gas in them. Not really the same market. 

I have this idea that this car will look awesome in white and a bit ho-hum in red.  Which is not my usual thing.  

Wonder if there's a sunroof in the options list somewhere.  

Wish I could somehow rationalize buying a car like this.

z31maniac said:

I really don't understand the point of the turbine speed gauge. Other than "Ohhh look, it's spinning 200,000 rpms!"

Because it's cool, and if it goes too high, kaboom!!

In reply to Paul_VR6 (Forum Supporter) :

Agreed.

I was today years old when I realized I want a turbine speed gauge.

Paul_VR6 (Forum Supporter) said:

z31maniac said:

I really don't understand the point of the turbine speed gauge. Other than "Ohhh look, it's spinning 200,000 rpms!"

Because it's cool, and if it goes too high, kaboom!!

Coming from the company that sold cars with ceramic turbos that would explode if spun much higher than stock boost levels....  Sure!

I am assuming that the gauge is a calculated figure.

If they were trying to emulate the 240Z, they missed an opportunity. 

I've been looking at the gauge cluster for several minutes, and cannot make any sense of the "8 miles", "27 miles", and the fuel gauge

I'm assuming the "8 miles" is the trip odometer? If they're indicating 27 miles of range remaining at just under 1/4 tank that would mean the car needs to be filled up (presumably with Premium unleaded) every 130 miles or so? The 370 z that this thing is derived from has a 19 gal capacity, so that doesn't seem right. That would be like 5 mpg. In the previous picture, it shows 27 miles of range with over 3/4 tank remaining too which is even more wrong.

In reply to STM317 :

Cars that have spent most of their life idling will have very low projected fuel economy, and the range is usually based on the average from the previous X miles.