Here's the video reveal from last night, too:
Photography Courtesy Nissan
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 transmission.
Two trims will be offered–Sport and Performance–alongside a limited-edition Proto Spec Z that features “exclusive yellow-colored brake calipers with Z logo, bronze-colored aluminum-alloy wheels, exclusive leather-appointed seats with yellow accents and yellow interior stitching throughout.” Nissan notes only 240 Proto Spec cars will be produced.
In the braking department, all versions will use ventilated discs on all four corners, with four-piston calipers up front and two pistons in the rear.
At the time of writing, Nissan has not revealed the weight of the car, but we do have these dimensions:
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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.
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