NISMO 370z DYNO SPECS

Endgame

No, but it should be just a tad closer to the Cayman S; was that not the Z's performance target. FAIL in this test big time. IMO, it should have been a bit closer to the GT500, but obviously Ford's time on the chasis along with the gobs of more power spank the Z.

To your point, good new on the feel of the car, but it's numbers should have been much better. I bet a tuned Base+Sport with about 100 pounds of weight savings will put the Z in a better light. Nismo, not so much for.

370Zsteve

Good points. I do think a regular Cayman is a much better comparo for a Nismo than a Cayman S, and I also thought the regular Cayman was the benchmark, but maybe I'm wrong there. The Audi should not even be in the test (wtf were they thinking, why not drop a $300,000 Ferrari in while they are at it), or at very least they should have included a Nissan GT-R!

I'd love to see the same test at a track like Lime Rock. Laguna's straights give enormous advantage to the big-HP beasts, imho.

The MT test was Apples and Oranges....and bananas...and grapes....

And MT, imho, is the worst car mag out there................................

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JoeD

The test was to compare cars they considered to be "driver's cars." The GTR is far from, arguably with the most diluted and artificial feel of any modern performance-car.

"Laguna's straights?" By no means do I consider myself an expert on Laguna with only 80 or so laps under my belt, all of which HPDEs as opposed to countless of competitive laps around Infineon and T-Hill, but I have yet to encounter an actual straight-away on that track. Perhaps you have a little more insight than I do, but Laguna does not provide an advantage to "big-HP beasts" by any stretch of the imagination. The track technically does not have a straight, nor is there a portion where you can wind out more than two gears at wide-open throttle. But, again...perhaps you know better than I do.

I have never driven Lime Rock, but if memory serves me right, its layout is much more advantageous with added power as average-speed on Lime Rock is significantly greater than Laguna. Regardless, the Nismo's second-to-last lap-time is abysmal, considering the live-axle 3900 lb. GT500, 3900 lb. Camaro SS, 4300 lb. automatic, 4-door XFR, and joke of an open-diffed 135i all soundly beat it, disregarding the other performance cars.

Of course it is. I'm sure your opinion would be no different if the NISMO trounced the competition and came in first, too.

Any magazine which says something negative about your favorite car or doesn't place it in 1st in a comparo is a crappy magazine.

Endgame

Now I cannot remember! I thought it was the Cayman S. Oh well...

You are SOOO correct about the MT test being Apples and oranges... That is one reason why I did not renew my MT subscription....