370z acceleration - Just as fast as the big 3 pony cars?

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2015 Nissan 370Z NISMO Automatic First Drive – Review – Car and Driver

According to Car and Drive, the 7AT version of the Nismo gets to 60 in 4.6 seconds and does the standing 1/4 in 13.1.

I have always heard the Z is slower than the new generation of pony cars. I actually just bought my sport tech auto for the wife to drive and as a stop gap until the new corvetts start hitting the used market in a few years or possibly until the mustang GT 350 starts hitting the used market say around 2019ish.

At any rate...whats going on with these numbers and why are they so out of alignment with other reviews? Accodring to this, the Z (when equipped with an automatic) equals a new mustang!

Are all the reviews that traditionally have the Z at 5.0 and 13.4 using manuals and does shifting add THAT MUCH time to the performance?

I have owned 7 mustangs including an 11 5.0 as well as an 11 GT 500 with SVT package. I can tell you that from a dead stop, both cars seem on equal footing in that both cars are limited by what ever traction the rear tires can get. Above about 40 to 45mph though, different story. My butt dyno says the at speed accelaration of a 5.0 mustang would walk away (by how much i don't know)

I will also say this. Even though i don't own one of the 2015 mustangs I have driven a few and i can say for certainty that IT DOES NOT DRIVE BETTER than a Z (the way reviewers just fawn over it you would think it does). My impression is that without the track pack, it actually drives worse. I can induce body roll easier on a 15 then i could on a 14, but the 15 certainly was more comfortable/smoother and of course, better in the mid corners.

Also, generally speaking the added wt of a nismo has cancelled out the added 18hp when compared to a sport, giving them very similiar accelaration (even if the sport doesnt have the track stamina of a nismo). I assume the same would be true for the 7at versions???

I just read in a different thread though that the nismo 7at has a lower gear differential than a sport.....on a mustang that was a VERY EASY fix (about $300). ...worth every penny if its the same cost on a z and gets you to 4.6 and 13.1 i would say???

Sorry for the newb questions. I have used the search feature and browsed some threads here this is my first Z so just consider me a moron here for all intensive purposes.