'16 gets fake engine noise

jcasti07

You know, I bought my '12 Nismo for the love of the car and what it stood for. I have always planned on keeping it, but I have been eager to see what comes next, and if good enough, I'd trade up.... But this is so dissapointing. I'd rather the Z went on a hiatus while Nissan fine tuned the next generation. I'm still happy with my car, and it still makes me smile every time I drive it, but to see other makes like Ford, Chevy, and even Hyundai taking great steps while we take none is so frustrating. I'm sure Mr. Katayama is rolling around in his grave right now. Not cool Nissan

Firebase99

This...this is sad. I just got done reading a 12 page thread from 2009 on the Honda S2000 forums about the 370Z. This is EXCATLY what the S2 guys said. I.E. the competition ran away from the S2K, Nissan has either given up or I hope pulls a feckin magic trick like David Fugging Copperfield.

Allentown

I have owned 7 mustangs.

Yes they are faster, they also can't touch the feel of a dedicated 2 seater. And they creek, rattle, thud, grind, etc. They are over 500lbs heavier. When you own one it seems people hate you. Resale on them is terrible unless its a shelby.

Camaro: The seating position and driving ergomics are gawd awful. The trunk is a porthole and could possibly be even worse than a Z in some ways. Its also over 500lbs heavier and seems to draw hate everywhere. GM seems to have recalls constantly and ford isn't far behind.

The back seats in both really arent back seats. The exterior of new models in both look great at first and then seem to become passe' about 18 months after being released.

What im saying here is calm down.....at any given time a mustang is faster, or a camaro or sometimes something else. The Z isnt as slow as i thought it was, and its ok for it not to be rated the fastest.

All i wanted for the S550 was for it to have IRS and be lighter....it ended up GAINING 200lbs and actually ending up slower than the 13s and 14s but everybody loves it because it now has a new look, some added features and IRS. Its also just as heavy as a camaro now.

Unless you get the track pack, it rolls like a boat. If you get the track pack, the suspension is hardened and starts to beat you up again. If you drive an auto but want the bigger brakes, tighter suspension and summer rubber....tough luck, it can't be optioned that way. If you want the nav, leather seats and high end stero, you are going to end up paying about $44,000. To this day, chinese made MT82 transmission in the manual version sucks. They are also the cars you drive an unwittingly get lumped in as the car owner who "doesnt know better/is stuck in his high school glory days/should have a mullet" and worse.

Yes we can leverage a bunch of insults at the Z but the grass isnt always greener. Ive had big over powered cars and now im gravitating towards smaller cars with better balance.

YMMV