Is the market for the Zs really soft right now?

axmea?

The new and used market for Z's has been soft for a long, long time. It was never strong to begin with. It is a niche market and the audience dwindles further because it cannot provide what the market wants --- usable rear seats and power (vs its so called American counterparts) and this is one reason why you see the new turbo motor on the the Q. There is a usable rear seat. Nissan never intended to keep up with competitor's upping their game. If they did, we would have seen various upgrades to keep our beeks wet. Nissan got themselves in a tough spot because the car was also priced too high to begin with and there was no indication that sales would go up with increased power. Adding a turbo then would have increased the cost to the consumer potentially hurting sales. There was no money to be made. Ford, Chevy, and Dodge figured it out. Get a big motor and slap it in a car, put decent brakes and suspension and oh, don't forget the rear seats.

For those who like the Z because of it's rarity, you can thank Nissan for that.

In a nutshell why it is soft --- priced too high, never kept up with it's competitors, not enough power, and no usable rear seat (it's just not practical).

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Chuck33079

Plus, it's an old car now. It's more or less identical to the same car you could have driven home in late 2008.

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littlejuanito

Why has the Honda S2000 been able to keep it's resell value tho? and its much older than the Z. I don't get it

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barncobob

I love my automatic, coming from a Por car I think this year they are all PDK automatics, no MT from what I read..

axmea?

These are two different cars, different stories behind it, it has been discontinued, and there's not a lot of them out there that are in decent shape either so of course the price will hold for a well kept S2k. Compare that to a 350Z vert and that'll tell you another story.

Right now the competition is tough for the Z. I say just enjoy the Z for what it is. It is a great car regardless of where it sits in the market place.

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370bluez

Those values are getting soft now also... the halo days for most sports cars are done now. The market has gotten saturated.

We have to remember here that from 08-11 everyone unloaded the sports cars to be more sensible, and now it is like the reverse happening... Everyone was trying to get their "babys" back from the crisis.

s2krazyyy

Because its discontinued and its a great car(nothing quite like it on the market) and they didn't make that many. But only the AP2s hold their value unless you have an AP1 that has low miles and has been garaged all its life. Maybe if they discontinue the Z it will have the same affect on our cars since they didn't make that many 370z's, compared to the 350z of course. It would kind of be like AP2(370z) vs AP1(350z) in resell value. But this is all just wishful thinking of course.

madeinjapan

you forgot

honda fanbois thats why

s2krazyyy

Haha yup great cars can produce those kinda crowds.