370z, a better bargain than some think!

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The base 370z in Japan is $47,900, which is over $17,000 more expensive than in the U.S. . A Corvette Grand Sport in Japan is $112,633. A corvette is over $47,000 more expensive in Japan. Which means in the U.S. you can own a corvette Grand Sport and a Nismo tech 370z automatic for the price of a single corvette grand sport in Japan.

We basically get a $17,000 discount over here for the Z, vs the up-charge they get both on their own domestic vehicle and the USDM corvette.

Here in the U.S. You can buy a base Nismo as cheap as $40,000 out the door or a loaded Nismo down to the auto as low as $45,000 new. Those are actual research of dealer pricing vs the MSRP that we all know is kind of inflated for our market if we look at the Z in an isolated type of logic. You can buy a corvette grand sport for as low as $58,000 with current rebates and a stingray at about $52,000.

The Z nismo is about $12,000 and 100HP lower than the corvette grand sport.

If you look at it? A TOYOTA 86 is about $26,000 and 32,000 fully loaded and the BRZ is about $27,000 and $33,000 fully loaded. At $33,000 you can have a base sport 370z with a 125HP advantage or a BRZ with a 500lb weight advantage? But going with a base BRZ will only net you a savings of around $3,000. I don't know if you can discount the BRZ/86. But let's bring them both down to $25,000. It's still only a $5,000 savings in America vs the $12,000 you get opting for a Z over a vette.

At the very end, it all boils down to the individual and what they value. One man's junk is another man's treasure. But I think the Z has gotten a bad rap for not having enough power for the money.

A camaro or mustang might compete in the same pricing offering that 100HP gap like a vette. But the still can't offer the driving dynamics of a low slung, 2 seated with a suitably powerful engine and handling as direct as you can make a hydraulic steering unit and maintaining FEEDBACK. Something that today's sports cars lack.

Yup, I'd say, the Z is STILL a performance bargain. Even if slightly dated. If the Z was 3100lbs? It would've been perfection as a performance package for the money.

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