Fate of the Z icon? 10yrs has passed.

o0javi0o

Hello, All;

I joined this great and informative forum back on November 15, 2008. By that time, I was finishing my Master's in Engineering, I was still living with my girlfriend in a small apartment in Orlando Fl, and had Zero Idea of what the hell I wanted to do with my life (had 23 yrs then) other than keep living the college live and burning tires on my 07 350z 6MT.
Then, nearly 10 years passed by and a lot of stuff happened; you know in 9 years there's a lot of progress in peoples life, actually, in general, in the world almost everything progress in 10 yrs; can we assume/generally agree with that?
Now I'm married, two daughters, house, a bunch of new family vacation experiences, live in Dallas, Tx, have a '15 BMW M3 (sedan 6MT) and a freaking fridge type SUV (15' QX80), life happens and etc... Technology has advanced in unprecedented ways, aviation has progressed ridiculously, some Olympic records from 2008 vs 2016 have been shattered, iPhone vs iPhone X, marathonist Eliud Kipchoge did a full marathon in 2:00:25 with new technology in tennis shoes (and a bunch of sports engineering behind), Space X, Virtual Reality, super cars to hyper cars, etc...

You know, a boring comparison list of now and then stuff of all the things, maybe insignificant things, that changed or can change in 10+yrs.

That being said, in nearly 10yrs, the 370Z hasn't change much, perhaps nothing, for a person that is not a car enthusiast when you present them a 2009 vs 2017/18 370z picture. "Oh' something is different but don't know what it is"-Cosmetics overall.
However, I still break my neck everytime I see a Z. Any, ANY Z...

But, BUT What is going on with the 370z? What Nissan is trying to do with the iconic Z? Why virtually nothing has changed or significantly progressed with the Z? What is nissan point of view with a new Z?
I've been reading since the dinosaurs era, speculations and speculations of going back to 4cyl with turbo, adding more hp, turbo v6, but then the GTR, but then this, and more speculations....

I feel that the Z has become the Pick Up Frontier of the sport cars. The Frontier hasn't changed since the Big Bang, same model about 13 Billion years ago; and the current Z is having the same Fate... it is getting boring very quick now.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not criticizing the vehicle. It is still an amazing machine and beautiful to drive and have fun with. But what the heck is going on with the Z-brand? 10 yrs and we still have the same car, SAME CAR....


2009 370z


2018 370z