How does the general public/ car community view the 370z in your opinion?
 

How do you guys think the general public and/or the car community view the 370z?

Its priced at a higher end of coupes but from your experience would you say that people view it as a luxury sports car, regular sports car, or a tuner car driven by teens?

I think the car is a Classic Sports Car.
Rear wheel drive. Beautiful body line.
I think 30 years from now they will be a sought after collector car,

Please define regular sports car. What other cars would you put in that category - mustang and camaro?

I think the general public always tends to think it's a much faster car than it really is lol. I've had to tell multiple people "no, it won't go 200mph"
I don't believe it's seen as a kids tuner car at all. I think it's still a little too expensive for that at this point. People always think I paid way more for my car than I really did too, it just looks like an expensive car. The 350 could be there already though. Eh the average person probably doesn't even know the difference.

Yes, I would say the mustang, Camaro, Challenger, STi, S4

I'd say it is a regular sport car for all ages. It's not popular as it only serves a very small segment of the auto market, much like other 2-seat sport cars.

I wouldn't put the Z in the same category as the mustang, camaro, challenger etc... they are 4 seat muscle cars.

I was talking about this with someone a few days ago. In my experience, people think that the car is both more expensive and faster than it really is. Many people ask me if I've had it past 200mph. If they actually ask me how much I paid for the car, they look so surprised that it didn't cost Porsche money. I personally think it's awesome that people think this about our cars.

Stole the words right out of my mouth. My definition of a regular sports car are cars like Miata, Celica, MR2, Lotus Elise, the BRZ twins...



I would say the 370Z is somewhere between luxury sports car and regular sports car.


Now if you hella flush it :shakes head: - then the 3rd option would probably be more correct.

It attracts unwanted attention from the authorities. Been followed and pulled over more often lately. I think it's the other dumb sh!t5 that's causing me the headache.

blame that on those 'fast & furious' wannabes.... those idiots take over major intersections and do donuts.... And causing all these accidents on the streets, and some fatal, sadly.

I agree, it feels as though the 350 is a kids tuner car as they are cheaper and I see them riced out way more. It's only a matter of time before the 370 is I'm sure. Hopefully we'll have a new, sleek, sexy Z by then though.

Mine goes 200. :rolleyes:



Maybe...

Maybe if a class 5 hurricane picks it up and tosses it. :icon17:

See, you agree it could happen. :rofl2:

It's not a luxury sports car. Those are Porsche, Aston-Martin, Mercedes, etc.
It's not a muscle car. Those are Mustang, Camaro, Challenger, etc.
It's not a tuner car, like a Civic, although it can be tuned extensively.
It could be considered a "regular" sports car, although that's a pretty broad term and the 370Z really doesn't have a lot in common with a Miata. This may be the reason the general public gets confused.

Don't know. Don't care. I buy cars for me, not anyone else.

My car identifies as a super car :driving:

I've had mine past 200 (KM/H that is)!!!

:driving:

Mine feels like it could get to 200, but it's waaaaaayyy too scary up there to try. Would probably take flight and kill a bunch of people before I could get there.

:tup:

This is a tough question. There are only a few cars in this segment and people tend to want to compare them to Mustangs, which I feel is equivalent to comparing apples to oranges. In my humble opinion the 370Z is in the same class as a lot of roadsters but outperforms all of them. IE: Audi TT, BMW Z3 and the Porsche Boxster (the Z doensn't outperform the GTS).

Unfortunately there are a lot of young kids buying these cars and destroying them..... um.....er....I mean heavily modifying them, and not for the better. This is common though at this point in the life cycle of all sports cars. As they age the price comes down and the audience opens up to who can afford them. If you have the mental fortitude, check out the 370Z Facebook forum. It is chocked full of knucklehead kids doing all sorts of unspeakable things to their 370Zs. Eventually though they will get bored and move on to the next car they can afford. I plan to outlast all of them and will own this car until the day I drop dead. In twenty years from now I'm gonna be the old guy at the Z shows with the awesome classic 2009 370Z.

Overall I believe the general public knows little about this car. They think it is more expensive and faster then it is. Other car enthusiasts who have never driven one tend to really knock it though. They have no clue what it is capable of and always want to compare it to muscle cars.

LOL, you need more aero. Just like I am going to. I just don't want to put a big wang and splitter on the car. Too much attention for my liking. I do like the looks though.

From my experience, they don't know anything about it. Per various dates "what is that".

I know I'm splitting hairs here, but I'd place the Z in the Porsche Boxster category, the TT and Z3 not so much. The TT is such an overpriced turdwagon!

I looked at all three when I was shopping for a car. For me the Z3 was too much of an old fart car, the TT was slow and overpriced (loved the looks though) and I couldn't afford the Boxster GTS. I had no interest in the other trim levels. It was pretty much a no brainer. I never bothered to look at the Mustang or the Camaro and I had zero interest in anything Mopar. I wasn't looking for a muscle car.

Going to those pages is both entertaining and kind of depressing.

It's kind of an "in-between", niche, car. The Euro 2-seaters are closer relations than the American muscle cars, and, until the Stinger came out, the (defunct) Genesis Coupe was its closest cousin, although the BMW Z4 M Coupe is a good match. Japan doesn't produce anything close in horsepower, until the supra shows up. There are maybe, what, 4 cars in its niche? (300 to 400 hp, rear wheel drive, 2-seater) The next step up, to me, would be a low-end Porche or Corvette. I have had people (ok, women) ask me if it was a Porche.
If I have to call it anything, it's usually "2-seat sports car".


Kirk B.

I try and help them, but its a fruitless effort. Why anyone would just pole FB for car advice, especially mechanical advice is beyond me. How about joining a forum that has searchable documented information and that has a member base of diverse individuals from all over the world? Anyone know of a site like that for the 370Z? :rolleyes: They are too lazy to search and want instant gratification. Makes me crazy. At least once a week I see this: "Yo, wut is da bestest intake fur ma whip bruh?"

They seem more interested in bags, camber, and wraps. Oh and windshield banners.:roflpuke2:

It's funny when you see one of those idiots make it to the forums, they usually don't last long.

Yeah, the last one I saw wanted to install Porsche engine vents on his Z. That thread was painful.

Sorry I totally hijacked this thread.

Exactly what I was going to say.

I could give two hairy turds less about what others have to say or think about the Z. I bought it for me. I didn't buy it for my brother, I didn't buy it to be "accepted", I bought it because it's a great looking car, has an excellent track record (no pun intended), and I wanted one.

With that said, maybe it could be considered a GT car. Right out of the factory, it's pretty damn good at most everything, definitely above average. And it's definitely a fine cruiser. Keep in mind, some sports cars are nearly unbearable to drive on the streets no matter what, even just out of the driveway. With the Z, you can drive cross-country fairly comfortably.

it is inevitable when an $40k car depreciated to $15k. I've seen the same with the M3 and NSX.

Along with that, it also brings in a completely different demographic of owners in the forums....and some can be quite obnoxious.

The M3, yes. The NSX, I have never seen a cheap one anywhere, no matter what age it is.

I like this.

I think the 370z is sorely misunderstood by both the public and the car community. From what I gather, the general public doesn't know what to think of it, but car people in general think of it as an old, underpowered, slow car that only an idiot would buy instead of a new Mustang or Camaro. Every time I hear this, I get a sour taste in my mouth. I think most of us here can agree the 370 is a pure driver's car, and can not be compared to any muscle car, but people continue to do so. And as long as they make those kinds of comparisons, the 370z will have a bad reputation.

I like that my Z has a "bad reputation". Hell yeah!!!

I also enjoy being in the minority. Lol

There's plenty of stupid a$$ people out there.

Nobody gets on my nerves quite like the muscle car "only drive a V8" douchebags that tend to drive Camaros, Mustangs and Challengers.
I agree completely about the Z being a drivers car. I haven't even found the limit of the cars grip yet as I don't seem to have the balls to! On my way home from work there's this sick little high speed chicane and when I'm lucky enough to get to it with no one in front of me I like to test myself a bit. No matter how fast I've hit it I've never even heard a chirp from the tires. It just digs in man. Which tells me I'd have to hit that thing going a good bit faster than I'm comfortable with to really reach the cars grip limits. And that would be a disastrous spot to lose control...