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Old 07-06-2020, 02:50 PM   #16 (permalink)
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2010. Why? Because I said so.
Well in that case, I say 2009. Its the 370Z OG. Or whatever term the kids are using these days to say its the best.
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2018+ has the trunk release in the middle console.
2019+ has the rear camera on the rear-view mirror(also duplicate on the screen if you have the models with GPS).
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The late Nismo models, 2015+ I believe, have a very unpleasant fake electronic motor sound inside the cabin as you give throttle. It sounds horrible. If you intend to modify your car, the model year does not matter. On the other hand, if you would like to keep your car stock, definitely go for the latest you can find.
Just throw on a non-resonated FI exhaust & listen to her scream.
That noise is no longer noticeable
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2009 thru 2020

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2011. Fixed some of the early model issues and before the stupid stock oil cooler.

Of course model years after 2018 or something have the smoked trim (instead of silver) and blacked out headlights (instead of chrome).
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2010 for 40th Anniversary edition
2012+ for oil cooler, backup camera, new galley gaskets and galley bolts.

Anyone know what year got non oil burning engine?

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2018+ has the trunk release in the middle console.
2019+ has the rear camera on the rear-view mirror(also duplicate on the screen if you have the models with GPS).
My 2011 has both of these
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2010 for 40th Anniversary edition
2012+ for oil cooler, backup camera, new galley gaskets and galley bolts.

Anyone know what year got non oil burning engine?
I don't think there was a change to the oil galley gasket bolts. They revised the gasket itself but that didn't address the problem of the bolts backing out.
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Empirically, the 2020 would be the best. I am not saying that because I own a 2020. I also know that a lot of people here with earlier model years like to deny this and say that the 2020 is no different than their 2010. However, I have an engineering background and two words; silent updates. That along with process improvements resulting from any decent OQM (Organizational Quality Management) framework which the Japanese are especially famous for.

With this car having been in production for over a decade, the amount of silent updates and silent revisions likely number in the hundreds of really small tweaks here and there that no one on this forum is aware of. Individually, these are really minor but added all together, they would make for a much more solid car. Once again, we are not talking about functional or cosmetic updates here. We are talking about really minor updates in the grand scheme of things here, things like upgrading the solenoid in a power window motor.

People on here like to harp on the fact that Nissan hasn't made any changes, but Nissan like other auto makers is more of a car assembler, with the majority of parts being produced by third party suppliers. These third party suppliers, being part of the Japanese supply chain produce parts for not only other Nissan vehicles but other Japanese automakers (Mazda, Toyota, Honda etc..). Believe me they are not keeping their R&D and processes in a hiatus for Nissan's limited production 370Z.

Case in point as just a random example, lets take a look at just the high strength steel that make up a portion of our car body. In the last decade there have been major advancements in the mechanical properties of high strength steel. Lets say for example, when the 370Z went into production in 2009, Nissan's specifications required minimum 500mPa tensile strength from their high strength steel supplier in Japan, and they delivered to Nissan 500mPA tensile strength steel.

Now the year is 2019. A decade has passed for this supplier, which supplies high strength steel to all the major Japanese automakers. R&D has led to process improvements and said supplier now offers 600mPa strength and 800mPa strength. This supplier doesn't even make 500 mPa strength steel anymore.

Nissan still produces the 370Z. Nissan specifications requires high strength steel that meets or exceeds 500mPA tensile strength. The supplier is NOT going to make 500mPA anymore, not worth it for the small 370Z production, instead Nissan will now get uprated 600mPA steel which now exceeds Nissan's minimum procurement specs.

Sticking with the metal theme, let's look at sheet metal as another example. A Japanese sheet metal supplier supplies rolls of sheet metal to Toyota, Mazda and Nissan factories in Japan. In 2017 the supplier makes a process improvement in their smelting process. You think they are going to hold back this improvement from the 370Z because it was released in 2009? Nope, economics of scale applies to the supply chain meaning in this case the 370Z will benefit from the process improvement the same way the latest Mazda and Toyota model will.

Nissan may have been frozen in time, but their suppliers have not. The fact is, recent production examples of the 370Z have been benefiting from tiny process improvements made by the suppliers who supply Nissan the building blocks of the 370Z. Once again, these are tiny on their own, but when you add them up, make for a more solid product.

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I appreciate the insight. None of those matter for the end user if they don't see it and feel it. Buyers don't care about the sheet metal used. Our special (lol) drive shafts didn't mean much for most. If the metal is too heavy or too weak, and cause bad driving experience, thats it. That's really what drivers cared about. What's the interior like? How does it drive? What creature comfort is there? How fast or slow is the darn thing? That's it. None of us Z owners asked the dealer "what's the rating of the sheet metal used? Its got aluminum panels, ok cool.
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Empirically, the 2020 would be the best. I am not saying that because I own a 2020. I also know that a lot of people here with earlier model years like to deny this and say that the 2020 is no different than their 2010. However, I have an engineering background and two words; silent updates. That along with process improvements resulting from any decent OQM (Organizational Quality Management) framework which the Japanese are especially famous for. ...
Very interesting.

But those are all very small changes that very few (if any) drivers will notice when behind the wheel. There haven't been any changes made over the years that have actually had a substantial effect on performance. Nothing that I would say makes any particular year better than another. YMMV
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Very interesting.

But those are all very small changes that very few (if any) drivers will notice when behind the wheel. There haven't been any changes made over the years that have actually had a substantial effect on performance. Nothing that I would say makes any particular year better than another. YMMV
These silent changes would have an effect though on long term reliability. I talked about sheet metal and high strengh steel. How about the numereous o-rings, gaskets and other seals within the engine for example?

It is very likely that the suppliers have changed the formulations for these components in the last decade, especially to meet the demands of new high compression and forced induction engines. The suppliers even for a car that debuted in 2009, are going to be using 2020 production methods even for a part that is Z specific, with only the molds and tooling being the same, while pouring in the same uprated resin formulation needed for more modern 2020 vehicles that exceeds Nissan's original 2009 requirements. The suppliers would never bother making a batch of resin just for the small run of 370Z that just meets the requirements from a decade ago, that's not cost effective.

While the late model years of the Z are not a different car, they are a more refined car. It's a decade old car, that should, at least in theory if my engineering experience is anything to go by, have partially benefited by 2020 production methods.

Remember, a vehicle is the sum of its parts; I would fully expect all things being equal from new (same climate, driving habits, no collisions, same oil and fluid changes and interval etc...) a 2019 or 2020 model to be a more reliable and 'tighter feeling' vehicle at 100,000... 200,000... etc... miles than a earlier run of the car.
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