blacklist hunter,makes predictions for 2012 Z...

Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370

Stop with the boy racer crap. Reason being an EVO runs in the same price range and has the boy racer rep. The Z insurance is as bad as any other boy racer car so its not exempt from that reputation no matter how much you are trying to seperate yourself from the harsh reality that the Z is built in japan and is a japanese racer car and has a ricey shark faced grille. If it wasn't a rice mobile the Z would not have been in every fast movie to date.

You can get options touring for 32k if the dealer wants to sell it for that much. They are talking msrp.

Lastly, I doubt the price drop will be gencoupe 3.8 rspec low. That car is 27k with brembos. I'm sure 30k is the lowest they will drop it.

Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370

But they can compare to miata sales, corvette sales and bimmer sales. Vettes sell over 60,000 units annually and miatas sell over 20,000 annually. I'm sure nissan wants to sell at least 25k units a year. They steadily sold the 350z between 25k and 30k units a year.

Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370

But they can compare to miata sales, corvette sales and bimmer sales. Vettes sell over 60,000 units annually and miatas sell over 20,000 annually. I'm sure nissan wants to sell at least 25k units a year. They steadily sold the 350z between 25k and 30k units a year.

I would like to see a more interesting color pallette, better standard stereo. Bose should be standard and nav bose should be "the" option. I would like to see standard bluetooth and usb and 35 extra lbs taken off the car. Maybe a new sport wheel designwith upgrades to the grille and skirts to break the monotoney. Lastly, the nismo tune for the sport pkg and add even more power to the nismo. Like 370hp @8000rpm

One other thing. I had to jump on this to add... OIL COOLER. That would rock.

Originally Posted by tsolin01

Where are you getting your sales numbers from? 60k vette sales? really? Do those include used or new model sales?

Production numbers overall have been dropping for the Z since 2003. Oh yea I'm sure Nissan would love to sell 25k to 30k units a year, which by the way they haven't even produced more than 25k units since 2005. I'm talking US sales production btw.

What they could maybe do is spend a little more on Z advertising. I barely see any commercials at all.

Originally Posted by tsolin01

Here's some production numbers from My350

2003..... 36,728
2004..... 30,690
2005..... 27,278
2006..... 24,635
2007..... 18,957
2008..... 10,337
2009..... 13,117
2010..... 10,215
2011..... 1,138 (through Feb)

Vette production from Corvette Action Center:

2003..... 35,469
2004..... 34,064
2005..... 37,372
2006..... 34,021
2007..... 40,561
2008..... 35,310
2009..... 16,959
2010..... 12,194

I don't know the accuracy of these numbers but it's clear production for all sports cars has been in decline. Adding a few interior bits isn't going to suddenly increase new Z sales...