370Z May, 2009, sales lowest since launch......
 

Nissan announced May, 2009, 370Z sales of 1278 cars. This compares with Jan. 1280, Feb. 1452, Mar. 1632, Apr. 1561.

and they still try to rape you on prices :nutswinger:
had 1 dealer in hawaii was even adding on illegal fees :superghey:

Which one was that?

im hoping the reduction in sales is due to people finding out about the hot oil and holding off til Nissan fixes the prob. I know ive convinced ATLEAST 25 people who were about to pull the trigger NOT to buy this car and they went with another manufacturer instead. Word of mouth is very powerful and Nissan needs to learn that the consumers won't take care of them unless they care of us. I know i'm STILL holding off on buying the Z til the oil issue is fixed. I will continue to steer people away from purchasing this car. I want to try my best to help the current owners as well as future owners.

Dealers out here in Southern CA are hard nosed. They think sales are going to get better? I sure don't think so. And it's already June.

I won't touch the new Z until they get the problem with the oil overheating fixed also.

I had one on order and canceled when I read about the oil temperature problems. I am going to give it a little more time and if not resolved soon simply buy something else. There are simply too many good alternatives out there that don't have these problems.

+rep for all three of you. Glad to hear someone's making Nissan pay.

I decided to . . . .
 

I decided to wait
til Nissan gets the
"hot oil" issue fixed.

Sorry Nissan.

Fix the problem.


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I can't say that I'm surprised by those numbers. You have to figure in that February, March and April are the biggest months for Tax Refunds. I'll bet a great many of those sales were made because someone had a refund check to use for downpayment.

SO how bad is the oil temp problem? I'd seen some comments on here, but this is the first I'm hearing someone say they wouldn't buy the car because of it.

The actual problem isn't really that bad if you don't regularly track the car. (To be fair, some would argue that point and note that they've hit high temps even in regular driving.) What has people so riled up is that even if you're willing to install your own aftermarket oil cooler at your own expense (which many people are), Nissan is taking the position that if you do that, they'll void your warranty. So it's adding insult to injury. First they don't bother equipping the Z with an oil cooler -- this when every Z that they released to the press for testing and evaluation was equipped with hidden oil coolers. Then they have the audacity to penalize us if we decide to add our own.

Your Martyrdom is duly noted. You guys can leave now while the other 7000+ of us enjoy our cars. You really showed em....

Part of the drop in sales has to be self induced, they cut production so much that there is now almost no inventory of Base Sport 6MT's, one of the most popular configurations.

Thanks Semtex, that gives me a better perspective on this. It does seem kind of cheesy of them. Looking at all the mods you've done to your car, are there any warranty issues there? Or is Nissan ok because it is all external?

Actually, I like this low sales trend. Why? I don't want this Z to be ubiquitous like the Z32 and Z33. You know what that causes? The dynamics of supply and demand. When something is too common--> hurts resale value, Z's become riced out, they become eye sores...

I hope the 370 shares a similar fate to the Supra MK IV-->rarity, ageless in appearance, unreal resale value, not too many riced out examples roaming the streets, and the likes

That wouldn't be bad at all, but it will mean prices will go up (which is good for us early adopters). I'm sure the largest reason for the Light sales number is the economic climate. 2 seat coupes and sports cars in general get hit the hardest. Corvette, for example is off around 50%...