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R0bDC 02-15-2015 02:39 PM

The last 6 months, I've seen so many 370z in my area. I hated it!!!

RonRizz 02-15-2015 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by didymus (Post 1754733)
Can we define what a "classic" is?

By definition, it is merely a car that is at least 30 yrs old. It does not have to be a limited production run, or the fastest, most powerful in its class, or have groundbreaking technological advances.
Anyone ever seen a VW Bug at a classic car show..... How many millions of those were produced, with like 35hp!!! or an exploding deathtrap Pinto, ect, ect.

HEK 02-15-2015 03:56 PM

I think not a classic but a collectable just like the Ford Pinto and AMC Pacer :)

UNKNOWN_370 02-15-2015 04:56 PM

I think with the little we know about the Z35? It has much more potential to be a classic. The 370 is an awesome car. But wasn't track-worthy enough compared to other cars of this generation. At best a collectible. In 09 my answer was the opposite by 2011. That changed.

RonRizz 02-15-2015 05:09 PM

See, I think I would classify it differently. Any car can become a classic, but only the more desirable can be a "collectable". Just My Humble Opinion.

RonRizz 02-15-2015 05:13 PM

Forbes agrees......... 2014 370Z NISMO - In Photos: Now And Future Classics: The Best Collectible Cars Today - Forbes Its in pretty awesome company, as well, looking past the obligatory "ford sponsored"
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Zipper 104 02-15-2015 07:38 PM

Classic?
 
I'm neither here nor there, whether it is or not. It certainly won't be while I'm around. My grandson ending up with mine is unlikely, and I know it would get treated like crap through all the lean 'teen' and early-twenties years anyway.
No point worrying about it.

I don't even consider 240s, 260s and 280s as classics. I had way too many friends with them so I'm real blase about them. The 260s didn't have a great rep even back then. Meh.

Saw one of the last Supras today. Plain Jane with skinny winter tires on it. It looked like a**.
OTOH, there is a beautiful black on black modded out one around here that looks simply spectacular.

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Z-Girl 12 02-15-2015 09:28 PM

Nope

jpkirk 02-15-2015 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by TypeOne (Post 1754943)
Sure it has Synchro-rev match, but it's not hugely popular... not to mention that it's the ONLY car it has ever been offered on. .

Um ... obviously Chevrolet thinks syncro-rev matching is a good idea. It's in the Corvette. It is one of the primary reasons I went with the Z. I was contemplating Camaro/Mustang when I bought the Z. The Z does look much better than either of those as well. It'll be a classic.

One of the problems it will face is the haters in the car rag community. They had an off track experience with badly failed brakes and that was it for the Z as far as most of them seem to be concerned. I have to wonder what happened between Nissan and the car rag folk when that happened because after that story, coverage just dried up. Before that story the car rags were all aglow about the Z. However, we are now seeing stories emerge that speak of used 370Z's as an inexpensive speed and handling bargain.

So who knows. I voted yes. Cuz I have one and it looks and drives like I want a sports car to look and drive. And it doesn't cost an arm and a leg to own it.

Duc_Z09 02-15-2015 09:49 PM

It has more of a chance than the wanna-be throwback cars <ahemMustangCamaroChallengerahem>.

If you actually drive it though, it'll never be worth anything. I don't see the point of that.

Digital neOn 02-15-2015 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by R0bDC (Post 3112562)
The last 6 months, I've seen so many 370z in my area. I hated it!!!


I almost never see Z's in my hood. Production numbers on the 370s are pretty low; i also have a hunch that a lot of 370z are either totaled or trashed. I am willing to bet that they will be pretty rare 30 years from now.

synolimit 02-16-2015 04:26 AM

Not sure if it's been said but I say no. The 350's are way to much of a teenagers ricer civic of the 90's. Now the 370's are starting that way. You can't have a "classic" if they're all destroyed and hacked up like that.

Duc_Z09 02-16-2015 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Scott@Synergy (Post 3112816)
Not sure if it's been said but I say no. The 350's are way to much of a teenagers ricer civic of the 90's. Now the 370's are starting that way. You can't have a "classic" if they're all destroyed and hacked up like that.

I'd argue that most of them getting destroyed might actually help the status of the remaining ones in the future. Things like initial production numbers, quality, and who drives them seem to have little to do with collectability decades later; I mean, who would have predicted in the 60's that Mustangs and VW Beetles/Microbuses would ever be worth anything? Those ricer kids are going to grow up someday. And when they do they're going to want a car that reminds them of their youth, but this time they're going to want one that isn't all $h*tted up like the one they had when they were 18.:rofl2:

kenchan 02-16-2015 07:38 AM

Can't wait for all G35C to retire...except mine. :p

mishuko 02-17-2015 12:30 PM

The 350/370 will become classics once hydrogen cells are the norm and gasoline is a rare commodity.

I'm going to remember this car as first production srm, one of the best v6 NA engines made.
Made so well its the hallmark of the infiniti brand. Heck even the z33 heart is in the Nissan cars


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