2015 speculation

Originally Posted by Cmike2780

It's nearly impossible to build it cheap, safe, lightweight and have the same characteristics of a modern sports car.

I guess my point is, to achieve everything we want in a sports car, we need to use more exotic materials like carbon fiber, which has gotten a lot less expensive to produce. I read somewhere that the new Mclaren MP4-12c cost a 1/4 or a 1/3 to produce than the F1 because of new techniques. Lets hope it trickles down to us mere mortals.

You've probably seen this before. This shocked me the first time I saw it. I thought most of these old cars were tanks compared to new cars, but the thing just disintegrates. I can't imagine how a 240 would stack up.

Originally Posted by Cmike2780

I am selfish in wanting to have less Z's on the road instead of more?

Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370

I'd be fine with a sustainable amount of units... I would like the Z to go ahead and not backwards or cease to exist in the USA... 15k-20k units a year will ensure there's enough money to make the car progressive through the years.
5 to 10k units a year is why nissan will simplify the Z and now decultify its, current standing by going more mainstream.

This is why i was never a fan of too low volume sales. Lets keep it real. The 2013 refresh is shytty because nissan isn't making much money on the Z. If they did? We,d have more hp than the v6 gencoupe. but now we come in second in the v6 hp wars... Why? low sales.

Originally Posted by Cmike2780

They always leave out the Nismo in the hp wars.

Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370

I guess cuz the nismo has identical performance accel numbers and is limited production???Nismo isnt any faster or slower than a base Z with sport pkg. Plus it cant be had for less than low 43's now. a gencoupe gets you 350 horses @ 31k. We lost bruh the hp war terribly. Maybe 2014? wwe'll see the new engine as a preview in the Z34??? kinda like the 07 G35 was the only year to see the VQ35hr???? The rarest vq engine out there.