2015 speculation

Originally Posted by scruffydog

I completely agree with you although I don't like the idea of a 2+2 for the Z. From the get go the Z was meant to serve the purpose of being a driver's car and it served well. I never thought the Z was meant to drive people around to meant to be convenient to everyday life chores. Sadly, these are the justifications some need to own a car as such. It is a luxuary to own an impractical like the Z. In the end of all this, as much as i enjoy seeing very few of these around the streets, I like to hope Nissan is able to continue pouring money into R&D for the next Z. As an automanufacturer, they have a lot more fire to put out to make it a likeable company while staying profitable. A lot of times if it means 90% of the market are in for a car that can do more than just taking corners fast and look sexy, more emphasize will have to put towards those cars. In Nissan, the Z is what people would "want" but less than 1/4 of those people actually pull the trigger to buy. Unless it's used or what not. Even the Nissan Maxima commercial tells the story that way....you guys remember that TV commercial where they stretched the 370z into a Maxima? Sad to say, that car pretty much borrowed most of its visual cues and technology from the 370z. Do I hate the fact that Nissan made our cars less unique because of it? Hell yes! But that's how it goes if it's bread and butter.

And you're prolly right about Nissan not spending much money on revising the 370z. It's limited bandwidth. It's not a high priority. So what if Nissan made a 370 hp boost from the last revision and reduced the 0-60s from 5.0 sec to 4.3 sec? Sure I'm super excited about it, because it can compete with the 135i and other V6s. But in terms of sales, it's not a big deal. Plus, Nissan have the GT-R to defend the brandname. (Which is why more development is put towards that car). They say when GT-R first came out in 2009, the sales was over 5000 units sold, and last year it dropped down to 500 something.