The simplest reason why we wont get a Z.

[UNKNOWN_370]

Infiniti says it will go

Basically. Our cars are gas engines. And Nissan/Infiniti is trying to be a Tesla competitor. They want to beat Tesla at their own game.
So enthusiasts mean nothing right now. We are considered dinosaurs. Our market is irrelevant. And with millenials and the new gen not interested in driving. Electric cars are the future and i cant stand it. At least...
Chevy, Ford and Dodge have not sold out for the cause.

[Nixin]

The only ones Nissan is beating is themselves, beating off that is!

[Rusty]

I posted the same article in the General section yesterday.

Infiniti switching to electric and hybrid by 2021

[Spooler]

I'm gonna be sick.

[Rusty]

The electric car snowball is getting bigger.

[Zingston]

All this talk of electric cars and I still seldom see any on the road. Maybe a Tesla a couple times a week and Volt every now and then. And I don't know anyone that owns, nor wants one.

That being said, I see even fewer Z on the road. And that makes me smile.

[wanker]

Originally Posted by Zingston

All this talk of electric cars and I still seldom see any on the road. Maybe a Tesla a couple times a week and Volt every now and then. And I don't know anyone that owns, nor wants one.

That being said, I see even fewer Z on the road. And that makes me smile.

It all depends where you live. In So Cal, Teslas have become the luxury status sedan of choice. They're everywhere. Plus most office buildings and public offices in Ca now have charging stations.

[CRiZO]

Honestly it's why I bought a Z last year. My next car is probably going to be electric so I figured I should get something modern yet old school that can become my project car then.

[Zingston]

Originally Posted by wanker

It all depends where you live. In So Cal, Teslas have become the luxury status sedan of choice. They're everywhere. Plus most office buildings and public offices in Ca now have charging stations.

True. When I lived in SoCal about a dozen years ago, the prius was everywhere. Here in the SE, not so much.

[JARblue]

Barring the unlikely possibility of owning another Z or GT-R, I don't see myself ever owning another Nissan, and I'm just fine with that. They way they're going the next gen Z, if there ever is one, would likely be some bastardized version that tries to expand the targeted market at the expense of the enthusiast for whom the car was originally designed.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by wanker

It all depends where you live. In So Cal, Teslas have become the luxury status sedan of choice. They're everywhere. Plus most office buildings and public offices in Ca now have charging stations.

Get out of Cali, and you will find very few of them. I travel cross country a lot with a motorhome. Never seen them on the interstates. Unless it's close to a big city. Never seen a charging station on a interstate either.

[ZCanadian]

Originally Posted by Nixin

The only ones Nissan is beating is themselves...!

^ How true.

Tesla knows exactly what it wants to be when it grows up. Whether it gets there or not is definitely up for debate. But Nissan seems incapable of identifying a goal, much less reinventing itself for the 21st century.

Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370

Infiniti says it will go

Basically. Our cars are gas engines. And Nissan/Infiniti is trying to be a Tesla competitor. They want to beat Tesla at their own game.
So enthusiasts mean nothing right now. We are considered dinosaurs. Our market is irrelevant. And with millenials and the new gen not interested in driving. Electric cars are the future and i cant stand it. At least...
Chevy, Ford and Dodge have not sold out for the cause.

Of course, Chevy, Ford, and Dodge are pretty diverse and are even be able to service diverse specialty markets. Light and medium duty pickup trucks, commercial vehicles, electric/hybrids, people movers, sports/muscle cars, and specialty cars. No small feat, that.

The "enthusiast" market is irrelevant in terms of overall size and the share Nissan can command. At least the traditional "enthusiast" market. There is a whole new segment where that term applies, in the early adoption of electrics. This too, will pass once those cars become the norm.

Interestingly, Maserati is rumoured to be going all-electric too. There was talk of it entering a team in Formula E, but honestly I doubt that league will exist long enough (in its present form, anyway) for this to happen.

[Hotrodz]

Originally Posted by ZCanadian

^ How true.

Tesla knows exactly what it wants to be when it grows up. Whether it gets there or not is definitely up for debate. But Nissan seems incapable of identifying a goal, much less reinventing itself for the 21st century.



Of course, Chevy, Ford, and Dodge are pretty diverse and are even be able to service diverse specialty markets. Light and medium duty pickup trucks, commercial vehicles, electric/hybrids, people movers, sports/muscle cars, and specialty cars. No small feat, that.

The "enthusiast" market is irrelevant in terms of overall size and the share Nissan can command. At least the traditional "enthusiast" market. There is a whole new segment where that term applies, in the early adoption of electrics. This too, will pass once those cars become the norm.

Interestingly, Maserati is rumoured to be going all-electric too. There was talk of it entering a team in Formula E, but honestly I doubt that league will exist long enough (in its present form, anyway) for this to happen.

Teslas are fairly prevalent out west. There are more of them in town than my lonely 370z. Lol! We have a charging station at the Carl's Jr right off I-40. They are a dime a dozen in Las Vegas.

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[Zingston]

Originally Posted by Hotrodz

Teslas are fairly prevalent out west. There are more of them in town than my lonely 370z. Lol! We have a charging station at the Carl's Jr right off I-40. They are a dime a dozen in Las Vegas.

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Remember all those Carl's Jr commercials with smoking hot babes tearing into huge burgers...

I miss those.


Oh, anyway, I have yet to see my first charging station anywhere outside of a few in Oregon.

[Rusty]

The first recharging station I seen was at Hershey Park 2 years ago. One local outlet mall just installed about a dozen of them. The problem is. Where they put them at. Was where the handicap used to park. And guess what. The handicap are still parking in those spots. If you have to recharge. It's not going to happen.