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Originally Posted by dirk diggler
never liked the 350Z or 370Z. liked the second gen 300ZX and absolutely love the old 240Z style. they should come out with a new updated 240 Z, that car was a gem.
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The 300ZX TT is an underrated classic as it was the first Japanese car to take a good run at the Corvette in some time as I recall C&D and other magazines calling it Godzilla as it was very fast, capable, and simply higher tech than GM's performance car. It kind of forced Mazda, Toyota, Mitsubishi, etc to up their games with their offerings which spawned some of the great Japanese cars of the 90's. Looking back even the styling has aged pretty well as it's probably only below the FD RX7 and maybe NSX when it comes to timeless Japanese styling from that era.
The 350Z while not as much of an out right performer was very, very popular in the US and was a pretty desirable car in its time. For whatever reason the 370Z just wasn't well received and even in its early years never sold remotely close to the 350Z. Maybe the styling wasn't enough of a departure, maybe the VQ engine was been there done that for many, maybe it's release coinciding with the recession killed any momentum, or maybe the domestics stepping up their game with the Mustang, Camaro, Challenger put a dent into the market share for RWD coupes. Likely a combination of all that and maybe Nissan not really putting in a lot of effort to modernize or upgrade performance after launch led to the downfall of the car.