PH Blog: joy of specs
Nissan puts money where its mouth is; gives us 328hp for less than £30K
But assessing a £30K car as a £30K car when it's got half as much again added on top in options isn't perhaps the most level of playing fields. There's a game being played here of course and the German brands - Audi most notably - are masters at quietly speccing press cars up in the hope of scoring an extra mark or two in that all-important group test. Indeed, the gap between real-world cars people actually buy and the press fleet ones we get to drive can be staggering.
When these cars do occasionally surface in approved used fleets that does potentially make them something of a bargain though, assuming you can balance the fact it's been through hordes of over-excitable hacks and led a life that would leave even the most abused holiday rental feeling like it got off lightly.
Credit then to Nissan then for adding this 370Z to its fleet. This is a true baseline price car, with not a single extra, a lot of blanked out switches and a bottom line price of a smidge under £30K. Symbolic perhaps but 328hp for £29,975 has to make it an all time hp per £ bargain.
This is a car with a mission though, and you have to admire the Nissan press office's single-minded attempt to rain on the parade of its homegrown rivals over at Toyota and Subaru. Because the sole purpose of this car is to gatecrash grouptests featuring the GT 86 and/or BRZ and attempt to subvert the message that it's not all about horsepower. The 370Z very much is about horsepower and for just a couple of grand more than your typical Toyobaru press car exerts a very powerful force - an additional 128hp of force to be precise - on corruptible hacks. The Zee is a blunt tool compared with the BRZ or GT 86. But blunt tools have a habit of being rather effective too. Is it enough though? Stay tuned!
Dan
After a quick flick through some car specs, I'm afraid the Proton Satria-Neo 1.6 GSX 3-door beats it at £76.53 per hp (Costs £8,495 and has 111hp)
Can anyone do any better?
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/25155.htm
I would be very tempted at that price point. Currently my old 924S wins on bang for buck.
After a quick flick through some car specs, I'm afraid the Proton Satria-Neo 1.6 GSX 3-door beats it at £76.53 per hp (Costs £8,495 and has 111hp)
Can anyone do any better?
And in answer to the original point a quick scan of the basic specs indicates:
Oh, and if size matters to you the Z gets 18-inch wheels over the Toyobaru's standard 17s.
The base version can be had for £27,073 from Drivethedeal and if you want the syncro rev control along with the other bits in the GT then £30,010
That £30k GT sounds like the one to have.
This is my opinion obviously but anyone out there actually considering buying one of these care to give their opinion?
And, RevOne, consider the 370Z in this case the devil's advocate for power above all else.
The z on the other hand too expensive to run for the young, not enough seats for a family, maybe too costly for a commuter and not as lively as other two seaters like boxter etc. Hasnt got the badge of bmw, merc, porsche or audi. Its a great car but I just dont see a target market for them sadly.
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