Nissan Wants A Cheaper Z, So The Kids Can Buy Them
Posted on May 5, 2025 in Editorials | 2 comments
The next-generation Nissan Z (which may or may not be: 1. A crossover; 2. Real; 3. Inspired by a bicycle; 4. FWD; 5. All of the above) may be less expensive than the current car, Nissan design chief Mamori Aoki told Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.
A lower price would appeal to a younger generation who can’t afford the Z’s current $30,000 price tag, Aoki said. Well, yeah.
Interestingly, the report notes that a less-expensive Z could make room for a more powerful Nissan sports car that isn’t called a GT-R. Aoki told the newspaper that the GT-R would remain a flagship performance car that wouldn’t compromise speed for something as silly as price. Wonderful.
“The GT-R continues to showcase and technological flagship for Nissan. The GT-R should always be the quickest,” Aoki told the paper.
In November, GT-R, 370Z and NISMO product planner Hiroshi Tamura told Motoring that he didn’t have any plans to turn the Z into a crossover and that the Gripz concept (pictured above) could be something that funds development of a new coupe.
“No, I don’t want to do that,” Tamura told Motoring. “I have a passion … I have to do this also for base GT-R and 370Z.”
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Although that looks a little hideous, they need to do something. Nissan has painted itself into a corner with the Z car. A friend of mine purchased all of them….until he decided to get a Grand Cherokee because he hated the 350Z. It was really unpleasant to ride in, and, especially as our roads collapse, he kept having to get new wheels.
The Juke looked like it could be fun when it first came out. This is maybe moving in that direction – which is a quirky, quintessentially Japanese thing to do. I bet it will be a fun car.
The ugly Juke is fantastically reliabe. It doesn’t handle like a Golf or a MINI but it produces far fewer owner complaints.
That’s a fact I learned doing research recently. The 2016 Sentra has no SER option just a paltry 130 hp. The base Juke has 186 but i’ll pass on looks and it’s smaller than Sentra body. There’s the Golf but DSG and turbo ice are strong off putters.