Comments on: 2009 Nissan 370Z Review & Road Test

By: ST_andrewscross

ST_andrewscross — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:45 +0000

I have driven all 3 and how you can say it’s ugly compared to an STI and EVO is unclear to me. If you want a drive line and engine with crappy plastics go the STI, they are all fun to drive but 370 leads that crop IMO.

You’re also lucky to get a 135 under 90k on road with similar specs while getting a 370 under 70k on road. Loved the 135 to drive but its styling a little cute in my opinion.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:10:15 +0000

Oh the Zed. Not sure why people respect this car. Rip off, not hugely quick, pretty ugly, not convenient. Peoples buy a new WRX Sti. It will smash this car and with a few bolt ons you will be doing 11sec down the WSID if you wanted. Just watch some of the BMI videos for evidence of the EVO’s and WRX’s murdering this car buy lots. Yet its more expensive, What the.

By: Hans

Hans — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:30:07 +0000

Source : Discount New cars and Prestige New cars

Nissan 370Z $73,950 driveaway

BMW 135i Coupe $80,050 driveaway

And that’s before adding the $4500 or so on the 135 for the sat nav which is standard on the 370Z

So basically you need to pay an extra $10k for the Beemer.

I’d go with the Zed, it’s better looking IMHO

By: FrugalOne

FrugalOne — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:59:48 +0000

WHAT’S THE FASCINATION WITH 0-100KM/H & 1/4 MILE TIMES?

Today we need to be more concerned with how clean the engine is, and this is directly linked to MPG NOT MPH!

Cheers,

F-0[The Green warm and fuzzy one!]

By: Jav

Jav — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:20:04 +0000

BMW 135i, 0 to 100 time of 5.3 sec is faster than the Z, so why does it have no peers?
Sorry CA but you have got it wrong this time and at the end of the day you can’t go past the prestige of the BMW badge!
I bought a Golf GTI pirelli and it’s a blast but if I had more money I would have picked the 135i over the Nissan and that’s maybe because I’m over 40!

By: Stav

Stav — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:53:36 +0000

My Opinion, Nice car!! FPV F6310 better all up on performance, 80-120 and 0-100 and 0-400 F6 looks tough and you don’t see many on the road either that the FG F6310, but there both different cars for different people simple as that. It all comes to a personal opinion. But i do guarantee if you drive an F6 you would not want to get out of it.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:46:33 +0000

Beautiful car. It is missing a few things. It doesn’t have the 19-inch wheels, no hard drive based navigation, no direct ipod connection (music won’t display on-screen), no rear-view camera, no automatic wipers. But still, very good value for a car like this!

By: Garry

Garry — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:10:42 +0000

Before you buy a Nissan, check the warranty comments on
http://www.caradvice.com.au/54.....complaint/

By: Hemi-Head

Hemi-Head — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:22:48 +0000

Who-ever designed this car should be given a pay-rise.
It looks fantastic,how cool would it be to know you had drawn this beast.
As for the interior,whoah there,its awesome,and how good is the system that keeps the dials where you need them when one moves the steering wheel.
A great all-rounder if you only need 2 seats.

By: Buck

Buck — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:52:30 +0000

MB, I draw the line as new v new comparisons as I believe this is the only logical way to compare two vehicles currently on sale.

Of course as you quite rightly pointed out, with the current depressed market there’s a world of opportunites out there and if your a cash buyer, cash is absolutly king so by all means something like a V10 powered BMW M5 may well be in contention.

Appreciate what you had to say about the F6.

Having said that people will cross shop the 370Z and the local performance product I also think its fair to say most people would go into such comparisons with some pretty clear bias one way or the other based on their pre-conceptions of what is a “real” sportscar.

Regarding the collectability or otherwise of the W427, I’d speculate as soon as FPV bring out the supercharged 5.0 litre engine, the W427’s resale could well take a big hit.

By: Phill

Phill — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:26:18 +0000

sorry thats 335i

By: Phill

Phill — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:25:31 +0000

I will be interesting to see how the new 370Z will go in the Bathurst 12hr against the evoX and 135i.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:50:55 +0000

To Tom,
Love the look of the Zed, hate the squashed up 135i.

By: Sexythang

Sexythang — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:29:16 +0000

good car. but i dont think it beats the 135i. i feel the 135i is better value as a keeper.

By: Technology Slice

Technology Slice — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:48:31 +0000

It looks like a porsche carrera.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:09:05 +0000

i’d rather try my luck with a Skyline 350GT at less than half the price

not a huge fan of only two seats either especially at that price and size

By: MB

MB — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:55:31 +0000

Performance cars from any manufacturer are going to have a compromise with ride quality on all sorts of roads especially Oz Hotmix roads.

By: Joober@work

Joober@work — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:18:20 +0000

Yep no need for heel toe just to blip the throttle on down shifts.

For those who watched top gear yesterday night, it was given a winner by Morrison.

For 70 odd K Brand New, its value for money, yes it lacks prestige (snobs) but… Its a Nissan you drive it for what it is not for the brand.

By: LN

LN — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:14:39 +0000

oneill3 Says:
June 15th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
LN Says:
If you’d driven a 135 you’d know that the ride quality is anything but harsh! its rides better than my Merc.

oneill3 I have driven them and i thought it was a quality to drive but driving it on a rough road i thought it was harsh and ride quality was deterioating and was not enjoying driving it on the rough road.

And alan regarding the auto on 370Z, the technology that Nissan have used for both auto and manual is SyncroRev Match which means it automatically controls and adjusts engine speed when changing gears, essentially alienating the throttle as the shift occurs to match the exact engine speed of the next gear position. The auto benefits the SynchroRev Match to smooth out gear changes.

only disadvantage in this is the gearbox has the tendency of being clunky at times.

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:37:49 +0000

Great review.

I loved this car, imo its really good looking and I reckon Nissans are heading the right direction with their designs on sports car (maybe they should do the same with their passenger cars as well?). Unfortunately, it is a real pity that we don’t get the Nismo version of the 370Z.

From the article, this auto box isn’t even a DSG? So this brings to my question, what are the advantages of this auto?

Also I hope there will be a BMW 135i vs Mitsu Evo X vs Nissan 370Z comparsion soon. :)