The federal government needs to let the EV industry figure this out on their own without financial backing. If the federal government needs to subsidize or incentivize anything, it's the power grid and infrastructure that needs the help - doesn't matter how many charging stations you have...
Question that no one seems to be asking...
Why haven't any of the prior reviews had this issue with the gearbox?
Hagerty did not, SG did not, among several others with the first wave of reviews where they beat up on these cars in Vegas.
Quite honestly, I believe this concept is profound on several levels.
Dodge/SRT has come out with some of the most fun-inspired vehicles in the last decade that bucked trends toward cars becoming "appliances". They have always understood that cars can serve as extensions of the people that...
There isn't yet a VR30 build that can reliably, consistently produce over 1000 horsepower. The Infiniti cars haven't been the right cars to push the aftermarket for that. We'll see what happens with the Zs making it into private ownership.
His VQ twin turbo did ok, but multiple engine...
I believe the question is "should Nissan make a 300hp base model" and not "would you buy a 300hp base model."
Speak with your wallet as to what you want. A 300hp variant would sell if priced properly. Most if not all of us here want the 400hp, but that doesn't mean there's not merit to Nissan...
Don't you dare threaten me with a good time.
If a Q50 comes with a stick, it's a day one order for me. Sorry Z. That would be the "have my cake and eat it too" configuration.
Following up on that, imagine a press Z getting borrowed for a day or two at a time and dudes do little things each time it's checked out.
The Z comes back to Nissan, it's got window tint, different tires, an off-the-shelf map, it runs e85, makes 500whp after being gone for six months.
Car and...
I didn't watch the above video, but I'll bet that motor blew up because of some over-the-counter bs tune that the Q knobs have been putting on these cars for years. Go to any Infiniti Q facebook group and you'll find a bunch of idiots that bought lease returns from carmax and pushed the cars...
Perfectly logical - the reality is the upgrade gained in the baseline performance and capability getting into a C7 from the C6 is the exact same whether you split it between a 2013 and a 2014 model or a 2005 and a 2019 model. Therefore, that capability upgrade cost a buyer between 2% and 28%...
At the end of the C8's lifecycle.
Debut year for C6 Corvette - 2005, MSRP $44,245
Ending year for C6 - 2013, MSRP $51,000, Lifecycle increase of 15%
Debut year for C7 Stingray - 2014, MSRP $51,995
Ending year for C7 Stingray - 2019, MSRP $56,590, Lifecycle increase of 8%
Debut year for C8...
What's interesting to me is - it's completely ok that it's a brand new car, but the C8 Z06 has achieved extremely similar net performance gains over its predecessor that the Z has gained over the 370Z.
Roughly a touch over a half a second 0-60 time gained from C7Z to C8Z. Roughly a touch...
Those Nismo Clubsport wheels have been around for a couple years. They're awesome. Good to see Nissan pushing them with the new Z. Z1 Motorsports has been selling them since before COVID I think.