These are alarmingly pathetic sales numbers which cannot possibly keep an entire assembly line open... Especially with the end of the Q and Skyline. Given the financial state of the company, this can't be justified much longer.
The goodwill of Nissan cant make up for this.
And with the Q50/60 and Skyline gone they have production over-capacity. Given the state of Nissan these days, and the huge cuts announced... there is little worse than assembly overhead.
And the results for the Q50/Skyline platform mates are also pathetic. This car used to be the bread-and-butter of Infiniti - and it's a fine car with the same great chassis and engine as the Z.
But it needs an update. Ditch the funky and worthless drive-by-wire steering, ditch the pointless...
Yes I know how NISMO labels it but it is NOT a strut tower brace, it is a shock tower brace.
A strut suspension is a cheap suspension, production cost-saving, with the tower itself is structurally load-bearing. That is a completely different design from what we have and we should be glad for it...
Yes, we all really wanted to see this test performed on a Nismo vs Supra. This is exactly the comparison that was needed . Same track, same day, same track conditions, same weather, same drivers. That''s what is needed and it's the only test with a fair comparison.
I knew they made the Ariya too... I don't know if it's on the same physical assembly line or parts of the same line. That's technically possible. Also whether the Ariya uses the same new paint process or not.
Nissan needs this problem fixed since they also need to make as many Skylines and...
Really pathetic. Is this low production solely due to the paint shop difficulties? Surely they need to build more - this, the Skyline and the Q50 can hardly keep those workers gainfully engaged.
Unfortunately missing the Nismo Z's 6-piston front brakes. They should be a direct bolt-on.
I'd like to see the part #s for those brakes.. I will buy them and see how they work on my Q50S Red Sport 400.
Notice that the specs released to the press today says the front calipers are only 4-piston. What happened to 6? Yes, the rotors are slightly larger.
And the calipers are larger on the press cars we saw. Press dept. is pretty poor... I expected a lot more detail on the differences - for...
I used to instruct at a big yearly SupraTT gathering on a very fast track, plus drive one of a friends for 2 years. It was indestructible in the super high temps here. A nearly perfect car because it was so well engineered.
"Over" engineered isn't the right word - right-engineered is because it...
Well... as a HPDE instructor for almost 30 years, I've dealt with a lot of the worst and only rarely have had the best. I appreciate the Mustang because Ford finally has built a track car that has appropriate cooking for the track - **if and only if** properly optioned you get extra engine...
It's actually pathetic. And Nissan itself overall is in really bad shape: the quarterly sales results for the U.S. just came out today and Nissan and Inifiniti sold only 244k cars, SUVs and trucks - with a lineup of 17 products and 7 Infinitis.
Sure, a 33% quarter-to-quarter increase over last...