2023 Nissan Z are finally starting to roll into dealerships

[West Aussie]

Its funny how Australia is getting a bunch of demo Zs while the US only has Protos coming in

Yeah but we can buy them. Dealers have to agree to keep them for at least 9months before on selling ….no one actually owns one yet

 

[therumblewagon]

Well well well -

I am not a financing expert, so if someone is please do jump in, but I have to imagine the large down payment was to help reduce what would be needed to finance, since I would imagine lenders would be like, you want to pay HOW MUCH for a NISSAN?! and therefore wouldn't approve.

Have to imagine that, plus interest rates being bonked, led to the above result? Or perhaps the person just...couldn't secure financing? I'd think since you have a lot of money to throw down, it wouldn't be an issue, but again there are probably some variables I'm not thinking of.

I'll ask what the OTD price is and circle back. A part of me wonders if they'll give at all on the ADM, doubt it but one never knows until you ask.

Imagine sending this to a prospective buyer, who can clearly see what the sticker is, and not giving it a second thought.

"we dropped the price almost 10k, it's now only 40k over MSRP!"

boggles my brain cells.

 

[MZGA]

 

[therumblewagon]

That crossed out MSRP is certainly reassuring...

https://www.nissanofsmithtown.com/vehicles?filter=model-Z.new-true

 

[jc604]

And more performances models sold already. From what people posted on instagram. Im sure there are many more sold to people without social media

 

[therumblewagon]

"Many" might be a stretch -

https://www.autoweek.com/news/sport...trification-looms-but-sports-cars-still-sell/

Nissan Z
Just 86 sold year-to-date ’22, all the redesigned 2023 model, compared with 56 of the outgoing 370Z sold in the first three quarters of 2021.

That is bad.

Also, this comment will probably resonate with a lot of people on here:

"I live around one of the most car-watching city areas of the country (greater metro Atlanta) and have yet to see one new 2023 Nissan Z. This, when I saw new 2020 C8s just weeks after the GM union strike was over and production began. It is deeply concerning to see Nissan has not even sold 100 Zs for the entire nation. This leads me to believe potential buyers of it got tired of waiting for the new Z and took their sports car business elsewhere like to the new Supra (which I do see) which to date has nearly 20,000 sales since 2019 (nearly 3,900 just for 2022 so far with October numbers not in yet)."

 

[Bayareaz]

They better fix that 2nd gear grind and do something about the markups!

 

[280driver]

"Many" might be a stretch -

https://www.autoweek.com/news/sport...trification-looms-but-sports-cars-still-sell/

Nissan Z
Just 86 sold year-to-date ’22, all the redesigned 2023 model, compared with 56 of the outgoing 370Z sold in the first three quarters of 2021.

That is bad.

Also, this comment will probably resonate with a lot of people on here:

"I live around one of the most car-watching city areas of the country (greater metro Atlanta) and have yet to see one new 2023 Nissan Z. This, when I saw new 2020 C8s just weeks after the GM union strike was over and production began. It is deeply concerning to see Nissan has not even sold 100 Zs for the entire nation. This leads me to believe potential buyers of it got tired of waiting for the new Z and took their sports car business elsewhere like to the new Supra (which I do see) which to date has nearly 20,000 sales since 2019 (nearly 3,900 just for 2022 so far with October numbers not in yet)."

I think the issue is not that they’ve only sold 86. It’s that they've only had 86 to sell. Can’t sell cars if you can’t get them to dealerships.

 

[Y_PLZ]

I saw a rosewood Z on cars.com

https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/8b6d5613-ecdb-433f-ac5b-fe57ce06501d/

 

[Cmoon1214]

This Maryland dealership is a trainwreck. 20k+ ADM, color listed as boulder gray when it's gun metallic, and one of the sales people told me it was damaged during transport, so it had to be repaired before being sold. Not sure why they were honest about it, but I'm sure they won't mention that when it's being sold.

 

[Nezluver66]

I saw a rosewood Z on cars.com

This one sold for around $56,000 and some change.

 

[Georges1]

Looking at the Nissan site under inventory shows the few Z’s that are at dealers or are in transit, they all have AT. Does anyone know if this because of the 2nd gear grinding discussion? Also, I have not seen that we can place an order for a specific color/transmission yet.

 

[ZDreamer]

They better fix that 2nd gear grind and do something about the markups!

I just found out that they're not using an in-house MT tranny, but from Toyota (similar to the 370Z). I hope Nissan can find an in-house solution to build the roll-out momentum .... it has been a dismal

 

[therumblewagon]

Imagine sending this to a prospective buyer, who can clearly see what the sticker is, and not giving it a second thought.

"we dropped the price almost 10k, it's now only 40k over MSRP!"

boggles my brain cells.

Call it morbid curiosity, but I just checked and the car is still for sale at the same price.

At this point, since they haven't lowered it, I'm just starting to think they're just not trying to sell and to keep it on the showroom floor as a display model.

 

[z_ya_later]

Found a base/sport model in South FL. When I called about it, they wanted $20K over MSRP. $60K... for the sport model... Link for those interested

It'll be interesting to see how this all plays out over the next 1 - 2 years.