Disappointment with the New 2023 Z???

[takemorepills]

What's really weird is the top trim Rogue has it, buy not the sports car that actually can benefit from it.

Kinda follows tradition....
You could get HUD on the NX1600 which had a lowly 1.6L 4 banger, but not on any Z32 300ZX. You'd think the Twin Turbo would've had it ...... Nope

 

[Kbl911]

Kinda follows tradition....
You could get HUD on the NX1600 which had a lowly 1.6L 4 banger, but not on any Z32 300ZX. You'd think the Twin Turbo would've had it ...... Nope

Z often proves itself the exception within Nissan's portfolio, in both good ways and head-scratching ways. Like, they have recently made some fairly impressive strides in terms of interior design & materials but that doesn't really seem to have translated to the Z (at least not yet).

This is a bloody Sentra

 

[indio22]

I stopped by my local dealership again to talk about their Proto and future allocations.

The Proto they’re holding a silent auction for it. If you bid high enough they will call you if not then forget it. I heard anything under $100K will not be considered.

As for a future allocation they said possibly 1 Performance manual in January. Nissan really screwed the pooch on this release!

-RJM

Ugh. $100k auctions, ADMs, vehicles MIA, jumping through hoops to find/buy one. Where's the fun?

If I'm going to spend 40k+ on something, it should be fun, not aggravating.

 

[Heavy Dupree]

Doesn't anyone else find wireless charging dreadfully slow? I've got it in both the truck and car and still plug in 99% of the time. I turned off the HUD in the Mercedes when I picked the car up in February of '21 and haven't turned it back on since. I found it completely distracting.

 

[NissanFreak2021]

Agree that it's disappointing it doesn't have cooled seats or the HUD when other vehicles in the lineup have them. Wireless charging would have been nice and the newer infotainment screen and software that the refreshed Altima has.

I wouldn't be surprised to see all these things show up in the mid cycle refresh in a few years or the Nismo hopefully.

 

[NecioVato]

Ugh. $100k auctions, ADMs, vehicles MIA, jumping through hoops to find/buy one. Where's the fun?

If I'm going to spend 40k+ on something, it should be fun, not aggravating.

It’s so funny to me - prior to the pandemic - the cars available were not very exciting other than the Honda Civic Type R and the Supra (which could be had at below MSRP); then its like the pandemic hit right when we were getting some of the coolest cars in the last 5yrs - the Corolla GR, the new Golf R, the new Honda Civic Type R, the new Z, a Supra with a manual - it’s like C’MON MAN - this is a great time - not to mention the new BMW M2 will be coming out as well.

And…we have silent auctions, out of control ADM, shortages galore, dealers acting like these cars which have a MSRP for a reason need to be priced like a used NSX or GTR - its like WHY….WHY is this the time we have some of the coolest cars - why not 5yrs ago when there was no cool cars (then again who knows - maybe the Z wouldn’t have been made)

 

[rocksandblues]

Doesn't anyone else find wireless charging dreadfully slow? I've got it in both the truck and car and still plug in 99% of the time. I turned off the HUD in the Mercedes when I picked the car up in February of '21 and haven't turned it back on since. I found it completely distracting.

Yes slow. Zupra has one but it is super slow. Everyone ends up using the usb charge port. I like heads up for glancing at speed through turns on unfamiliar tracks.

Before i ruined the zupra into a race car. the heads up had a cool feature on the adaptive cruise that was handy in traffic.

 

[takemorepills]

Z often proves itself the exception within Nissan's portfolio, in both good ways and head-scratching ways. Like, they have recently made some fairly impressive strides in terms of interior design & materials but that doesn't really seem to have translated to the Z (at least not yet).

This is a bloody Sentra

And Nissan being Nissan, that interior isn't nice enough to make up for what's under the hood.

 

[Kbl911]

And Nissan being Nissan, that interior isn't nice enough to make up for what's under the hood.

Oh, the Sentra is putrid, to be sure. Not sure why Nissan refuses to marry the best of their assets in a single offering like, say, the new Z. That might have been a good strategy...

 

[takemorepills]

Oh, the Sentra is putrid, to be sure. Not sure why Nissan refuses to marry the best of their assets in a single offering like, say, the new Z. That might have been a good strategy...

An option to get the 1.6T would've at least made it looked like they could acknowledge their competition.....

Both the Civic and the Corolla have significantly better powertrains.

 

[Kbl911]

An option to get the 1.6T would've at least made it looked like they could acknowledge their competition.....

Both the Civic and the Corolla have significantly better powertrains.

Finding new and creative ways to make everyone question what in the actual hell they're doing

 

[Mardoc01]

Is apple CarPlay wireless?

 

[Supremekai]

Finding new and creative ways to make everyone question what in the actual hell they're doing

Sleeping at the wheels.

 

[rocksandblues]

Is apple CarPlay wireless?

In Zupra yes

 

[fliplover]

Is apple CarPlay wireless?

According to the spec sheet on the Performance Z in the US, yes it is.

Edit: Fixed the trim and country.