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trackratZ
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Agree. Nissan dealers are hurting badly anyways nowadays. If they want to clear inventory, which most now have enough Zs sitting on the lot (Zs were ONLY displayed in showrooms before), it's up to the dealer to make a sale. Will see what comes out of this.
rvlbrs
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https://www.motortrend.com/news/nis...dHdptY77eCpArh4TiA_aem_LzO14Kx7cZSq9jgT6O81kQ
During a question and answer period at the company’s recent Fast Forward event, chief planning officer Ponz Pandikuthira told reporters the Z car is here to stay. Sports cars will remain, he said, even though they rarely pencil (turn a enough profit to justify building them). It will have to adapt to tightening emissions and fuel economy regulations, though. The best way to do that, he suggested, is by going hybrid, not EV.
During a question and answer period at the company’s recent Fast Forward event, chief planning officer Ponz Pandikuthira told reporters the Z car is here to stay. Sports cars will remain, he said, even though they rarely pencil (turn a enough profit to justify building them). It will have to adapt to tightening emissions and fuel economy regulations, though. The best way to do that, he suggested, is by going hybrid, not EV.
ZillaZ
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Regardless of my personal feelings on EV's and such - hybrid's make way more sense in today's world than going full on EV.
Motorsports are not going away - even for the consumer buying sports cars. Glad the Z appears to be sticking around, even if it has to go hybrid. Just glad it's not going to go full EV... for now. Once it makes sense, you can charge faster than you can now and the infrastructure exists / driving one long distances in all kinds of weather without putting strain on power-grids with massive amounts of people driving them, sure.
I wish car manufactures didn't just bow down to all of the California laws though - at least in the US - but that's another topic.
Motorsports are not going away - even for the consumer buying sports cars. Glad the Z appears to be sticking around, even if it has to go hybrid. Just glad it's not going to go full EV... for now. Once it makes sense, you can charge faster than you can now and the infrastructure exists / driving one long distances in all kinds of weather without putting strain on power-grids with massive amounts of people driving them, sure.
I wish car manufactures didn't just bow down to all of the California laws though - at least in the US - but that's another topic.
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And that is exactly how I feel. It would automatically make our 23-24 Z's collectibles.
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There goes my chances of getting a convertible. Dang!
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DANG!
DrivingEnthusiast
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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.
