Official: U.S. 2023 Nissan Z priced at $39,990 Sport, $49,990 Performance, $52,900 Proto Spec (Now Including Exterior/Interior Color Combos)

[McLovin157]

It is not really like that in Canada. Many times I have gone through VW financing (they own their own and are famous for it) or Nissan secures a guaranteed rate through a bank but procured through Nissan with their rates. Last time Nissan had a block deal for either 2.9% or 3.9% and it was with Servus Credit Union in Alberta. Incidentally although they are not a bank they just won bank of the year in Canada. lol.

In the US Nissan has its own financing NMAC (Nissan Motor Acceptance Communications) or something like that. In the states Nissan offers typically the BEST rates. 0% isn’t a thing right now but .9% is unbeatable currently. Though Nissan only uses Equifax and they are a bit strict with their financing. Though you have to qualify for the best.

 

[trackratZ]

You will always make more money private selling. If you have to due to time constraints as much as I hate it check carvana first. They pay stupid money for cars 80% of the time (hence they are hurried in thousands of cars). But hey it’s what’s best for you. Worst case scenario cavana gives you X for your car and the dealership can’t match. Sell your car to them and take the cash as a down payment.

Sold my wife's 5 Series thru Carvana, very quick painless process, I'm surprised, plus they give me just about $1K less than retail used, happy here!

 

[McLovin157]

Sold my wife's 5 Series thru Carvana, very quick painless process, I'm surprised, plus they give me just about $1K less than retail used, happy here!

The strategy currently is sell to carvana but not buying from them ?

 

[West Aussie]

Only those who can’t get bank loans or use their home equity would use financing in Aus…they are rip off merchants here.
As to trade in…private will always get more money here. The dealer goes low, then doubles the price to resell.
After inquiries with dealers about my Peugeot the best offer I could get was 15k …won’t say how much but I got a LOT more than that private, and they would be able to sell at an even higher price now

 

[Denver the Last Dinosaur]

^ Dealer trade in prices are of course always lower since they then have to on-sell it at a profit for them ... but with private selling you have to take into account the hassle (including the possibility of a "test drive" never returning) the lower dealer price might be worthwhile. It's really an individual choice. There are even sales yards around here that will sell it for you, for a fee, so that removes some of the private selling hassle.

The other option is to sell to junk yard as parts/scrap. Depending on the car and condition, you could get $10k or more at the top end.

 

[Connelly]

Another thing to consider is the taxes in your state. In Georgia, the trade-in reduces the taxable amount of the new car purchase. So if a dealer gives you $30k for your car on a $50k new car, you only pay the sales tax (6.6%) on the difference ($20k). If you sell privately and then walk in with your $30k down payment, then you're going to pay an extra $1,980 than if you had just traded it in.

That being said, I recently sold to Carvana. We didn't need the car, and they paid me $1k more than I paid for it new about 18 months prior. The process wasn't too bad overall. Some hiccups, but nothing major. The crazy thing is I live just down the street from a Carvana. I assumed I would just drive the car over there, sell it, and walk back. Nope. lol. They had to come meet me. It was actually more of a pain in the ass that way for me, since I'm in a building of apartments/condos. In retrospect, I should have just put the address of the dealer as where I would meet them.

 

[Eatonian49]

Another thing to consider is the taxes in your state. In Georgia, the trade-in reduces the taxable amount of the new car purchase. So if a dealer gives you $30k for your car on a $50k new car, you only pay the sales tax (6.6%) on the difference ($20k). If you sell privately and then walk in with your $30k down payment, then you're going to pay an extra $1,980 than if you had just traded it in.

That being said, I recently sold to Carvana. We didn't need the car, and they paid me $1k more than I paid for it new about 18 months prior. The process wasn't too bad overall. Some hiccups, but nothing major. The crazy thing is I live just down the street from a Carvana. I assumed I would just drive the car over there, sell it, and walk back. Nope. lol. They had to come meet me. It was actually more of a pain in the ass that way for me, since I'm in a building of apartments/condos. In retrospect, I should have just put the address of the dealer as where I would meet them.

Yeah NC is the same way. Taxes on the new car are reduced based on how much the trade in impacted the purchase price.

 

[nisslover]

So here's my suggestion... since we know Nissan is most likely monitoring this thread... What if for 2024, Nissan increased the price of the Sport to say $41,490 but it included the LSD... Would you all think that's worth the price? They also could bring the price of the Performance down slightly ($49,490) since that'll for sure decrease the price of the LSD since the volume would increase... you know if they're feeling generous. Lol

That's the biggest blunder here, the omission of the LSD on the Sport, if you ask me. I think the pricing is fine.

 

[bybepl]

An artificially low rate from the manufacturer is used to move cars. That's not going to happen with this car...

Y'all are taking loans out for a toy?

 

[bybepl]

So here's my suggestion... since we know Nissan is most likely monitoring this thread... What if for 2024, Nissan increased the price of the Sport to say $41,490 but it included the LSD... Would you all think that's worth the price? They also could bring the price of the Performance down slightly ($49,490) since that'll for sure decrease the price of the LSD since the volume would increase... you know if they're feeling generous. Lol

That's the biggest blunder here, the omission of the LSD on the Sport, if you ask me. I think the pricing is fine.

Agree 100%

 

[SS727Z]

I remember we all relayed to Dan ahead of time that we the consumer, saw it necessary for the sport to have an LSD. Unfortunately, it didn’t make a difference :/

 

[MHockey17]

So here's my suggestion... since we know Nissan is most likely monitoring this thread... What if for 2024, Nissan increased the price of the Sport to say $41,490 but it included the LSD... Would you all think that's worth the price? They also could bring the price of the Performance down slightly ($49,490) since that'll for sure decrease the price of the LSD since the volume would increase... you know if they're feeling generous. Lol

That's the biggest blunder here, the omission of the LSD on the Sport, if you ask me. I think the pricing is fine.

I think the best trim/pricing strategy Nissan could’ve employed was exactly what they’re offering in the JDM (which was basically a direct carryover from the 370Z trim structure)

But alternatively, if they’re insistent on calling the base trim “Sport” I would’ve liked to see them equip it as such. In other words, the base trim should be equivalent to the 370Z Sport (LSD, Akebono brakes, SRM, sport suspension etc) and priced a bit closer to the 2.0 Supra, which is fine because it’s value is immensely greater.

Then like you’re suggesting, they could perhaps do whatever it takes to convince the bean counters to drop the Perf trim price a bit since the Sport would likely sell in greater volume to help bring cost down.

 

[nisslover]

I think the best trim/pricing strategy Nissan could’ve employed was exactly what they’re offering in the JDM (which was basically a direct carryover from the 370Z trim structure)

But alternatively, if they’re insistent on calling the base trim “Sport” I would’ve liked to see them equip it as such. In other words, the base trim should be equivalent to the 370Z Sport (LSD, Akebono brakes, SRM, sport suspension etc) and priced a bit closer to the 2.0 Supra, which is fine because it’s value is immensely greater.

Then like you’re suggesting, they could perhaps do whatever it takes to convince the bean counters to drop the Perf trim price a bit since the Sport would likely sell in greater volume to help bring cost down.

There's no way they could offer all of that for any less than $45k... Besides, that's all stuff that tuners will be changing anyway, besides the LSD. I think the whole point of the Sport is for the tuner... however, it seems most are unwilling to add an LSD aftermarket and are ruling out the Sport trim/the Z completely because it lacks it from the factory. Pretty much if the Sport had an LSD most complaints would be resolved and Nissan could re-capture some lost sales due to the sticker shock of the performance.

 

[West Aussie]

Y'all are taking loans out for a toy?

Yep….as Someone else mentioned in Australia we have a thing called a home equity loan. When you buy your home you borrow whatever you need and pay it off over time, then if you need to buy something else and you’ve paid enough off your loan you can use that money to buy it.
we have paid off our house but kept a couple hundred dollars on the loan intentionally so we could use it to borrow for cars or maybe a holiday etc. We also have plenty of shares that we could sell to pay for the car, but with the interest rates that the banks are giving being so low it’s not worth it as the shares make more in dividends
So yes borrowed, but if needed we could pay

 

[Donalex]

We also have home equity loans. The interest is tax deductible.

If someone buys your home, they payoff the loan as part of the purchase price = free Z. ?