| the Z has always been (except for the Z32) a low budget sports car. It originally offered performance similar to the porsches, but everyday joes could afford it. Once the prices become similar, the Z (any Z, anything with the hamburger on it) has no chance to take the majority of the market share and make money. Your ideal of the "z lineage" is terribly skewed. The Z32 is the exception, not the rule. A lot of the original Z enthusiasts, guys who grew up with 240z's, etc, refer to the Z32 as a couch on wheels. The whole "zx" line, in fact, was a departure from the spirit of the original Z car. The point that you miss is that the majority of people driving sports cars buy them for the bling appeal. Rappers, i bankers, and record producers don't buy porsches, bmws, and ferraris to track them. Most of them are used for cruising to a club to pick up women. If nissan followed your advice, they would be bankrupt (again... sounds familiar). The point isn't performance. People on the street will *never* look at a nissan the same way that they look at a porsche, regardless of how they do on the track. The GTR will fail in america. Why do you think its never been brought here before? The argument about engineering it to make it LHD is a nice excuse, but the execs knew that it would never be successful here.
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Joe
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2003 SB 350z Touring 6MT
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