had the same reaction. Bought a used 2006 Infiniti G35 and everywhere I went there were people gawking at the Z. I picked up the G at a Nissan Dealer and all the sales people were coming out to check out the Z and exercise their cell phone cameras. I stopped at a gas station on the way home and there were similar reactions. One major difference that I noticed was man once you get used to the feel of the turbo charger boost, everything else (at least in the V6 3.5L) just seems to be flat.