We haven't been comparing apples to apples from the beginning of our conversation.
Everything is progressive. My only point is that if you are trying to draw direct paralells between the current generation Nissan lineup, and yesteryear's (which isn't entirely fair due to the reasons you already noted above), the price and power of the Altima coupe is closer to that of the 240sx than the Z33 is. Sorry if I didn't word it right the first time around.