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Originally Posted by mazeroni
The 370z is kind of precarious in the market today. Very few people care about buying a $30K 2-seater with little to no practically.
A Ecoboost Mustang Premium and Camaro 2LT starts in the $29-31K range. Those 2 cars have semi-usable backseats and trunks. Better or worse still their performance metrics aren't all that far off the 370z - we are talking around the street where at most you go maybe 8/10ths.
I think to make a 370 successor work it either drops in price and size closer to the Miata/ Fiat 124 and adopts a 4-cylindar only engine range, or gets bigger with a backseat and trunk so it can steal muscle car sales while using the current 3.7, and optional TT 3.0. I think the latter would work better in Nissan's favor.
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Agreed. I'd love to see Nissan go all-in with the next gen. Since the 370z is essentially Nissan's version of the Camaro/Mustang, add small rear seats and a decent trunk. Take their existing VK50/56 engine and offer it as the V8 option.
The Mustang/Camaro market is large, but if they want to steal a piece from it, they're going to have to compete in performance and usability.