I was thinking similarly. Assuming one actually enough skill to wring it out, you’re going to drop a couple grand for each track day’s consumable consumption. Not a big deal for a gajillionair, but definitely a consideration for those of us with more modest means.

600 miles on a 1.8 mile road course is 333 laps. That’s a pretty solid effort.

I’ve never actually seen one except at my local Cars and Coffee... and what’s sad is I’ve seen more Lotus Emiras at that same Cars and Coffee (and in the wild for that matter) than Nissan Z’s.

I live in a major city, and I've seen a total of 3.

I have seen exactly one and it was just last week, not bad but nothing super special.

Have we confirmed that the new Z is an actual thing and not some AI-created hallucination that just exists on the internet? Because I’ve never actually seen one in the real world.

Fun fact- the H2 which was too big for our roads is dwarfed by modern pickups. Yay progress!

Finally, a camper for The Weeknd.

If you have the valve shim kit its not bad. 

I have yet to see a new Z, and I live in FL where retirees come to spend their children’s’ inheritance the money they saved during their career on playthings.

Totally, I think I’ve seen one? Even if it’s lipstick on a pig, it would behoove Nissan to get as many of them on the roads as possible.

The wierd thing is I have yet to see the Z in the wild.  Not on the road, not at cars and coffee or car meets.  Is anyone buying them?

Would love to buy another STI but close to $30k is way overpriced even for a hatchback model.  $15-$20k range is where the sweet spot for these are priced to sell.

No one is pushing you to buy a modern car at all. If the idea of driving a modern car bothers you so much why not drive your 90's or older car for the rest of your life, plain and simple. 

And that E28 made you feel something at 70mph. Changing gears, feeling the tires wiggle in corners. I’d take that over a new M5 for everything other than commuting.

Makes sense, but the vast majority of people have never been on a liter bike or do much sporty with their car other than hit the gas hard.

They feel boring to drive, other then acceleration they don’t have much going for them. On my bike I can run it out to 12k rpm and above 3500 the whole feeling and sound of the bike changes, it goes from a nice commuter bike and really comes alive. I have a modified vw that always puts us in a good mood to drive, its…

Light makes right. Always has, always will.

This is a car enthusiast site, right? Has the author of this article actually driven a lightweight car without any aides past the limit?

“Old cars suck, actually”. -Jalopnik, 2024