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2023 Nissan Z First Drive Review: Return Of The Budget Performance Hero

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2023 Nissan Z First Drive Review: Return Of The Budget Performance Hero

We seriously didn't think it would happen, but the 2023 Nissan Z is finally here to replace the 370Z after a whopping 11-year production run. Following more than a decade of minimal changes, you'd forgive us for thinking Nissan would abandon its long-running sports car nameplate. Though this is technically a seventh-generation Z car, the Z with no numbers isn't quite as new as you might expect. In fact, it retains the 370Z's Z34 platform designation and that car's FM platform. And just to remind you how old the FM platform is, it debuted on the 350Z back in 2002.

How could a car with a two-decade-old platform possibly stand against the combined might of BMW and Toyota with the more modern GR Supra that will soon have a manual transmission option to match the Z? Well, Nissan's cost-cutting wasn't for naught, as the Z enters the sports car market with a starting price of $39,990 - $3,500 below a four-cylinder Supra - and a 400-horsepower twin-turbo V6 (18 hp more than the BMW-sourced inline-six).

Some time behind the wheel in Las Vegas showed Nissan knew what it was doing with the Z.

Exterior: Vintage Inspiration Made Contemporary

It may have some old bones, but you'd never tell by looking at the new Z. The old 370Z's proportions never looked dated, it just needed a small nip tuck with some modern accouterments to feel like a product fit for the 2020s.

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