The Nissan 300ZX Was The Last True Z Car
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The Nissan 300ZX was supposed to cement Nissan as Japan's most exciting automaker. It was the darling of the motoring press when it debuted in 1989 and even managed to hold its own in the face of stiff competition from the likes of Mazda, Toyota, and Honda. Instead, it succumbed to the same fate as so many other Japanese sports cars. Nissan stopped building the 300ZX for the US in 1996 and altogether in the year 2000, meaning that for the first time since the Nixon administration, the company did not have a Z car in its lineup. Its fall from grace mirrored that of Nissan. Some consider the 300ZX to be the last true Z car. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 INTRO 1:02 DESIGN 9:13 ENGINEERING 11:51 DEBUT 13:07 MAGAZINE REVIEWS 14:01 COMPARISON TESTS 19:35 LATER YEARS/DECLINE SOURCES www.barchetta.co/300zx-sources ARTICLES, SOURCES, AND MORE www.barchetta.co
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