DOSSIER: 2023 NISSAN Z

THE FIRST SIX GENERATIONS OF NISSAN/DAT SUN Z-CARS REFLECT THEIR MOMENT IN HISTORY. THE NEW SEVENTH GENERATION DOESN’T.

BY JOHN PEARLEY HUFFMAN

JAPANESE CARS were once a risk. “As with most imports,” Consumer Reports wrote in a 1970 five-way test of sports cars, including the Datsun 240Z, “finding parts and service may be difficult, especially outside the larger metropolitan areas. And therein may lie the justification for buying one of the sports cars in this group other than the Datsun. If you don’t have a competent Datsun dealer nearby, you should consider one of the runners-up.” The first Z-car, the clearly superior 1970 240Z, almost single-handedly validated Japanese cars in the minds of consumers. It was attainable glamour. Uncompromised. An E-type for Mustang money, an E-type with reliability. Today, duh, the Japanese brands have plenty of dealership support. The question is whether anyone cares about mid-priced, two-seat sports cars anymore. The 2023 Nissan Z’s…

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