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JGTC is alot like Nascar, its all kept close with rules. The winner is penalized in the next season. Nissan has won the last two season, but its hard for teams to dominate.

Nissan has a very rich racing history, including great lemans history, there was a period of the 80s where the Nissan racers were dominant.

PilotKD

The 350Z is Nissan's Japanese Mustang GT. You cannot much compare the quality and engineering to the S2000, although it does have a great motor. My parents own a Z Roadster and it feels cheap compared to my S and oh, by the way, it was about $2k more.

Nissans are not what they used to be. I much more liked their product of the late 80's/early 90's.

330R

I remember watching Brabham racing the Nissan IMSA car in the mid 80s That was a cool series; Nissans mixing it up with the Porsches.

Slows2k

Uh, most every Honda/Acura uses a one of 2 basic engines. The K series 4-cylinders ( Accord, CRV,Element, RSX, TSX, Civic Si ) and the J30-J35 3.0-3.5L V6. ( Accord, Odyssey, Pilot, Ridgeline, TL RL, MDX) The non Si Civic uses a D17, based on the older D-series. The S2k and NSX are the only models that use a engine specific to the chassis.

Parts bin swapping is very much alive and well at AHM.

b0mbrman

Where are these numbers available?

I'm looking for number of each vehicle sold in the Nissan and Honda lineups and total profit made on each vehicle

hpark

350Z should be profitable for Nissan...they sell something like ~30,000 of those a year and there is a lot of parts sharing going on in Nissan....this makes the 350Z less "special" in my book but i'm sure this is why Nissan is making an upturn....plus they don't seem to be afraid to make new, exciting products unlike boring Honda and Toyota.

marthafokker

The question is not part sharing that bothers me.... it is the weight of the car that I don't like about the 350Z.

Image a slim down 350z that is 200+ pounds lighter because they do not have to take on the heavy sedan chassis. And then put lightened hatch and bonnett (like the s2k). That ~300 hp engine would do wonders to that car.

But then Nissan would not pocket as much money... and cost more at the same time.

Saki GT

Shouldn't you compare numbers between the 350Z convertible and the S? The 350Z and the S are not really the same car.

esracer

Well you can shave those 200lbs probably pretty easily, and plus this year the power was bumped up to 298hp close enough to 300

Fanman

Only problem is that they gained that hp at the expense of tq. If I told you that I can add 15 hp to your car, but it would take 15 lb.-ft. of tq. away, would you do it ? I wouldn't.

There are several ways the 350Z is more profitable than the S2000 :

1) Economies of Scale - The more you make, the less cost per unit.
2) Cheaper Materials - The interior quality of 350Z is absolutely awful.
Clearly evident that Nissan cut corners in an effort to reduce costs.
3) Platform sharing - Reduces initial costs for a project, As you can
spread the R&D across the line vs. single car. Reduced costs =
more profitability on the books.