Sounds like a great car. I'm going to have to find a "student" with one at the next track event I'm instructing at.

Sounds like a great car. I'm going to have to find a "student" with one at the next track event I'm instructing at.

For sure John. In the hands of a good driver this car would be something. It sure makes me feel more accomplished! Here is a Youtube of a Japanese RS Nismo Z. The RS comes with a 3.8 liter motor good for about 35 more HP & leather seats. The rest of the car is US Nismo Z. Watch it & let me know what you think.

Ita hard to tell much from a video, but body roll is less then the Track 350Z and understeer appears to be less. There does seem to be a lot of pitch on the car and it looks like it can still hike the inside rear wheel, which is typical of the 350Z. The proof is in the driving.

Ita hard to tell much from a video, but body roll is less then the Track 350Z and understeer appears to be less. There does seem to be a lot of pitch on the car and it looks like it can still hike the inside rear wheel, which is typical of the 350Z. The proof is in the driving.

I have a couple of SCCA drivers willing to test her out already!

For those Nismo 350Z doubters check out this full road test & video. http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/Followup/articleId=121814?tid=edmunds.il.home.photopanel..1.*

Sweet review & video. I agree with most it except that the ride is better than stated & I don't hear the boominess in the cabin. Look at the measured times! I am telling you folks this car is much more than the specs.......

This Nismo Z test car posts some very impressive acceleration numbers — 5.1 seconds to 60 mph, 13.6 seconds through the quarter-mile at 103 mph. Among front-engine, rear-drive coupes on the near side of $50K, BMW's twin-turbo, 300-hp 335i is quicker, as are the Corvette and Shelby GT500. But these cars will take a few thousand more from your bank account than the Nismo Z.

As good as the Nismo feels on public roads, the true gains of its seam-welded chassis can only be realized in a track environment. For a car that weighs 3,354 pounds, a 71.0-mph slalom speed and 0.91g on the skid pad are signs of talent — the last Lotus Elise we tested had less than a 1-mph advantage in the slalom. Mount up the Nismo Z with stickier tires and you'll have a capable if portly track-day car straight from the Nissan dealership.

Fixed link.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/Followup/articleId=121814?tid=edmunds.il.home.photopanel..1.*