Tested (twice): 2023 Nissan Z Performance doesn't reach far enough:
Can we get a round of applause for plate tectonics? This inexorable geologic process is, after all, ultimately responsible for the myriad fantastic driving roads draped over the valleys and along the mountain ridges that surround the vast Los Angeles basin. It's the optimal place to wring out a new sports car such as the, and it's handy that our West Coast testing grounds sit on the far side of the range.
HIGHS: Accessible as-tested price, Z heritage styling largely works inside and out, six-speed manual transmission has a launch mode.That much is certainly true. The new Z clearly outshines the 370Z. But that car was originally introduced—checks calendar—some 14 years ago. The new Z ought to be better than a 370Z.
Ratchet up the pace and intensity, however, and the Z does not respond in kind as a sports car should. Pushed hard, the damping starts to feel insufficient, and the suspension bounds vertically overmuch, especially if the corners are uneven—as they often are in a fault zone. Understeer starts to creep in as the Z's nose weight comes to the fore, and the Bridgestone S007 B-Silent summer tires soon reveal they don't generate modern levels of sports-car stick, as evidenced by their 0.
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