Road Test: 2016 Nissan 370Z Coupe Enthusiast Edition - durhamregion.com
The handling was quick and crisp, the brakes authoritatively taming the speed bursts of this beast as we carved country road corners, pirouetted through esses, and shot through traffic gaps in the cut and thrust of urban driving. The power and agility, the exuberance of noisy acceleration, that sense of can-do-anything ability tends to engender a hyperactive impatience when you’re sharing the road with seemingly mere mortals who are slowly and uncertainly doddering about... But I’m also reminded of just how much fun a Nissan Z can be. And it takes some reminding because, 45 years since the first Z appeared, and with only minor changes over the last two generations, it’s easy to take the Z for granted and not give it... But for the 2016 model year, Nissan has added a new Coupe Enthusiast Edition base model ($29,998) that drops the entry-level price by a whopping $10,000. Now, that’s sure to make potential customers pay attention. That kind of move goes against the grain for most car companies, where the steady evolution of bigger, more expensive models is a more usual trend. Even Nissan’s sport car lineup of Zs have tended to get porkier and more fully loaded with each generation. This new base model still harnesses Nissan’s award-winning 332. Source: www.durhamregion.com
