Gentlemen, grab your check books: 2008 Fairlady Z 380RS-Competition
Click above for a gallery of the 2008 Nissan Fairlady Z 380RS-Competition.
Almost a year after it was originally revealed, Nissan has finally put a price tag on the 2008 Fairlady Z 380RS-Competition. But let's not trifle with the cost of ownership yet. As its name implies, the 380RS is a tried-and-true racecar, with a stroked version of the VQ35HR V6. The 3.8-liter mill is producing 350 hp and 321 lb.-ft. of torque, which it sends to a Nismo Super Coppermix clutch and on through to a close-ratio, six-speed gearbox and mechanical LSD. The body meets Super Taikyu regulations, in which it was designed to compete, and comes equipped with new aerodynamic enhancements, a roll cage, six-pot Brembos and the required catalytic converter. Inside, it's all business, with carbon fiber door panels, a Recaro throne, six-point harness and a fire extinguisher. With that out of the way, the price is a cool 28,350,000 yen, or just over $285k USD. Well-funded, privateer teams need only apply.
[Source: Nismo]
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Harrison 8:48PM (3/29/2008)
Racing is, has not, and will never be cheap.
You've got fabrication costs, parts costs, R&D track time, development, so even something like a Super Takiyu GT-R has god-knows how much $, which is why they have cars plastered with sponsor logos.
Which is why poor (compared to people who do this) people like us can hope for Autocross/track days.
mk 9:29PM (3/29/2008)
and why we poor people (relatively speaking) spend enough money on the products and services that those sponsors produce that they have enough excess money to risk it on a quarter of a million dollar car that a even an excellent driver has a good chance of destroying.
Maybe if they cut their ad/sponsorship budgets, and correspondingly cut their product prices to compete directly in their marketplace... we'd all have a little more coin in our pocket.
But I guess they'll charge whatever price the market will bear. Too bad most consumers don't realize that they shouldn't bear higher product costs from companies that have millions of spare dollars to run around a race track.
Lower demand also brings prices down, and turn-about is fair play.
Big ad/sponsorship budgets should perhaps make me think twice about patronizing those sponsors, rather than un-thinkingly handing them my money to spend on quarter-million dollar nissans, save my money, and buy myself something nice.
quarter of a million dollar race cars seem a bit unrealistic, an impractical. But that is just my opinion. Can't people race cars for realistic budgets???
What is realistic might be a bone of contention... but when quarter million, or multi-million-dollar race cars seem appropriate, perhaps that leads to the viewpoint that trillions of dollars isn't so inappropriate for government budgets, and million dollar homes aren't so inappropriate for people who need to borrow too much to get it.
it is a psychological and financial trend issue.
chris 6:53PM (3/28/2008)
Yeah, this is the equivalent of a 911 GT3 Cup racer. A car I don't if it know even races in America, or what it would cost, but here in Australia it around $350-400k from what I remember. Considering that has around 400hp and a sequential transmission while this has 350 with a H-pattern box, I think it's all pretty standard pricing. Race cars like this are just on a different planet to a modified road car, it's insane to try and compare the prices. Super Taikyu also runs semi-endurance races, so it has to be incredibly reliable as well.
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MikeW 7:59PM (3/28/2008)
Now that is some torque Nissan.
Please torque-up the VQ37vvel, at least for the stick.
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daz 11:41PM (3/28/2008)
285k is not too bad of a price tag when you consider that this is a true racecar that is meant to be pushed to the extreme lap after lap and still maintain composure, handling and reliability at the end of the day.
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ambientFLIER 11:50PM (3/28/2008)
Holy crap, how did they get so much torque from an N/A 3.8? 30hp more than G37, and 60lb-ft more :P
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MikeW 1:06PM (3/29/2008)
I like the exhaust system wrap job
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2008-nissan-fairlady-z-380rs-competition/724585/full/
looks good.
Yes, more torque for VQ37, less power 315hp, 285ft-lbs.
Nissan is going to look silly offering a low torque VQ (330hp, 270ft-lbs) if the Genesis coupe V6 has 310hp, 270ft-lbs.
stefan 8:29AM (3/29/2008)
This car has 400BHP and not 350BHP. The street version of the Nismo 380RS has 350BHP.
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MH 9:22AM (4/01/2008)
why cant nismo make Z-tuned version for Z???
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