Got this from the VW forum. I always wanted one, it still looks great inside and out to this day. Enjoy!

 

 

You bring back memories of when I bought a 91 stealth r/t turbo in 91. It was one fast @ss car.
Also considered the z but I got a better deal on the dodge. Had it for 6 months but then my son was born and had to sell it. cuz the car seat would not fit in the rear facing position in the rear seat

Great pics of classic cars

 

Thanks Mike for the good old memory. I love the300ZX TT and alway looking for one at dececnt price.

 

Anyone notice that the huge difference in performance numbers for the 300zx between magazines?

Road & Track
0 - 60mph 6.5 seconds
1/4 mile 15.0 seconds

Car & Driver
0 - 60mph 5.0 seconds
1/4 mile 13.0 seconds

 

the 300zx is a classic car. still looks very nice to this day

 

i was so close to buying a 300 convertible

but ended up getting a 4runner instead

i will lalways love that car

i was thinking about buying a 90 for cheap

who knows

 

Friend of mine at work is currently putting a vette engine in a 300z as a project, promises to be one sick car. Its really got a timeless look as well. A lot of pressence on the road.

 

The 300zx was one of the best looking sports cars peroid. It was ahead of its time when it was released. I believe the 944 turbo was the main car that the turbo z was designed to outperform as well as the corvette, v-8 ferrari, Lotus Esprit, NA 911, and IROC Camaro. It was pretty much a race car that was made to be sold to the public. It would always outperform corvetes at test tracks and many were calling the best sports car at the time. The only real drawback was the car was heavy. The turbo cars weighed well over 3400 lbs. Some people did not like the 4 wheel steering system either and it was difficult to work on because the engine bay was so crammed. I almost traded my eclipse for a 90 or 91 turbo but the interior was a little worn and it would of killed me on insurance. I think the automatic was a little quicker then the stick because the small turbos stayed spooled up with the auto. I believe there was a special fairlady z from Japan that was imported that had well over 300hp and other modifications. The car sold well the first few years but with the increasing prices and popularity of giant SUVs its sales and other Japanese performance cars dwindled. Then the RX-7 came out weighing less then 3000 lbs and was also a little quicker and nimbler then the z. The Supra came out which outperformed the z and rx-7 plus had rear seats and had more features. Magazine times differed greatly for these cars with the z getting 0-60 from 5 to 6.6 seconds. I remember Road and Track got 0-60 in 4.6 sec for the Supra Turbo. The 290 hp NSX-t got 0-60 in 4.5sec from a road test in Car and Driver. I wish the z car had the inline 6 from the Skyline which is amazing that Nissan had two completely different very high performance technology driven 2 doors for sale in Japan at the same time. The 350z is kind of a dissappointment after the 300zx from a styling and performance standpoint. Where the 300zx was designed to compete with the best sports cars at the time and had alot of technology thrown into it the 350z main goal was to be affordable so it could only really compete with base Boxsters, s2000, Audi tts and had to share engines from family sedans and had to share a platform with a sedan and SUV. Don't think we are going to see sports cars like what we saw throughout the 90's again unfortunately.

 

The 300ZX, to my knowledge, never had the 4WS...that was on the Stealth turbo and the identical Mitsubushi 3000 GT VR4.

 

Nissan made the same mistake with the 300ZX that was made with nearly all of the high-line early-90's Japanese sports cars...the RX-7, Supra, Stealth, and 3000GT. Only the Acura NSX was spared...and it was the slowest-selling one of them all. When the list prices and insurance rates got out of hand and sales dropped precipitously, the companies should simply have lowered the prices and if necessary de-contented the cars by taking out some of the unnecessary luxury frills. I suggested this to company reps myself several times, but instead the companies just chose to remove the cars from the American market. Some of them....like the RX-8 and 350Z...have come back today in somewhat less powerful and more affordable versions.

 

Same here - always loved it and always wanted to own one..........................

 

Definitely not appreciating this one:

 

The car still looks great today.
A bit of a timeless design.

 

My dad had a NA for two years, and a Turbo 300Z for three years. (He also had a 280Z Show Car)... I loved the Turbo- I was too young to fully appriciate it, but it sure was fun.