Jason Cammisa did not seem to like this:
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Gorgeous in person. Interior is ok: no gimmicks, simple stuff.
Driving position much better than 370Z (telescoping wheel!) Shifter feels great. Nice seats, great wheel, terrible-sounding stereo. '90s nav, but usable infotainment. Appropriately firm ride; quiet enough; comfy road car.
VR30 smoother than VQ37,
still nothing like an I-6. Clutch/shifter cal much better than VQ, too: less lash. Turbos hit with a 12psi wallop initially, then jump to 15psi at 4k rpm. Will break the rears loose in 2nd, sometimes 3rd.
Steering doesn’t say a thing until you’re VERY sideways. Bridgestones are either grip or ice. Given instant breakaway and dead steering, the car is a HANDFUL. Leave ESC on. You will spin it. Immediately.
Perfect brake feel, no fade in 3 days of track filming. (ICONS!)
Mild understeer at limit.
Not an easy drift car:
explodes sideways after lag, ESC comes back on in transitions, 7k limiter cuts power completely til revs drop to 6k, then fades back in. Lots to work around.
9AT is short-geared, launch control but does rolling controlled burnout through top of 2nd, very quick.
6MT is geared nice ’n short. No-Lift-Shift shaves lots of time on accel run (0.2s to 60), because
computer kills boost until you’re FULLY off the clutch pedal. Grinds on quick shifts.
Neither Z trans will let you do a burnout ��$♂️
Auto sounds WAY better than manual thanks to fcked-up drive-by noise regs. Same problem Porsche solves with long gears. MT Z just gets quieter exhaust. Much cheaper to fix!
Nowhere near as fun as BRZ: weighs 800 lb more, much more isolated. But it’s quick, fun, gorgeous and cheaper than Supra. Plus, base Z has full firepower and no dumb 4-cyl.
ExZactly the update the iconic Z needed, even if it isn’t perfect.