can anyone tell how much they were when they first come out in the uk.

just wondered.

because i was in a nissan show room and new 350z is £28000 ish.

wondered what our cars went for new

sorry , don't know the UK figures, but they were £45,000 Irish pounds here in 1990. the price of a new house. That's why I keep telling everyone I own my dream car!

£34,000, rising each year till it was closer to £40k at end of 1994. Translates to more like £50-£60k in todays terms. The 350z is a cheaper car aimed at a lower market compared to the 300zx. (350z aimed more at budget Porsche - The Boxter, whereas 300zx was aimed at the top of the range Porsche of the time, 944T and 928s)

the 'encyclopedia of cupercars' issue with the ZX claims it was £30,650 in 1991.

at the time, the Ferrari 348tb was £74,587, the Honda NSX was £55,000, the Lotus Esprit Turbo SE was £47,310 and the Porsche 944 Turbo was £43,648.

They started out at £34,500 but because of the recession at the time they weren't selling. There were quite a few problems at that time with Nissan UK (owned by Octav Botnar) which ended up in criminal proceedings against him for tax fraud/evasion. Nissan formed Nissan GB. Around mid 1991 the prices were officially reduced by about £4k. My car listed at £30,500 however I paid £27,995 for mine (Manual with Leather). £28000 was the tax break price at the time, so for a buyer this helped determine your choice/price of car. There were dealers selling them for about £27,500. The price was only ever reduced and never increased from the launch price and sorry to put a dampener on it but certainly never got any where near £40k. My alternative was a 944turbo which was listed at £46k it was indicated to me by the dealer that I could get it for around £40k. The 300zx was therefore a bargain at less than £30k.

 

I paid list price (£30,200) for my 350z Roadster so in relative terms compared to 1991 it's cheap. But car prices in general are cheaper. The equivalent of the 944 turbo, the Boxster S is £38,720 (basic list price), so it's even cheaper in relative terms. The top of the range Porsche wasn't the 944T. There wasn't as much competition around in 1991. The 350z is typically on the short list of buyers looking at the Boxster and Z4. So it's pitched at a similar buyer/marketplace to the 300zx and it's a bargain compared to either car!!

cheaper than the competition, but that was the whole point in the entire range of Z cars, an affordable sports car for the masses, hence why they were/are such a success story in the states.

still got the origional receipt for mine £34,500 the guy who owned it before me paid cash too lucky git LOL!!

£32K in 1992 rising to £34K in 1994 according to the Parkers boowk.

The 350Z shares its platform with other models and so is cheaper by economies of scale. Whereas the 300ZX shared its platform with nowt and was designed at the peak of Japanese industrial might in the late 80's when they had money pouring out of every orifice. I wish there was more new sportscars similar to the Mazda RX-8 coming out. Seems to be a grim business making and selling cars nowadays.

They started out at £34,500 but because of the recession at the time they weren't selling..............

 

£28000 was the tax break price at the time, so for a buyer this helped determine your choice/price of car. There were dealers selling them for about £27,500. The price was only ever reduced and never increased from the launch price and sorry to put a dampener on it but certainly never got any where near £40k. My alternative was a 944turbo which was listed at £46k it was indicated to me by the dealer that I could get it for around £40k....

 

Yup, £34,500 at first launch in the UK. Although it wasn't just the recession - the British public were not convinced enough to spend vast amount of cash on a Japanese sports car. Plus they were sold in limited numbers here anyway.

 

As for the £28k tax break, it made no difference. UK tax regs have always stated that company cars are taxed on the manufacturers list price, regardless of any discounts offered. The official list price of the 300zx never dropped below £30k, despite how little Nissan may have offered them for sale at.

 

The final list price in late 1993/early 1994 was £33,230 according to WhatCar? when comparing it to the Mk4 Soop and Mitsi 3000GT.

 

Richard :)