*** Before we get started on this car, I just want to let everyone know my 2010 Mercedes S600 luxo-rocket is still available, and I even dropped the price to $25,900 OBO! Still has 28,000 miles / 19 months of MaxCare warranty! Here’s the link once again.
Now about this 2016 Nissan 370Z Sport unicorn for sale, with only 908 miles on it. Like the 378 mile 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max I covered earlier this month, this sports car is really only mostly of interest because of the peculiarly and unusual low mileage. Check out the trip odometer below – if I’m reading the left one correctly the car has been driven almost 84 hours covering only 908 miles! Average speed 10 mph? Where has this car been going and why?
The interior is as pristine as the day it came off the dealership lot five years ago. But it’s a 2016, you say, isn’t it six years old? Oddly the car was shipped to the Illinois dealership in March of 2016, but didn’t sell until June of 2017. (There’s an entry in the vehicle history of 8,000 miles during emissions testing in 2022 – clearly a typo.) Why didn’t it sell?
The 2016 Nissan 370Z Sport sold for maybe $45,000 new. It’s an okay sports car. The best reviewers can say is it’s “balanced” – decent handling and acceleration, but offset by a harsh ride, limited space (although leg room up front is fantastic), and a high price tag. Per Motor Trend, “the Sport trim adds a limited-slip differential, 19-inch Rays forged alloy wheels, the SynchroRev Match feature on the manual gearbox, sport brakes, and a Bose audio system.” This car had the rear view camera option added, but not much else.
I have to say in bright red this little sports coupe is not unattractive. I wouldn’t be embarrassed to be seem in it. Wheels are funky, styling muted – spoiler doesn’t exaggerate or suggest it’s faster than it is.
The 370Z has a hatchback, but that big ol’ bar across the shock towers doesn’t leave much room back there for stashing stuff. So no back seat and no storage space. Disappointing.
The 3.7 liter V-6 is actually a solid engine with 332 hp, and mated to the six speed manual it’ll run a 4.7 second 0-60 mph – pretty darned good for a naturally aspirated six cylinder. My hunch is it’s got all the kinks worked out and is pretty darn reliable. The 370Z has been around since 2006 and was terminated in 2020. It had a good run. You buy one and you know what you’re getting.
Bonus points if you read this far and know this obscure country music performer I dig. His name is Jimmie Dale Gilmore, from Texas. Spent some time in a Colorado ashram studying metaphysics before launching a mediocre career. I once saw him play in Atlanta, where he introduced a song by suggesting we not really focus on the lyrics too much, that wouldn’t be fair. Then he said actually don’t focus on the music much either, just sort of take in the experience.
That’s how I feel about this 2016 Nissan 370Z – ignore the pedestrian parts and the unremarkable attributes and just enjoy a decent enough sports car that really nobody has driven. Hell, you could buy this and have 149,000 miles of MaxCare coverage over five years if you wanted. What’s hard to ignore, though, is the price – it’s pushing $37,000 – not much discount from new. In fact, to show how used car prices have skyrocketed, check out this post of mine from 2019 (scroll way down) – a nearly identical 2014 Nissan 370Z 6MT with less than 2,000 miles was offered by CarMax for $10,000 less! But if you like Z-cars, this single owner, accident free one is available in Omaha here at the moment.
Stock # 22893281 VIN # JN1AZ4EH1GM937543
