Nissan has confirmed its Nissan Z Nismo will be available to order in Australia later this week, with pricing skyrocketing above the standard version by almost $20,000.
Set to start from $94,000 before on-road costs, the 2024 Nissan Z Nismo will be ready to order from Thursday August 10 at 11am, with the pre-orders being offered to “customers already awaiting delivery of a Nissan Z Coupe or Nissan Z Proto” from today.
The Z Nismo will be limited to a run of just 100 cars in its first delivery batch, with the reservations left after existing Z customers to be taken on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis.
While the Nissan Proto limited edition has sold out, Nissan is also still offering the standard Z for customers, now priced at $75,800 for the 2024 model year - up from $73,300 this year.
The standard Z’s pricing isn’t too wildly different from its contemporaries like the Ford Mustang - an auto GT will set you back $68,290 - but the Nismo’s $94,000 puts it in new territory and up against the top-spec $97,000 Toyota GR Supra GTS. Even the Supra’s BMW cousin, the Z4, starts from $99,200.
Its predecessor, the Nissan 370Z Nismo, was a $61,990 offering - even cheaper than the current base Z by more than $10,000.
Of course, part of this price discrepancy comes down to a more modern and powerful drivetrain for the new Z, the 298kW/475Nm twin-turbo 3.0-litre V6 in the base Z gains 11kW and 45Nm for a total 309kW/520Nm in the Nismo version, plenty more than the 370Z Nismo’s 253kW and 371Nm.
But while Nissan’s Z cars have been offered with manual gearboxes pretty much all the way along, the new Nismo is available only with a nine-speed automatic transmission, with paddle shifters mounted on the wheel - it’s thought the manual ‘box used in the base Z wouldn’t handle the extra torque.
The Nismo does however gain more than just the power bump, with 19-inch Rays wheels which are half an inch wider than the standard and still lighter, as well as mechanical changes like upgraded engine cooling, bigger front brakes, chassis and suspension adjustments, and Nismo-tuned tech like launch control and a Sport+ drive mode.
It also comes with Recaro seats, plus Nismo trim and styling changes that extend to aerodynamic exterior parts like the ‘Grand-Nose’ treatment at the front, or cannards to direct airflow.
2024 Nissan Z pricing before on-road costs
Variant | Pricing |
Nissan Z manual | $75,800 (+$2500) |
Nissan Z auto | $75,800 (+$2500) |
Nissan Z Nismo auto | $94,000 |
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