The All New Nissan 400Z

In a world where car manufacturers are focused on producing the best crossovers and SUV's, you'd imagine that enthusiasts would be stoked for the development of a new "sports car." With the release of the new FK8 Type R, the A90 MKV Supra, and now the upcoming release of the Nissan 400Z, you could say we're having a good stretch of years for car enthusiasts!

However, seems like every time a new sports car comes out, there's an immense amount of hate being thrown at it in the most nit picky, unorthodox way. It's almost like people forget that in our world at least we MODIFY our cars.

"The grill on the front bumper looks ugly to me." I hate to break it to you, but wait till you see your first lowered 400Z with a Voltex front bumper or some kind of front lip. Guaranteed to change your mind.

We saw this happen with the A90 just last year. Tons of opinions and people saying it's not for them only to change the narrative when the car was released and us enthusiasts started to modify them.

Now we're just left with the "but it's still a BMW" joke that we can't seem to get rid of.

Look, this car is a twin turbo, RWD Z that still has a MANUAL GEARBOX.

WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR?!

If looks are truly the issue enthusiasts have with the car, then I challenge them to find bone stock versions of other enthusiast cars that look perfect. It's not a thing. That's why we modify cars.

Here's an example of what this car could look like lowered with add-on lips, a GT Wing, and canards by Jonsibal. If you ask me, it's AMAZING.

As someone who's incredibly visual, this helps me draw some clarity to what the potential for this car's looks are.

Mind you though, that this is with very minor modifications. These are things we do to EVERY car we modify as enthusiasts.

I can't think back to a build I really loved that didn't have some aero accent pieces, that was lowered on wheels.

I'm not sure if it's just me, but I also love the elements Nissan is tying in from the 240Z. To me, the headlights specifically are the perfect update to an otherwise classic look.

The tail lights are very obviously reminiscent of the Z32 tail lights and I like that too! I'm a big fan of utilizing heritage where you can. Because lets face it, unless you've been around for a long, long time, you simply are unable to lean on heritage!

I've seen a few comments about how this slightly resembles the tail lights on a mustang, and I can't deny the similarity. However I feel like in the aftermarket we'll see products come out that break up the centerpiece and give the rear end a more unique look.

Anyone who knows our company and the staff well enough knows that Daelen is a HUGE Nissan fan. So why haven't we developed anything for the 350Z or 370Z?

The short answer is that we prioritized other vehicles at that time. So will we open up our prioritization's for the 400Z??

I think the answer to that question is a resounding HELL YES.

With the additional capacity added within the company, (including the addition of myself) MAPerformance has the ability to focus on this car from multiple aspects.

Yes, we definitely want to develop our own parts around the platform. However, utilizing some of our manufacturing partners we also plan to build this car on our YouTube channel so that we can quickly identify where we can step in with our own parts.