Nissan Fairlady Z Type 380RS club racer goes on sale

Posted Sat Mar 29 2008 10:01 PM by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

After seeing sales of Porsche’s GT3 line of club-spec cars continuously rise over the years, Nissan thought it was high-time it released its own track special for both racing enthusiasts and serious competition events. The carmaker’s latest release is the new Fairlady Z Type 380RS-Competition and it has officially gone on sale for ¥28,350,000 ($285,700).

The car is official prepped by Nissan’s in-house tuner Nismo and is powered by a naturally-aspirated 3.8L VQ35HR V6 engine producing 350hp and 321lb-ft. of torque. The power is sent to a Nismo Super Coppermix clutch, then through a close-ratio six-speed gearbox and mechanical LSD.

Other features include a carbon fiber GT wing, high-flow catalytic converter, full roll cage, six-piston Brembo brakes, carbon fiber door panels and bonnet, polycarbonate side and rear glass, a Recaro bucket seat for the driver only plus a full harness and fire extinguisher.

The racing series the car was primarily designed for is Japan’s Super Taikyu but given the popularity of the car on which it’s based, the standard 350Z, we suspect enthusiasts all around the world will be lining up to get one.

Gallery: Nissan Fairlady Z Type 380RS

Reader Comments

Sun Mar 30 2008 2:21 AM
JSR says

sweet! but overpriced $90,000 is more reasonable. for that amount i could get a skyline!
Sun Mar 30 2008 5:37 AM
Xclusive says

who the f*ck is dumb enough to spend that much on a Z... thats gotta be a typo
Sun Mar 30 2008 5:13 PM
eee says

It's a racing car - it's not a street car like the new GTR. It's expensive because it's made in small production volumes and includes a lot of carbon fibre, etc. It's not really a 350Z any more than a DBRS9 is a DB9. Nearly every body panel is different and the mechanicals have been entirely reworked. That's why it costs so much.
Mon Mar 31 2008 2:34 PM
bob says

So "after seeing sales continuously rise" they decided to charge twice as much for a race-prepped Nissan compared to a race-prepped Porsche? yeah, that makes about as much sense as releasing the GT-R in the US as a Nissan instead of an Infiniti.
Idiots...
Tue Jun 10 2008 3:18 PM
res says

bob- u stupid a GTR is gonna sell n b a big hit no matter what tag it carries. xclusive y bye the Porsche when the z is gonna smoke that a** like they do all the time in japan (JGTC).
Tue Jun 10 2008 3:21 PM
res says

do you know they have been competing b4 we were even born an the nissans smok'd em all the time

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