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Nissan 370z
Nissan 370z
Nissan 370z
Nissan 370z
Nissan 370z
Nissan 370z
Nissan 370z
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Here you are, the winner for Best Sports Car of 2010 for $40-50,000 is the Nissan 370 Nismo. Honestly, once I found out how much this car cost, it didn't take me that long to put it at the top. This has so much going for it I couldn't believe my eyes. First, with all the options it barely crosses the $40,000 line, so it's cheaper than anything on this list. The 3.7 liter V6 makes 350hp (up 18 from the stock Z), takes the car to 60mph in 4.5 seconds, yet also gets 18/26mpg city/highway. Power goes through a 6 speed manual, equipped with Nissan's new “SynchroRev Match”, meaning you'll never botch a down-shift. If you prefer pure heal-and-toeing, you can turn it off. It also comes with upgraded brakes, springs, shocks, sway bars and an LDS, a must have for an true driver's car. The upgrades mean the car will just as easily apex the corner as it will drift it. You set the dial for what type of fun you want, and it delivers.The interior is accented with colored stitching and well-placed Nismo badges, yet overall it's driver-focused and uncluttered. The high-backed seats hold you in place, and the fit and finish is great. It's classy without being boring, exactly what you want in a performance car. Outside is a classic coupe: long hood, short deck, curvy hips and shoulders led by a cunning face. It is a true sports car. It has all required genes and just does the right things. But most importantly you feel connected to it. You don't want a car that can happily drive to the store, you want one the makes you feel more awake the moment you grab the shifter. It has the “it factor.” It is more than that sum of its parts.
When we made this list we graded the sports cars on their strengths, and how those attributes might influence us as buyers. For example, the Evo MR Touring is one of the best performing and multi-functional 4-doors out there, regardless of price, but a true driver's car has only 2 doors. The 135i has great potential, but out of the box it's a little soft and frankly, needs a makeover. And the TTS is AWD, giving it a slightly clinical feel, and that means it's just not quite as much fun. The 370Z is what a performance car is meant to be. It's a little rough in a parking lot, and your mom might say it's too bumpy, but it will suck up the bumps and stick like tar. When you are ripping out downshifts and linking turns, getting only as much over-steer as you ask for, you will know you spent $50,000 in the best way possible.
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