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Nissan’s Fairlady Z was first unveiled in 1969, starting a line of beloved sports cars that, in 2021, reached its seventh generation. For an upcoming facelift, the automaker just unveiled a manual transmission version of the sportier Nismo variant.
The car was shown at the 2026 Tokyo Auto Salon, where Nissan has a large exhibit to show off its wares, including a concept called the Aura Nismo RS that looks the business. The new Z, on the other hand, is merely a mid-cycle refresh, albeit with a different face and a slick new color, called Unryu Green, inspired by a time-tested Nissan green. The wheels are new, too, 19 inches wide and equipped with low-profile tires, making the car look all the more race-y.
Under the hood, the 6-speed manual variant of the Nismo has a 3.0-liter twin-turbo V-6 engine making 420 horsepower, or 20 more horsepower than the standard Z, juice that goes to the rear wheels. The suspension has also been upgraded, and it’s slightly more aerodynamic than the older Z. The Z’s proportions—among the best in the world for a two-door sports car—remain spot on.
Sales for the new Z will start in Japan this year, before starting in the U.S. likely next year. And while Nissan has had trouble regaining its footing in the States following turmoil last decade in its upper ranks, the brand has been shown a little more ambition recently, along with its luxury division Infiniti. The aim has been to get Nissan back to its roots as a spunky but worthy competitor to Japan’s two giants of automaking, Toyota and Honda. That starts with more exciting products, and the new Nissan Z seems to be doing its part.
The company did not announce pricing for the new Z, though the current Z starts at $42,970 in the U.S. So you can expect that the newer model might get a minor price bump, in addition to more for the Nismo version, which currently starts at $65,750, with options that can add thousands more.
Click here for more photos of the 2027 Nissan Z.
Erik Shilling is digital auto editor at Robb Report. Before joining the magazine, he was an editor at Jalopnik, Atlas Obscura, and the New York Post, and a staff writer at several newspapers before…
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