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[Home] [History - The Z] |
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GONE IN THE STATES, ITS LAST YEAR IN EUROPE The 280Z had the most familiar silhouette on the landscape of automotive America, but was being replaced by an altogether different Z, the “X” moniker that was added emphasised luxury and the Z had become a luxuroius GT in the ZX. Only 135 were sold in the UK with the last 2-seater (Chassis # 021383) and 2+2 (Chassis # 021766) were sold in Britain. the Z series was to become the world’s best selling sports car, with over half a million made between 1969 and 1978. The expansion and technical development of Nissan during and after the world fuel crisis of the 1970s, and the subsequent recession, are graphic illustrations of Japan’s industrial resolve. Nissan was still expanding at a frightening rate. Construction of the Tochigi Plant had been completed in March 1971. Comulative production passed the 10 million mark in September 1972, with home sales reaching that figure in June 1975. two year later, the Kyushu Plant was fully operational, and car production reached 20 million units in July 1977. The S30 series FairladyZ (all models) sol a total of 5310,601 units - 19,391 more than the MGB, making the Z the best-selling sports car of all time. Towards the end of it’s life, apart from the rather pricey Porsche 924, there were other competitors too - from Triumph, Alfa Romeo and Mazda - most were substantially cheaper. Price wasn’t everything, though, as the TR7/TR8 could only manage 115,000 sales over its production run (slightly less than the 924), the Alfetta GTV never managed to top 100,000, although the original RX7 would just break the 500,000 mark after a seven year run. SALES
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