Ha, I was behind one that exact color coming home from work on back roads yesterday. No exciting race stories to report, we were just zipping along at a good pace trying to get home on a Friday night.

I generally like the 370Z but in that color, the rear end looks ugly. I think the car looks better in darker colors or white. That royal blue just highlights the bulbous nature of the butt.

Anyway, peak figures aside, I'm surprised at a 4.7 0-60 figure for that car. It weighs about exactly the same as an SRT6 (C&D specs for 2013 model - 3,245 lbs). But because it employs a NA engine designed for high RPM breathing the 332 HP peak arrives at 7,000 rpm while our engines reach peak 1,000 rpm sooner. However the real difference is the Nissan VQHR torque curve that peaks at a lower 270 lb/ft at 5,200 rpm while our blown V6 reaches a significantly higher peak 1,700 rpm sooner and then maintains that peak over a much broader, flatter range.

Maybe the equalizer for the Z-car is the better mechanical leverage of its 3.69 axle ratio which the 7,500 rpm rev range allows. That's a 17% advantage over our 3.07 axle.

Anyway, on paper the current 370Z looks like an even match for our 7 year old Chrycedes step child.