haha I though I'd fight fire with fire, although I doubt the useless (to me at least) threads in the 350Z general forums will be going away anytime soon.

 

i have a total noob question, and i admit it, please limit your flaming: should the production year and the 'born on' or manufactured year [that you find inside the driver's door] be the same? mine's an 06 but was born in 05..is that right?

 

They might not necessarily be the same. If its an 06 it is very possible it was built in 05. If they release the new year model at the beggining of the year they need to start building them in the year before. My 06 was built on 12/05

 

awesome. thanks.

ok wait another stupid noobish question: i went back and re-read this thread about VINs: https://my350z.com/forum/showthread....&highlight=VIN
the last 6 digits of mine are 350975. there's no way it's the 350,975th z, as there were only 120,533 made....so........wtf? is it the 50,975th one? that doesnt make sense either, as that would put it in the 04 range. wtf am i misunderstanding here?

 

Those are not production numbers, they are sales numbers.

The last 6 digits were only meaniful in the first year. There are breaks in the sequences over the years so it's not a real production sequence /serial number.

 

damn. ok, thanks.

 

those were the good ole days huh? We were like mini celebrities

 

Wow!!! I thought it was more.

 

30K a year isn't really all that many for a car in its price range.

 

for lack of a better place to ask, I have been trying to find out what the production numbers were for Z's in the Ultra Yellow color. As far as I know this color was only made in '05, but besides the 05 numbers no one has been able to tell me the number made specifically in that color. Any ideas? Just want to know how rare a color it is.

 

no it isnt alot for a car in its price range..but for a car in its segment its a pretty good amount.

 

Thanks for the post. Pretty interesting.

 

Nissan does not release sales figures by model, color or any other attribute. There was something in a 35th anniversary press release that 1000 35th Anniv Models were going to be made.

UY is just as "rare" as any of the other limited edition colors like Brickyard, Liquid Aluminium, etc.

 

Hmmmm, very interesting information. I have actually been searching for Honda S2000 production or sales numbers for North America. (my roommate just got a '02 s2k and we have been debating which car there are more of on the road) Thanks for the info.

 

Noooo!!!!

 

Hmmm interesting...

There are plenty of obvious reasons contributing to the drop in sales:

- People snatching up used Z's, who wanted them before.

- New or re-designed options in the "sportscar category" distracting the general segment of buyers (Solstice, Sky, Mustang GT, Miata etc...), a segment the Z dominated for awhile.

- Prospective Z owners realizing they could make a compromise with a G35 coupe. Especially since there are used ones on the market now.

- The novelty of "exclusivity" has worn off for some.

 

I got mine when there were no redlines Z`s in Costa Rica, for about 1 year I had the only redline 350Z in Costa Rica.

 

I'm having a hard time finding production numbers for Australia, Europe, Japan and all other non-North American Nissan sales.

Has anyone had any luck? I've found the Global sales but they only break their production numbers into passenger and commercial sales.

 

If this downward sales trend continues, at some point Nissan will have to end the 350Z. No point in building a vehicle that is not profitable

 

In a perversed way....

I have no problem with that.