I see people with Camaros calling their cars "Z's"....I thought Z was a Nissan thing. Who's right?

 

Both.

Camero did use a "z" in naming.

BMW also uses "Z".

Bunch of copycats!!

 

Yeah...but if someone says "i got a Z"...I automatically think NISSAN...not a bimmer or Camaro

 

I have a girlfriend I call Z... Her name starts with Z. She copied too.

 

It's Nissan's (actually Datsun's). No one else's. Anyone who tells you otherwise doesnt know their a$$ from a hole in the ground. The datsun Z was out in the states in what? 1969? It was known as the "z car" back then. They didnt call camaro z28's "z's" back in the 60s.

It gets on my last nerve when I hear CAMARO owners call their z28, a "z." It's mostly been the 3rd and 4th generation Z28 cars, that were tagged with the nickname by their lost owners. (mostly guys on the internet started doing it) Oh by the way, Z06 owners have started doing it too.

 

Sorry, but the Z28 was out before the 240Z, to me, a Z will always be a datsun/nissan, but I'm sure to camaro enthusiasts its a whole nother story. I don't remember if they were calling the z28 'z' for short in 1967, though, I was only 2.

1967 RPO Z28 - Special Performance Package includes 302-cid V8 engine, closed positive ventilation, dual exhaust with deep tone mufflers, special front and rear suspension, heavy-duty radiator and temperature controlled fan, quick ratio steering, 15x6 wheels, 7.35x15 nylon red stripe tires, 3.73:1 ratio axle and special paint stripes on hood and rear deck (requires 4-speed close ratio transmission, power brakes, front disc brakes or heavy-duty front disc brakes with metallic rear brakes; posi-traction recommended; Sport Coupe V8 only).

 

Where did I say the z was out before the z28? No I didnt say that thank you. I said the Z car was out in '69 and was known as the Z car back then. I also said they didnt call the Camaro Z28s "z's" back in the 60s.

 

a few years back nissan sued bmw for their advertising of the "new Z" when they were annoucing the initial release of the z3 roadster

 

Who won the lawsuit?

 

There is only one "Z".

 

I have also heard Z28 owners call them that, and Z71 owners, and even some atv z400's and such. There's only one "Z" to me though and that's the 350Z.

 

Not here in the SOUTH. When I went to a Speaker dealer store one time and I told them I got a Z, they thought i was freaking driving a Z71 Truck. I just nodded my head and started to ponder... dang hillbillies . LoLZ

 

nissan won and BMW had to pull all of the advertising and pay nissan some amount

 

Lol, it's worse here...

 

I just put up my free bridgestone tire Z poster I got a while back...i saw at the bottom it said "Z is a registered trademark of Nissan"...so I guess that settles it?

 

I drove a Z28 camero in the late 60s and we called them Z28s not Z's.

 

Exactly. Thank you.