Ahh the great refreshing smell of exhaust fumes is what I like,

JK, I owned both, the ZR and the 03 Coupe, and in my opionion the ZR wins hands down everytime.

 

I like the look of the roadster top up or top down, but it's definitely down 95% of the time when I'm driving. I bought it specifically because I wanted a top-down car. Coupe does nothing for me, personally.

FWIW - my dealer had two roadsters when I was shopping, a black Grand Touring and the Redline Touring (which I bought). There was an Interlagos Fire coupe parked out front. Was still dusty three weeks later when I came to pick up my plates; no one was test-driving it. Plus he had a new silver coupe, just arrived, and a couple others.

Both the roadsters were sold and he said he had a wait-list for the next ones he'll get in later this month. You want a coupe, it can be had easily. You want a roadster, unless you get lucky on timing you'll probably have a wait.

 

Funny this post is still around, I remember reading it last year when I was buying the zr. I just love the ZR! In '03, I was looking at a coupe, bit it was way too impractical to trade my truck. Also, headroom was very limited. After I paid the truck off, I bought the ZR. Fantastic! And like many have said, the feeling of driving topless is just phenomenal. Love the coupes also. I'm going to own this puppy for a long time too. Just pure fun!!! Especially in So. Cal.

 

Im down in south florida and my dealer had 6 roadsters, and only 1 coupe. He said they could hardly keep them on the lot ( the coupe that is)

 

I think that the roadster looks great with the top down... But when the top is up, it looks goooofy!

 

they make a hardtop z?????????

 

I waited until the Roadster came out to at least look at it before i bought mine. and the day i saw the roadster i ordered my hardtop just because of the more aggresive lines the hard top delivers.

 

my brother has a hard top and i have a roadster...i like the roadster better for looks, but performancewise id pick the coupe...just my $0.02

 

That's interesting. I wonder if maybe the Florida dealers get a higher allocation of roadsters, and Virginia dealers get a higher allocation of coupes, so perhaps the perceptions of what's easy to find and what's difficult might vary? Just a guess.

 

I think roadster or not this is probably the most beautiful Japanese car on the market!!!!I think we all made the right choice....

 

lol @ people who says roadsters are ugly...you need to get your eyes check. Oh wait...i can do that for you...lol



I drive my car around and get stares and compliments on daily basis....now how in the world can something so ugly get so many compliments?

 

 

^Very artistic...hard to see the car though. Almost can't tell it's a roadster.

 

6If they can make a Targa top for the 350Z then a hard top for the convertible is as easy as contacting a company such as newport convertibles. That would make a great group buy item. Any vendors listening???!!!

 

Thank you! tis may be better

 

Black is such a hard color to keep clean, but man when it's clean .......wow

 

Visionboy, what wheels are those? Very nice.

 

Volks GT-V, thanks

 

It's my understanding that hardtops increase frame rigidity, and roadsters are a bit heavier due to the additional equipment needed to make it a convertible. I doubt I'd ever get a convertiable-anything for those reasons.

 

Man, you don't know what you're missing! A convertible is like nothing else. Who cares if it's a little heavier?

Interesting how this topic shows different perspectives - looks like some people compared the coupe to the roadster, and decided in favor of one or the other, and other people compared EITHER the coupe or the roadster to other competing cars. For myself, I compared the roadster only to other convertibles, and thought it was the most fun and best value for the money of anything out there.

Wouldn't even have considered the coupe; what I wanted was the convertible experience.

What about others, how did you decide to buy whichever variant you did?