Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo Review

Overall Rating

The Nissan 300zx Twin Turbo. Reliable, fast and fun. Easy to tune.

Difficult to work on, can be expensive to repair, often leak around T Top seals.

Ahh The Nissan 300zx Twin Turbo (R32) A true Super Car, what else can be said about this ageless road going missile?

This is a car not for the faint hearted, or the fuel conscious driver, if it is performance you want this is the car for you, but it comes at a price! Although, it is extremely reliable providing proper and regular maintenance and oil changes with good quality oil are undertaken, this is a must.

The car in standard form will catapult you from standstill to well over 100mph in a heart beat, putting red faces on many a BMW driver, but this is usually not enough, we want more horse power, more speed to a car that will allready see off most other vehicles on the road. Now we start to get into the big league where the big money is spent, a very respectable 400bhp is easily obtainable for around a £1,000, this is just the start, 600 or 700bhp + is possible but will cost you in excess of £6000+, where does it end?

This is not by any means a practical car to pop the family down the shops in, this should be considerd unless you can put up with the moans from those in the rear, not to mention the moans of how much your spending on fuel and the go faster bits.

I would recomend to anyone thinking of buying one, to buy the best example you can afford, proper service history is a must, preferably a UK car in manuel form. The UK car has a few benefits over imports, better head lighting, (although still not great) better underbody sealent, better breaks, head light bulbs easier to obtain as wiring different to imported models, speedometer is in mph as opposed to Kmh and UK speck is unlimited, engine codeing is in English too, I believe insurance can be cheaper than imports too. What you will sacrifice is retracting mirrors and a few other minor details, its a small sacrifice I also belive Japanese spec cars are 286bhp, UK spec cars are 300bhp. Manual over Auto as performance is far superior than the Auto (Ihave had both) also higher bhp is obtainable with the manual. There you have it the choice is yours, but anyone thinking of obtaining a 300zx TT should remember it is a performance car and expect to pay the price! Good luck you will not be disappointed.

Members' Comments oncarl300zx's Review

• shah0786 on 13th Oct 2005

  Your 300zx may be a little quick, but my supercharged Robin Reliant will thrash it!! I have had a £30 respray done to it, a one off Yellow with pink go faster stripes. I made the exhaust with my own bare hands out of bog roll and sticky back plastic. A pink steering wheel to go with the stripes and furry dice. Under the bonnet theres a whopping 850cc reliant engine that only takes half an hour to reach 60mph. Its a rocket on three wheels. The chicks love it, a true supercar.