All-New Nissan Z NISMO May Be Unveiled Next January

According to Best Car, the regular Z will get 304 PS (300 horsepower) while the NISMO will upgrade to 405 PS (400 horsepower) from 3.0 liters of displacement. That’s off the mark because a tipster with a lot of family in Tennessee already knows that the regular variant offers 400 horsepower.

Expected to premiere in January 2022 at the Tokyo Auto Salon, the NISMO-branded sports car will retain the rear-wheel drivetrain of the Z. It’s also supposed to get both transmission options, namely a six-speed manual with rev-matching technology and a nine-speed automatic from Daimler AG. That’s right; the 9G-Tronic of the Nissan Titan pickup is the culprit!

Nissan doesn’t even Mercedes’ name in the literature for this gearbox, which is a bit of a shame because the JATCO JR913E is manufactured under license for three other vehicles. These are the Frontier mid-size pickup truck, Armada full-size sport utility vehicle, and the luxed-up Infiniti QX80.

Over in the United States, the 2022 Nissan Z promises to start from $34,995 for the base specification that leverages the VR30DDTT of the Infiniti Q60 Red Sport 400 coupe. The aforementioned insider also understands that a trio of packages will be offered in the guise of the S, T, and the ST.

The S and T packages are both estimated to add $5,000 to the tally while the ST - a combination of the first two - may retail at $10,000 for goodies that include Brembo high-performance brakes, thicker sway bars, better cooling, leather upholstery, heated-and-cooled power seats, adaptive cruise control, and blind spot warning. In terms of exterior colors, eight hues are in the offing, as follows: Sunset Drift, Heritage Yellow, Deep Blue, Passion Red, Magnetic Black, Gunmetal Grey, Brilliant Silver, and Pearl White.