the way I heard it was that Datsun wanted the Z to be it's world car
and the roadsters were taking away too many sales in the showrooms.
face it- customer goes into dealership. looks at new Z car. closed
car, 4 speed. around $3150. then he sees that nice 2000 roadster on
the floor. a drop top.....similar horsepower to weight ratio....5
speed.....3 tops.....for a few hundred dollars less. neither one made
to take the kids along. they just weren't going to sell that huge
number of Z's to the public when they were providing such strong
competition on their own showroom floors- so the roadster got phased
out.
Craig Halsted
upstate NY
roadsters
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