Originally posted by: Akebona
I doubt the Z is gonna be a ricer. Most ricer like the 20k and below range and then pop in a turbo on it. The Z's gonna be 30k, a bit outta range from MOST ricers. I'm not saying that there wont be any riced up Z's but it wont be as common as civics and WRX's. For the guy that hates Japanese cars....... not even worth my time.
Yes, I don't understand why people call the Z rice.
Ricers usually take hand-me-down or second-hand $2k beater civics and do ridiculous things with them.
The Z is classy, and has a long heritage of being an affordable true sports coupe.
It's price is way out of reach for most HS/college kids.
Regardless, if I were in the market, it would be G35C vs. 330ci, in which case I would go with the G35C and save the extra $7k and put it towards my house.
If price were negligible, there's no doubt the BMW is the finer machine.