---
title: "2018 Nissan 370Z Heritage Edition Reminds Us This Car Still Exists"
description: "Nissan celebrates 50 years of the Z-car...two years early."
date: "2017-04-05"
modified: "2017-04-05"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/8984/2018-nissan-370z-heritage-edition-reminds-us-this-car-still-exists"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Anniversaries"
  - "News"
  - "Nissan"
  - "Nissan 370Z"
  - "Special Edition"
---

# 2018 Nissan 370Z Heritage Edition Reminds Us This Car Still Exists

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Can you believe Nissan's Z-car is 50 years old? No? That's because it isn't. It's 48. That isn't stopping Nissan from celebrating their front-engine rear-drive sports car's [quinquagenary (look it up)](<https://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/quinquagenary>) with a special edition model though. Set to debut next week at the New York Auto Show, [the carmaker has announced](<https://nissannews.com/en-US/nissan/usa/releases/2018-nissan-370z-heritage-edition-previewed-at-new-york-international-auto-show>), is the 2018 Nissan 370Z Bumbleb--I mean, Heritage Edition. Distinctions from the regular Z are strictly cosmetic. Customers can choose between the Wiz Khalifa-inspired black-on-yellow paint scheme you see above, or a more subdued silver-on-black setup. Heritage Edition cars all sport yellow accents throughout the interior, for a look that's...terribly tacky, I'm afraid.

First launched all the way back in 2008, the 370Z is not a new car in any way, shape, or form. It's been around for almost 10 years now—a fact amusingly magnified when you realize it was also the basis of the [40th Anniversary Edition Z-car](<https://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/10/chicago-2010-nissan-370z-40th-anniversary-edition-unveiled-with/>), as well. To rectify this, Nissan plans to [unveil a new Z concept car](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/7177/nissan-z-concept-slated-for-debut-at-2017-tokyo-show>) in Tokyo this fall that should preview what the 370Z's replacement will look like.

I suspect this too-early release of another anniversary special Z is Nissan's last ditch effort to remind us that the 370Z still exists—a car that hasn't had significant mindshare from the automotive public in years. Baffling fun fact: It's possible to walk into a Nissan dealership today and spend nearly [$50,000](<https://www.nissanusa.com/buildyournissan/variant/index?_vipreq=959700814&modelLineCode=ZRD&zipCode=90210&year=2017>) on a fully loaded, convertible version of what is effectively a ten year old sports car—or twelve year old sports car, in Nissan years.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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