With little fanfare, the Nissan Z — often known as the Fairlady Z in its homeland — has been revealed on the 2026 Tokyo Auto Salon.
Externally, the foremost elements of the facelift are the brand new entrance bumper, alloy wheels, and the Unryu Inexperienced hero paint possibility.
The brand new bumper dispenses with the present automobile’s confronting slab-like rectangular grille opening in favour a wider design damaged up by a physique color bar. The bumper itself is extra sculpted and extra cleanly continues the creases established by the bonnet.
It’s not solely a extra cohesive design, however it decreases entrance elevate by 3.3 per cent and reduces drag by 1.0 per cent. The up to date Z ditches the Nissan company emblem up entrance in favour of a Z brand.
The facelift mannequin leans additional into this technology’s retro theme with its two-tone alloy wheels, whereas the Unryu Inexperienced paint job is impressed by the Grand Prix Inexperienced out there on the unique ‘S30’ technology. The automobile on show right here is lacking the refined boot lip spoiler fitted to pre-facelift fashions.
Underneath the pores and skin Nissna has upgraded the shocks with greater pistons, and fitted bigger brakes too. The three.0-litre twin-turbo V6 is unchanged, and continues to ship 298kW and 475Nm to the rear wheels by way of both a six-speed handbook or nine-speed computerized.
On the within, there don’t appear to be important adjustments, however there’s a tan trim possibility for the seats, and decrease dashboard and door playing cards. Curiously these photos present a handbook automobile with paddle shifters behind the steering wheel.
Additionally on show at Nissan’s Tokyo Auto Salon stand is the previously-revealed handbook Nismo variant. The Nismo mannequin misses out on the facelift Z’s new bumper because it already has its personal, extra aggressive and sculpted entrance fascia.
It’s unclear when the facelift Z will arrive in Australia and different export markets, however it’s going to go on sale in Japan in the midst of 12 months, in the course of the northern summer time.
