My best friend and I are both Corvette fans. He owned a 1976 “C3” for a few years and I currently own a 1989 “C4” that’s been in my garage for a quarter-century. For the past decade, he’s driven a Camaro with sights set on a new Vette. He called the other night complaining about how expensive Corvettes have become and he really didn’t want to spend that much. I suggested he look at the 2025 Nissan Z.

Corvette enthusiasts have to adjust their lens, but they’ll find a car exquisitely styled with classic cues taken from the original 1970 240Z. Starting at the front, ovoid headlamps recall round lamps set into the original’s fenders. The square lower grille and raised hood shape look familiar too. In side view, the long hood and sweeping roofline are classic, but modernized with 19-inch dark

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