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All Mazdas
If you ever work around Madza employees, you notice a difference. At other OEM's, most of the employees are not car guys and could be pushing cookies for Keebler or making Maytag washers. Mazda employees are gearheads, or the many that I have met are anyway. It's a way different culture than at Nissan where I came from, where most of the employees had only a casual interest in cars and nothing that you could call passion.
Mazda employees build and race Mazdas. They get excited when bench racing or talking about cars. Their cars reflect this and most Mazdas are pretty fun to drive. Unfortunately, there is one common denominator that holds the companies products back in general. Their engines have never been on the same page as the rest of the cars.
Someone give them some great engines and watch them rule the world!
The Nissan 370Z
We would like the 370 more if Nissan did. Basically, Nissan has done nothing to majorly improve the car since it launched more than 8 years ago. The 370 is a great performing car, but it is not a performance car value. You can currently buy a Mustang or a Camaro that could smoke it for less money.
Since the American competition has vastly improved quality lately and has more sophisticated features like IRS and other goodies, the Mustang and Camaro are not just cheaper but actually better cars now. As good as the Z is, Nissan has to offer more for the money.
