Sunday, January 11, 2026

Nissan Z facelift unveiled in Japan with extra retro parts

With little fanfare, the Nissan Z — often called the Fairlady Z in its homeland — has been revealed on the 2026 Tokyo Auto Salon.

Externally, the key 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 automotive’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, but it surely decreases entrance carry 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 emblem.

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 obtainable on the unique ‘S30’ technology. The automotive 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 guide or nine-speed computerized.