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 components of the facelift are the brand new front bumper, alloy wheels, and the Unryu Green hero paint option.
The brand new bumper dispenses with the present automotive’s confronting slab-like rectangular grille opening in favour a wider design broken up by a body color bar. The bumper itself is more sculpted and more cleanly continues the creases established by the bonnet.
It’s not only a more cohesive design, however it decreases front lift by 3.3 per cent and reduces drag by 1.0 per cent. The updated Z ditches the Nissan corporate emblem up front in favour of a Z logo.
The facelift model leans further into this generation’s retro theme with its two-tone alloy wheels, while the Unryu Green paint job is inspired by the Grand Prix Green available on the unique ‘S30’ generation. The automotive on display here is missing the subtle boot lip spoiler fitted to pre-facelift models.
Under the skin Nissna has upgraded the shocks with greater pistons, and fitted larger brakes too. The three.0-litre twin-turbo V6 is unchanged, and continues to deliver 298kW and 475Nm to the rear wheels via either a six-speed manual or nine-speed automatic.
On the within, there don’t appear to be significant changes, but there may be a tan trim option for the seats, and lower dashboard and door cards. Interestingly these images show a manual automotive with paddle shifters behind the steering wheel.
Also on display at Nissan’s Tokyo Auto Salon stand is the previously-revealed manual Nismo variant. The Nismo model misses out on the facelift Z’s recent bumper because it already has its own, more aggressive and sculpted front fascia.
It’s unclear when the facelift Z will arrive in Australia and other export markets, but it can go on sale in Japan in the course of 12 months, through the northern summer.
This Article First Appeared At www.carexpert.com.au
