Cockpit, Nissan 300ZX (Z31)Photos
- Cockpit, Nissan 300ZX (Z31)
Cockpit, Nissan 300ZX (Z31)
Cockpit, Nissan 300ZX (Z31)
Cockpit, Nissan 300ZX (Z31)
Instrument cluster, Nissan 300ZX (Z31)
Controls, Nissan 300ZX (Z31)
Photo credits
Photo credits (6)
- Nissan 300ZX (Z31), photo 1Cockpit · “Nissan 300ZX Turbo T-top 50th Anniversary (Canadian spec.), interior” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Kazyakuruma · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
- Nissan 300ZX (Z31), photo 2Cockpit · “Nissan 300ZX interior (Z31)” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Jacob Frey 4A · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
- Nissan 300ZX (Z31), photo 3Cockpit · “1985 Nissan 300ZX interior (6281690268)” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
- Nissan 300ZX (Z31), photo 4Cockpit · “Nissan 300ZX Turbo Anniversary Edition (1984) (53775633907)” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Charles from Port Chester, New York · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
- Nissan 300ZX (Z31), photo 5Instrument cluster · Cropped from “Nissan 300ZX interior (Z31)” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Jacob Frey 4A · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
- Nissan 300ZX (Z31), photo 6Controls · Cropped from “Nissan 300ZX interior (Z31)” (opens in a new tab) · Photo: Jacob Frey 4A · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons
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Details
Summary
The first 300ZX, sold in Japan as the Fairlady Z, could be ordered with digital instruments and digital climate control, and early cars spoke their warnings aloud.
Specifications
Cockpit
Instrument cluster
Speedometer, rev counter, coolant-temperature and fuel gauges share one binnacle, with extra pods for boost pressure (Turbo) and oil pressure on UK cars. In Australia the digital dash and climate control came together as an optional package.
Controls
Lights, wipers and cruise control work from stalks. On UK cars, piano-key switches either side of the binnacle handle the rear wiper, heated rear window, cruise master switch, rear fog lamp, headlamp retraction and hazard lights.
Notes
Until the 1987 model year a Voice Warning System muted the radio and used a recorded voice through the driver's door speaker to warn of an open door, lights left on, the parking brake or low fuel.
Facts
- The US-market 1984 50th Anniversary Edition, a Turbo two-seater, had the digital dash with extra average-mileage, G-force and compass readouts, plus cruise and radio controls on the steering wheel; Australia's 50th Anniversary cars were naturally aspirated 2+2s with just the digital dash.[1]
- Nissan's Heritage Collection holds a Canadian-specification 300ZX Turbo T-top 50th Anniversary, catalogued as a 1983 HZ31.[3]
- A digital cluster from a 1984 50th Anniversary Edition Turbo survives in a private collection of 1980s Japanese digital dashes.[5][6]