Whilst on the subject, I do struggle to see the 'far superior' car thought pattern. Just to add I've sat behind a M3 being driven very well round Silverstone national and it weren't getting away at all. Similar weight and giving up cicra 60hp, I weren't blown away. Also around the Nurburgring taking into consideration acceleration, braking, high speed corners, low speed corners - it's all of 4 seconds faster over the 13 miles.....
Reliability, we all know the horror stories of the S54 and rear subframe. It's not a far superior car.
Subjective I know, but they don't sound a patch on the VQ35 either....
Either the Z33 goes rounds bends faster or is better on the brakes. Saying as i see it.....