((All I can say is on the road the 350z certainly feels much quicker than most other cars and handles like glue on the road and looks very exclusive and is much quicker than most hot hatches such as Civic Type Rs, ST's, R32 etc. I know this because my old mk3 Golf VR6 (lightly modded) could keep up with all of those and I know my 350z feels much stronger on the road than my old golf. Only hot hatch (other than new Suburu) that would potentially beat a 350z is the new focus RS which is a good car. Off the line the 350z is not the quickest but once rolling it is incredibly quick.))
I have found the 350 only to really pull away at higher mph's but lower down these hot hatches ie type R's, ST's ect will stick on your rear bumper all day long.
The thing is that when i drive to work i never see many other zeds at all and i love that special attention that my car gets so as for all this top speed and 0-60 stuff