From Z to Z: Back-to-Back In The 1978 Datsun 280Z And 2015 Nissan 370Z Published on September 4, 2015 in Comparative Tests by Benjamin Hunting Photo: Benjamin Hunting, Frédérick Boucher-Gaulin I've owned my Datsun for about five months now, plucked from a small town in upstate New York after a year of searching on Craigslist.