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 The sound of the Datsun 280Z's big six feeding through a simple 6-1 exhaust header mixes with the smell of vinyl out-gassing from the dash and seats and the cocktail of unburned hydrocarbons exiting the tailpipe.