ICYMI: The Nissan Z comes in heritage colors for 2025

With all the troubles and merger talks that Nissan went through in the latter half of 2024, it was easy for other news, such as model updates, to get buried in all the buzz and holiday cheer. Take the updated Nissan Z, for example.

For 2025, the Z doesn’t receive much in terms of big, game-changing tech or mechanical upgrades, other than a new SOS Button that works with the NissanConnect services and several new colors. The article could stop here, but what makes these new hues interesting for die-hard Nissan fans is that these are heritage colors.

You can now officially get a Nissan Z in the iconic Bayside Blue (or Wangan Blue). Made famous by the Skyline GT-R BNR34, this is the first time it has appeared on a model outside the GT-R badge. Unfortunately, it replaces the two-tone Seiran Blue, one of the Z’s launch colors.

Another recognizable color is Midnight Purple. This iridescent purple-green-red finish actually has its origins in the Z32 300ZX, but was popularized in its appearances in succeeding Skyline GT-Rs. Unlike Bayside Blue, you can get this Midnight Purple shade in several other Nissans, most notably the R35 GT-R.

The final new shade is 432 Orange. Z anoraks will know that it directly references the S30 Fairlady Z432, a high-performance variant that was finished in this color, and more importantly, had the S20 inline-6 of the KPGC10 Skyline 2000GTR (Hakosuka).

This color was previously used on the limited-run Fairlady Z Customized Edition first shown off at the 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon, but is now available to every Z buyer alongside the Customized Edition carbon fiber body kits, vintage-inspired 19-inch wheels, badging, and decals.

For those wondering, based on the Japanese configurator of the Z, the two launch colors of the Z– Seiran Blue and Ikazuchi Yellow– are discontinued. Take note that you cannot option these new colors on the Nismo variant, but Stealth Gray and Vibrant Red can now equipped on the standard Z, formerly limited to the Nismo model.

There’s no word if Nissan Philippines will offer any of these changes locally, but it should be a no-brainer given that all Zs are sourced from the Tochigi plant in Japan.