Midnight Purple returns on Z Heritage Edition

NISSAN has announced the Heritage Edition version of its Z front-engined, rear-wheel drive sportscar for Australia, limited to a run of just 10 units, each finished in Midnight Purple.

Priced at $77,410 plus on-road costs, the Heritage Edition sits in Nissan’s Z range between the entry-level model ($76,160 + ORCs) and the range-topping Nismo model ($94,065 + ORCs including premium paint).

The Heritage Edition celebrates the seven generations of Nissan’s Z line of sports cars, which kicked off with the Datsun 240Z launched in 1969, with right-hand drive deliveries commencing the following year.

The current Nissan Z – the latest member of the family – launched in Australia in 2022.

Midnight Purple also holds special significance as a colour option in Nissan’s sports car history, with the colour option first introduced in 1995 for the R33-series Nissan Skyline GT-R.

In 1999, an updated version of the colour returned to Nissan’s palette as Midnight Purple II, this time available for the R34 Skyline GT-R, and was later succeeded by Midnight Purple III.

In 2013, Nissan unveiled a special edition of the R35 GT-R painted in Midnight Opal, a nod to its purple Godzilla forefathers, with 100 examples sold worldwide. Midnight Purple later made its return on the R35 for the swansong T-Spec variant in 2021.

The Z Heritage Edition’s Midnight Purple paint will be paired with bronze 19-inch Rays alloy wheels.

Midnight Purple is not the only iconic colour to make a recent comeback on the Nissan Z.

In July last year, Bayside Blue – another colour choice entrenched in the history of the GT-R nameplate – became available for the non-Nismo Z model.

For the Heritage Edition, power and torque figures from the 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6 remain unchanged at 298kW and 475Nm, with the Heritage Edition available with either a six-speed manual transmission or a nine-speed automatic with paddle shifters.

Like the regular Z, it also benefits from a mechanical limited slip differential and launch control.

Inside you will find a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, an 8.0-inch infotainment touchscreen, heated, leather-accented seats, active noise cancellation and sound enhancement.

It also retains the Z’s host of ADAS features including intelligent cruise control, autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian detection, blind spot warning, rear cross-traffic alert, and lane departure warning.

The reveal of the Heritage Edition comes ahead of the arrival of the 2026-spec Nissan Z, expected on Australian shores later this year (although full pricing and specifications remain unconfirmed).

2026 Nissan Z pricing*:

*Pricing excludes on-road costs.