Video: 2007 Nissan 350Z Roadster

Ever since it came out, the 350Z has had a tilt steering wheel that doesn't telescope, but it has a nice instrument panel package, right on top that tilts with the steering wheel, which does a pretty good job of keeping the gauges in your line of sight no matter where you put the steering wheel. The interior quality of the 350Z is not the greatest out there. It has improved in this 2007 version. The materials are decent. They're not great. The gloss levels are good. It could still use a little bit of work. One thing they've improved is this door used to kind of jockey itself up and slide in all rickety. Now it's just a simple pop-up. Gives you some storage there. Overall, it's become a little bit more accommodating. This has always had some quirks with regard to where things are placed. The hazard button is now here. It used to be back here. When you were shifting, no matter what you did, it seemed like you're always turning your hazards on. Now there's a storage compartment back here that didn't use to be there. One of our drivers noted that it's not flush and it seemed like he was always hitting the button and popping it open when he was trying to shift. That's not so good, but at the same time, it's actually pretty roomy, which is an improvement over what had been available before. Like most modern, soft tops, the 350Z Roadster has a soft top, but it does have a glass rear window with a defroster built-in. There are practically no plastic rear windows anymore. The top is not super thick. It's one layer. So you do get some noise through it. One of the good things about it is there's just one latch to disconnected it from the windshield. Though there's one latch, so you don't have to flip your visors and stuff, it still connects in three places, which makes it watertight and airtight. Once that's done, the rest is powered. You just have to step on the brake and hit a button over on the side here. You may notice it automatically moves the passenger seat forward a little bit. And then it moves forward and apparently hits the driver in the head. Seems to be my job at cars.com to get hit in the head. Then once it's down all the way, the hard cover comes down, covers it up, makes it nice and neat, and the seat returns to its old position. <v Announcer>For additional information on this car or any other, go to cars.com and our blog kickingtires.