No sleep, no excuses—we built our Nissan 370Z drift car in just one day and had it shredding tires the next. Here’s how we turned a street car into a drift monster in record time!

But here it goes: The new seven-speed automatic in the 370Z is quicker, about as sporting and easier to live with than a six-speed manual. Is that heresy? Maybe.

A seven-speed automatic with “Downshift Rev Matching” will be an option for the first time, supplementing the unique six-speed manual with “SynchroRev Match,” the latter which also matches ...

Full test with performance data of the 2015 370Z with an automatic transmission. Spoiler alert: It trades some fun for some tenths. Read more and see photos at Car and Driver.