Infiniti's Interesting Moves (Nomenclature, Essence)

finally… fucksake…

but that is too Lexus / Hyundai Genesisy for me…

i’m sure in person it will look real good though. i like the Q50 sedans better than the lexus counterpart and the 3 series.

stick the GTR drive-line in this and charge $120k for it please…

I agree I really like the Q50 this not so much

Still a concept (21" wheels) but interesting progress. Drove my brother’s new Q50 when I was out in San Diego and it was a nice driving sedan. Nothing to get excited about but delivered as expected.
That interior is beautiful.

2015 Q50 IS a great DD. Plenty of power and love all the gadgets it comes with. Heated steering wheel ftw!

Simplify the lines and that’ll be a gorgeous car

Just noticed they renamed the G37 Q40

I actually like that reverse fin on the fenders. Reminds me of this:

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It is expected to get an all-new 3.0-liter, V-6 turbocharged, direct-injection engine

If this is their halo card it will be interesting how much hp they will launch with; ~350-400?

Q50/Q40 is 330something it would be nice to see upper 300s

AutoGuide reports that the production Q60 will arrive late in 2016 and pack at least 400 horsepower. A higher-output version of the same engine, however, could produce as much as 450 hp.

some photos from the toronto autoshow.’

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the car looks real good… i’m sure it’ll streamline down a bit for production. that said, Infiniti has always had the stuf to go head to head with BMW but they’ve just been worried about the business case i think. the G coupes never really went after the M cars even though they easily could have with one more drivetrain option.

if they do it with this i’ll go back to Infiniti

Then what was the purpose of IPL?

IPL was a bitch move… a skirt package and a set of wheels on a G37… both the wheels and skirts were poop too.

Tweaks to the ECU and a new, freer-flowing dual-exhaust system yield another 18 hp for a total of 348 at 7400 rpm, and torque rises by 6 lb-ft to 276 at 5200 rpm. The chassis gets unique spring rates and shock tuning, as well as the sportier steering, huge brake discs, and brake calipers from the G37S

6 torques is huge… I thought they had done more for that model, but I was wrong.

yeah basically nothing done but the wheels and skirts. 18hp and 6 tq is a rounding error

6 torques … siqqqqqqqq

New production spy pics. No sweet fender fins though:

Infiniti Accord

Am i the only one that thinks this looks like shit? The proportions seem all wrong…

The wheels certainly suck. The chrome around the windows needs to be black, in addition to a few other things. So yeah it has been softened for production but maybe they’ll have that side blade stuff on a performance model. I still like the ISF if it’s side styling.

Also no interior shots so who knows if the good stuff was included.