Originally Posted by bitkahuna (Post 7701381)

- weird name
- great exterior
- so-so interior

laughing there's no signature infiniti round clock when lexus is now adding them... :p

Originally Posted by speedflex (Post 7701360)

I guess the whole name change is a weird strategy for such an established product. On the other hand, I couldn't care less what it's called. Really, most of the luxury designations are pretty stupid anyway. I mean, what makes a 325 or ES350 relevant to anything other than the quality of the car these alphabets are attached to?

If the car makes a name for itself by being an excellent product what does the numerical designation matter in the grand scheme?

Originally Posted by Blueprint (Post 7701402)

They finally gained some ground on names then ditch it. You want to make things easy for the consumer and a luxury brand wants to draw heritage from the past as a car successfully evolves over time, the 3 series or ES can claim that today.

Don't believe their B.S regarding names. Its working for the tier 1 brands for decades, they trying to reinvent the wheel? It was a bad decision sadly. The G owners waiting all this time for the new car to find out their name is discontinued and its a Q50....crazy....

Should be a G50

Originally Posted by R1R (Post 7700840)

I think you'll be happy then, this car has a controller you can see in the new pics and it has a touchscreen with apps.

The hybrid model intrigues me, if it is the same drive-train as the M it will be very fast and fuel efficient.

Originally Posted by Blueprint (Post 7701296)

Yeah seems to be a nice car, awful name...

"Hey what kind of car is that"
-oh its the new Q
"Its an Audi?"
-uh, no its an Infinity
"oh the Audi guy runs it now"
-yeah-
"Doesn't Audi have Q7 and Q5"?
-yeah, but this is the new Q50
"Q50, so it replaced the Q45, I remember that car"
-well no, it doesn't replace the Q45
"but its a Q50...it has a 5.0 liter engine, must be crazy
-well no, it has a V-6
"a 5.0 V-6!!! wow"
-uh, no, this is actually the new G
"G-wagon, Mercedes? I'm confused"
-no, no, the new Infinity
"wait wtf, the speakers make cars now"
-no, no no no, the New Q is the new G
"wtf, so the Q50 doesn't have a 5.0 and doesn't replace the Q45 but is the old G"?
-yeah
"why don't you just call it a Nissan Skyline and save the confusion
-yeah
"you sure you know what the hell you drive"
-yeah an Infinity Q50
"what is that"
(and circles again):D

Originally Posted by Mr. Burns (Post 7701633)

Fixed that for you.

Originally Posted by natnut (Post 7701535)

May be fast but the M35h isn't very refined and fuel efficient according to most reviews. You should be hoping that Infiniti has improved on the hybrid powertrain in the new G/Q50.

Originally Posted by Blackraven (Post 7701610)

Looks stunning :cool:

I do wonder though if this will be sold in Japan as a Nissan (?).

Oh
and they need diesel engines if they want to sell volumes in Europe....