I don't think they will. Infiniti is their refined brand...it targets and older class of people. While nissan is the brand that makes the "true" sport cars...if any high performance car comes out it is going to come from nissan not infiniti.

-Sean

 

If Lexus can get away with an IS-F and upcoming GS-F, Infiniti surely has a right to be in that fight. Infiniti's, especially G's are unique in that they appeal to buyers from 16-80 years old. They have something for everybody, and for a good price.

Considering that Infiniti has a monopoly on performance for the cost (compared at cost to an is250, a4 2.0T, 328i, etc..) I think they would be able to cash in on a beefed up G35/G37 that undercuts the competition on cost, but not performance.

 

I don't think Infiniti would not make a faster version of the G...They are not in the market for that with the G and seeing that they are owned by Nissan any sport model would be a Z platform/GTR. The Infiniti brand is more about luxury so they would not mess with their sales by making a "sport model", even though I would love to see a "sport model" I think it would be based on the M platform to compete with most of the cars that where mentioned where sedans.

 

Odd. Infiniti didn't have a problem going right after the sport coupe/sedan leader in class BMW 330i back in 2003.

We sure have some short memories on this forum.

 

I've been saying for nearly 3 yrs an FI G will come by 2010 (originally I was saying 08-09 but that was before the GTR was announced... so now I'm guessing 2010)... I wish I would have saved the posts as an I told ya so...

 

The G35/G37 IS the Z platform, they all share the same FM structure. The GTR is going to be extremely hard to get, and not given any respect from a luxury angle because it's a Nissan - it's more for pure power. Infiniti would be the prime place to launch an M3 competitor that still gets respect for being luxurious while being priced in the high 40s, low 50s.

And Infiniti already has a Sport Model for the G and M model range. There would have to be a new alphabet soup name created to name a high-performance model.

 

Infiniti brand is more about luxury? isn't lexus/mercedes/bmw/audi about luxury just as much if not more? anyways, i def agree infiniti is closing in on being in a great position for a "high" performance luxury/sport sedan/coupe. . .there is a nice healthy gap between the G's/350z and the GTR that can easily be filled with a juiced up G. . .remember, BMW.Audi.lexus do not have a GTR competitor performance wise. . .MErcedes does have their SLR (though priced at like friggin $600,000) just to re-iterate what some already said, the GTR is not a massed produced car nor is it seen as a 'luxury' sport coupe/sedan but a true to the bones high end performance car, so it is nothing like the M3 and the rest which are alot easier to acquire and are still in the luxury department as well as sport. . .

so anyways, i'm just dreaming here. . .but ya never know!

 

I wouldn't mind seeing a FI G with ~415hp at the fly...

2 really small turbos pushing 5psi would easily do it with virtually no lag.

Think 335, except with a VQ

 

EXACTLY!

 

for the 52,000 repost...

 

I understand the G and Z platform are similar...all I'm saying is if they made a say 450hp version it would be a 350Z thats all.

I know that Infiniti has a sport model for the G and M...I was referring to a newer version with enough power to compete with said cars.







Odd...I didn't know Infiniti was specifically targeting the 330i back in 2003

your right about short memories on this forum...is this thread not about a future model and not about 2003?

 

There already is *sort of* a highly boosted version of the 350z, the GTR which is made in small number purely for performance reasons. There is a nice gap for Nissan to enter the luxury extreme sports car segment. A 350z/370z would NEVER be competitive with the M3s and C63s of the world. This caliber of car has a near perfect 50/50 balance between performance and everyday livability, which I feel the G35 already has so that's a great foundation to build upon. All I'm saying is that Nissan has no product that can currently compete in the $50,000+ Luxo-Sport car and that their best option would be a G. 350Zs are seen as more of a younger buyer's vehicle and would not get any respect next to the luxurious, spacious cars in the segment.

Also - to all the comments about Infiniti being strictly luxury and not supposed to have a performance car, what are you talking about! If Lexus can pull off a car like the superfluous looking IS-F successfully, than Infiniti should be next in the gate. Infiniti's formula is based on a mix between performance driving with comfort, or else they're smallest engine wouldn't be a 3.5 V6 pumping out 300+ horses! That's between 70 and 106 more than the typically more expensive base competitors, so there's no doubt Infiniti is about performance driving!!!

 

I still have absolutely no idea why someone would see the GT-R as the high performance version of the G Coupe.

The GT-R doesn't even compete with the luxury performance class (IS-F, M3, C63 AMG).

Some people just don't understand competition & marketing.

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Odd, you must not have read any of the 5-10+ articles comparing the two cars back to back. You think the dimensions/performance similarities were a coincidence?? LOL. BMW OWNED that market pre-2003. Infinti was smart to target that segment/car when it introduced the G35.

Your logic is that Infiniti aren't built for the performance crowd. That makes no sense went infiniti BUILT a performance coupe and sedan targeted right at the BMW 330I. Which is what? Oh right. A performance coupe/sedan.

 

I agree. Especially when the GT-R looks nothing like the G coupe.