Hi,

I just recently relocated to the United Arab Emirates, and thinking about buying a G35 coupe.

G35s here go slow, as people tend to stick to them for a long time, and I managed to locate only two cars on the market so far. One of them is a local purchase, so called GCC (Gulf Countries) spec'd from 2005. GCC cars are said to have larger radiators and stronger AC for the desert heat.

The other one is a 2004 US import model.

I am wondering about the differences between first of all the 2004 and 2005 models in general, and second of all between a US and GCC spec'd models.

I know the interior should be much nicer on the 2005 model, but how bad is the 2004 really? I so far have only seen the 2005, and I liked it. If the 2004 is much worse, I might as well take the plunge and buy the 2005 local version.

The problem I am having is that the Local version from 2005 is about 30% higher priced as the 2004 US import.

Any help would be appreciated. I just got my drivers license finally, and now I really need to get a car to be able to live and get by

Thanks for any pointers,

Ben

 

GCC...i have been to the middle east many times...you don't want your engine overheating...

 

Right, that is what I said all the way, up until someone told me from 2001 or 2002, all Infinitis come with the same specs, and for the US they are testing the cars in the Arizona summer heat for extra powerful radiators, etc.

However, this is not confirmed by any source that I would feel comfortable with, these are all speculations from various people I talk to.

I am looking for some solid evidence that the US and GCC are in fact different, or just the same.

Thanks,

Ben

 

The interior has been argued on here many times. It's all subjective...people who have the 05+ generally like that better, and people who have the 03-04 generally like those better. Depends on who you talk too. IMO there is nothing to write home about with any of the interiors.