So I was checking out the sales figures for Infiniti today and noticed something interesting. Since April of last year the Coupe sales have been going down every month compared to the previous year. I don't understand this as I think the Coupe is a great car. Can anyone shed some light on this?

 

thats good. you don't want a million of them out there like an Accord.

 

Some guesses - initial excitement wore off in second model year, perhaps, especially with the expectation of slight changes for '05? Still, hard to say, exactly, as lots of factors could have come into play...economy, competition, incentives, etc.

 

perhaps this is why... please correct me for my in-acurate comments...

2003 first year release prone to bugs
2004 2nd year alot of bugs fixed
2005 improvements as you know
2006 redesign ? or a few more improvements, if i were them id toss on a few more ponies and gadgets.
2007 redesign if didnt occur in 2006

granted i did purchase a 2005 in dec 2004, if I was in the market to purchase a G35 since release date, id prob pick the 2nd year of release.

ppp

 

How bout this...... INCREASED COMPETION

Actually the Acura CL saw decreased sales for each of the last 4 years or so and bam! they discontinued the coupes....they said most likely more people prefer sedans to coupes for the extra doors.........factor in now that the '05 sedan's have the same hp and torque as the coupes and voila!

 

I did my best to help the sales numbers by buying a 6MT over this past weekend!

scoobybri

 

and some dealers still want close to MSRP for the coupe 6MTs (so. cal). show 'em the numbers and get a lower price.

 

The dealers here in Vegas are posting a $3995 "Fair Market" premium on the coupes. $4k over MSRP? It took me threatening to walk out twice to get them to remove the premium and give me the price that I was willing to pay. I'm sure that there are stupid enough people here in town that pay at least part of the premium. What a load of crap!

scoobybri

 

You have to also consider that consumers may be willing the splurge and get the new M34/45.

 

Dont forget this is still one of those coupes are sitll made 100% percent in Japan. This is barely any left these days.

Not sayin this is anythin to do of loss of sales, just another good reason to buy the car

 

It must be that financial thread

 

The Vegas dealers are dicks. Both dealers are owned by Towbin btw.

 

if your that close, order from Grubbs

 

maybe thats why you can get a coupe for around invoice.i just purchased a dg cuope auto for about 300 over invoice.last year dealers were getting retail.