Exactly, IMO competition has forced Nissan/Infiniti to bring out their VQ37 ahead of schedule. Lexus's new 3.5L is brilliant and the BMW I6 3.0 TT is not messing around. If Nissan decides to stay with NA motors, (which they most likely will) then a larger displacement is needed to face the competition head on.

So are we looking at a VQ37DE or a VQ37HR?

btw: word in Japan is that the GT-R will use a VQ38DETT motor.

 

I hope they keep the 3.7 out of the sedan all togather. IMO the coupe should smoke the sedan in terms of speed and performance. In the past the coupe and the sedan were pretty close performance wize. Hopefully they will offer the 3.5 for the sedan and the 3.7 for the coupe.

just my opinion...

-sean

 

the hp war has got to stop,if this keeps going all the car makers will keep coming out with bigger engine or force-induction.... 10 yrs later there will be bunch kids driving 200hp+ civic, corolla, sentra. LOL

not to mention gas price isn't gonna drop anytime soon

 

You know what, I wondered that myself not too long ago. With the gas prices climbing, I would expect the HP wars to plateau in the near future. Remember what killed the HP wars of the early 70s? My guess is history will repeat itself.

 

Already there dude.

 

I respect your opinion, but to be honest it just sends shivers up my spine. Many of us, particularly 30 somethings, simply cannot own a coupe. It is exactly owners like myself that the sports sedan segment targets. We would love to own a coupe, or hell, a real sports car like the z, but we just can't. So if we must accept a backseat and it's extra doors, we want to compromise performance and handling as little as possible.

That's one of the many reasons BMW has been the king for so long. The 3 series sedan has almost always been available with the same performance options as the coupe. For the previous generation, one could get the full sports seats(with thigh extensions!), and even the ZHP pakage.

If Infiniti creates more of a separation between it's coupe and sedans, then I'm afraid more enthusiasts will choose to pay the price premium for a BMW, myself included. And guess what happens to the coupe if sedan sales drop precipitously?

 

I agree 100%. Except I won't be buying any current 3 series BMW sedan. I simply can't stand the styling.

 

I have looked at it in your view before, but i didnt when i just wrote that reply...yeah i do agree with you, but i still think a coupe should be faster than a sedan. just my opinion though

-sean

 

The 330i has been around much longer than 1 year. My parents have a 2002 330i

 

Not for the current generation.

 

i posted a thread about this in the 08 coupe section...im thinking, now keep in mind this is just ME thinking this, didnt read it or hear it lol. But maybe infiniti is following in bmw's footsteps. Have a 330 out for a while with another engine choice to follow, then pump it up to a TT335 in only the coupe, then offer bother engines in the sedan and coupe. 335i or 328. maybe sedan will get 3.5, or 3.7 possibly 3.7 only be offered on the S model or what not

 

Agree 100% as well. I bumped up into a Sedan from coupes for more room and a more comfortable ride, I am only 25, not married, no kids, but I already felt it was more practical. Now my buddies (all over 6' 3" somehow?!?) can actually fit in my car when I am DD, which I always am. I DO want to have as much power as Infiniti will give me in my old man sedan though! I like having more HP than the coupes and my mom's '04 MB SL500 (303), even though she can still burn me, stupid V8 and its torque!

I do think comparing the BMW 3 series coupe/sedan to the G coupe/sedan is kind of apples and oranges though. The BMWs look virtually the same in my opinion, yes 1 only has 2 doors. If one passed you the opposite direction on the highway, you could easily not notice it was a coupe. Whereas the G coupe/sedan could actually carry completely different names in my opionion, they are very different looking vehicles, I dont think you would confuse the two of them very easily.

As Railgunner, I would never buy a BMW 3-series. I actually think its a beautiful car, but I like to have something somewhat individualistic and as I mentioned in another thread, every young punk with the money (or daddy) to buy a nice car buys a 3-series. That is a turn off for me.

 

That's exactly what brought me over to Infiniti in the first place.
I wasn't really aware of the sedan in '03, but like others I drooled over the coupe when it came out.
I quickly realized the coupe wasn't going to work for me (familly).
But... because I went to look at the coupe, I discovery a gem in the '04 sedan with the same performance.
& that's what sold me.
If the sedan had been a sorry sister to the coupe,
Infiniti would never have happened for me, I would have been in a 3er.

& now that the familly is no longer the purchasing influence... I have my toy

 

Seems likely to me that the upgraded 3.7 engine would find it's way into the M. I agree they've spent a lot of development time in the engine, and it makes sense to share it and the M seems like a more logical choice than the G sedan. Gotta give the M guys a better engine than the G. If I was driving an M, i'd like a bigger car and a more powerful engine than the G.

g35 sedan
g37 coupe
m37 sedan

 

How long ago did they announce the 08 to have the 3.7? By when do you think we will find out if the sedan will have the 3.5 or 3.7 for 08?