I'm going to pick up a 2008 G37 Coupé on Saturday. I have a 2004 G35 coupé I was thinking about buying a mustang 5.0 but I don't know lol something about these cars that are so great! Is their anything I should look into before buying it? I'm buying it from someone on Craigslist.

 

Ooo, a coupé. Is that the French model? Does it wear a toupée? Soufflé
Michael Boublée

 

Yeah a French model engine is mounted on the back and the hood has a spare engine 😎

 

I just traded my '06 G35 AT for a '10 G37 MT (both coupe of course). By just I mean like I picked it up yesterday. While I have no regrets right now I think the 35 had a more unique look. The 37 blends in a bit more, but I couldn't help myself between the MT and less mileage. Because of the snow up here testing performance is not really possible for a couple more months. I personally like the interior of my new 37 over the 35, I didn't have nav or anything other than the Bose system in my 35, so having a lot more buttons is going to trip me up, plus they changed up the steering wheel controls so I know I will be getting that all wrong for a while.
What I am going to miss for sure on my old G35 is the noise. I had Stillen cat-back, an intake and plenum spacer so it sounded excellent IMO, the G37 is so quiet with the windows up I can barely hear the engine below 3k, which is forcing me to stare at the tach while still getting my shift points down.

 

The rear of the G37 doesn't look as nice as the G35 with the oem Splash Guards. The taillights of the G35 is better looking to.

I regret selling my G35. Not sure what car to get when my lease is up. Don't like the 37, and the 2016 Q60 is even rounder than the G37. lol

 

I don't disagree with any of that. Especially the tail lights, I loved the G35's. I always had a love/hate relationship with the headlights though. Something just never looked quite right with them. Maybe that is just conditioning, vertically stacked headlight are not the norm.

Mechanically I think they are both going to be equally reliable, and that's a good thing.

I got the G37 almost on impulse. I liked the Athens Blue, the black leather interior was nicer than the stone grey in my G35. And most importantly I hadn't passed that 100k mile mark yet which some people still view as high milage these days. That definitely helped my trade value.