25 year anniversary of infiniti and lexus

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qship96
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just read an interesting, indepth article in one of the October car mags,think it was car and driver,on both these brands and the impact they have had on the luxury market- a pretty long writeup on the history,and where the brands are headed.Shockingly,they did have a few unacceptable errors which shows sheer sloppiness in the writers research abilities- like saying Infiniti Q added a grill in 1995,and also messed up the year the 1997Q was introduced.....even got the horsepower number for the original Q wrong......like I said,shocking and sloppy on the writers part,but an interesting read overall.


qship96
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Car: 1996 Q45

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just checked, its Automobile magazine, october edition.

BadQ45t
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Car: 21' Leaf SL Plus (wife's car)
05' X-Terra S 4x4
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2016 Mercedes Benz S550e V8 Power and 35 MPG
Location: Half Moon Bay, CA

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I just got my copy, has a picture of Infiniti Eau Rouge and a smaller inset picture of the RC F.

BadQ45t
Posts: 3249
Joined: Fri Jul 26, 2002 7:54 am
Car: 21' Leaf SL Plus (wife's car)
05' X-Terra S 4x4
97' Q45t SOLD! Miss the old girl
84 300ZX (Original Owner)
2016 Mercedes Benz S550e V8 Power and 35 MPG
Location: Half Moon Bay, CA

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Just finished reading the article. They mostly covered the Eau Rouge and RC F and more text was spent on the RC F. It was a bit odd that they got the years wrong on the Q45 change-over and called it more Buick then BMW. While there was a difference, let's look at available Buick's of the year.

Buick Regal LS with 6 cylinder OHV engine pushing out 195HP,
Buick Park Ave Ultra 6 cylinder OHV turbo engine pushing out 205 HP
Infiniti Q45 V8 266 HP

I would say more Lexus LS400 like than Buick like...I drove the 1996 back to back with the 1997 back in 2000 and felt that the '97 was a little more "tossable" and had a little more off the line. I know you 1st gen guys will jump on me, but come on I am not comparing to a 92' Q45 that I had 6 personal months with, that was a beast, but the 97' was reliable as hell, STILL looks great, and overall did everything well. Put some KYB SR Specials on it and any reference to Buick part is gone. Plus the Buick suspensions, while the 97' was back to struts front, it still has a strut brace bar and a good setup that can easily be beefed up, versus Buick that had horse-crap airglide that are replaced by Monroe's at Pep Boys by grandpa.

They got that part wrong and couldn't even come up with the correct year. Letter to the editor going out, we'll see if I make it in print.


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