Building up Infiniti

Post by **audtatious** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 2:32 pm

Over the years, Infiniti has grown and changed with the times

On November 8th, 1989, Nissan released a new luxury line for the North American marketplace: Infiniti. With an initial opening of 51 dealers, Infiniti offered two new vehicles: The performance-oriented Q45 sedan and the sports-oriented M30 coupe. Since that time, numerous new lines have been created with some success while others have disappeared.

From a historical perspective, the Q45 was built through 2006 while the M30 coupe/convertible ended production in 1992, but came back.....

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"If you build it, he will come"....Field of Dreams

Post by **billabong093** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 2:41 pm

Cool Article. I definitely think a smaller, more economical, compact sedan would be a good idea for infiniti. I never knew that they ruled out FWD all together... that makes me love them so much more than i already do.

Post by **audtatious** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 2:45 pm

Not sure if I ever saw anything official on the decision to go RWD/AWD only with Infiniti but it's been the view most of us have had since around 2003. Their lineup seems to show it as being a correct assumption.

Post by **Infinitiguy19** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 2:55 pm

The way I see it:

Nissan is mostly FWD Infiniti is mostly RWD

Shame we won't see a true Q45 again.

Post by **audtatious** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:49 pm

With the economy and such I don't see the Q being viable right now. They didn't sell many of the last gen as it was.

Post by **Jesda** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:52 pm

To me, the Q died in 1996.

Post by **audtatious** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:04 pm

Was it a battery problem? Did you try to jump it?

Post by **Jesda** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:34 pm

audtatious wrote:Was it a battery problem? Did you try to jump it?

I really need to find an M30 convertible. Its the perfect mix of retro boxy and modern clean, with the greatest V6 engine ever.

YouTube · Post by **dasoupdude** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:43 pm

Jesda wrote:
I really need to find an M30 convertible. Its the perfect mix of retro boxy and modern clean, with the greatest V6 engine ever.

lull then i need to email you a picture of my neighbor's m30 with an sr20tyte swap y0.

Post by **audtatious** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:01 am

I see FAR more J30's than M30's on the road. Heck, I'd be lucky to see one M30 a year.

Post by **ZOMG.SR20** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:58 pm

weird I see more M30s than J30s lol

Post by **qship96** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:15 pm

The articles author is incorrect in stating the g20 was based on the sentra........it was based on the Nissan Primera sedan.

Post by **audtatious** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:28 pm

The author has a mistake....beginning of the article says Primera, bottom says Sentra. Should say "Sentra-sized" instead of "Sentra-based"

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