Another New model infiniti..Thank god!

[N8NiTTY]

Infiniti will introduce a vehicle in 2015 to compete with Audi's A3 hatchback (Q30???)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 98372.html

Hatchback is close enough all we need is wagon...come on nissan why the usA can't have this as a infiniti :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHwY6gBqOOw
we dont need another versa or cube ... we need a Nissan Stagea rebadged as q50 wagon
or even better a M35 Wagon/nissan stagea ARX turbo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWARE2A4bHc
Turbo charged all wheel drive wagon...

[Larz]

N8Nitty, you are soooo right! I've been a huge fan of the Stagea for long as I can remember. The only thing that stops me from buying one is my height. If I was 6 feet tall or under, it would definitely be in my driveway. I fit inside ok, but it's very crampy on my legs, so I wouldn't want it for a full time driver . And, I would do the GTR front end and body kit as seen below:

http://youtu.be/YCkmbd5bG68

If Infiniti comes out with a Stagea-type model, I will try to get my g/f Fetucini to trade her G37 IPL for it, LOL.
Having a mad-cool looking wagon with a NIssan turbo engine would be brilliant!

[wingFeather]

I cannot seem to view the WSJ article as I'm not a subscriber. What was it about?

[DaSerb]

I cannot seem to view the WSJ article as I'm not a subscriber. What was it about?

Try this one...http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... 5654,d.aWc

[N8NiTTY]

N8Nitty, you are soooo right! I've been a huge fan of the Stagea for long as I can remember. The only thing that stops me from buying one is my height. If I was 6 feet tall or under, it would definitely be in my driveway. I fit inside ok, but it's very crampy on my legs, so I wouldn't want it for a full time driver . And, I would do the GTR front end and body kit as seen below:

http://youtu.be/YCkmbd5bG68

If Infiniti comes out with a Stagea-type model, I will try to get my g/f Fetucini to trade her G37 IPL for it, LOL.
Having a mad-cool looking wagon with a NIssan turbo engine would be brilliant!

I am 6ft..so I am ok.I had a problem once fitting into a 2002 frontier.Some models might appear large and inside they are very cramped.

My gripes with infiniti are these.
1)we dont have panoramic roof as option.
2)we didn't need a EX. we needed wagon.
3)where is our vehicle with GTR engine? sheish nissan you put one in a juke.
4)Where is IPL "m"? why a performance line for 1 car.

there are more cant seem to think of them right now.

[Larz]

I could NOT agree more. Seems Infiniti has forgotten all but the G class as far as sports car buyers are concerned. In my opinion, the latest M is primarily aimed at an older crowd (and that's perfectly fine, beacuse we are ALL going there sooner or later!). If I were a pensioner, I would want a classy looking sedan, with semi-sport appearance and better than average horsepower - that's the new M body /engine. They took all the agressive stance away from the M versions and now it's a curvy, but powerful sedan - it doesn't stand out from other sedans in any way aside from power and engineering. I'm not bashing! It's a beautiful car! It has a sense of spark to it's looks, but it certainly dosen't look any more or less agressive than the VW or Chevrolet sedans. It's light years ahead of both of them, but only on the inside.
The G, however, has been offered in IPL, convertible, and even the stock body looks agressive and powerful. And which was the first car to be re-designed yet again? The G which is the first to get a new, even more agressive body style as the first of the new Q line. I'll bet that if, in the future, Infiniti does a panoramic roof - it will be offered only on the G (oops Q50) and not the M (Q-whatever).
Personally, I plan to spend whatever I need to make sure my 2007 looks new and runs like new. Infiniti of late has nothing to offer me, personally. I want an agressive looking sedan that is powerful, advanced, and grabs your eye in a car park or on the road. Right now, the only car company still making this kind of sedan are Mercedes and Jaquar (my opinion). The BMW also has a brilliantly sporty agressive body, but for me, isn't in that group mostly because they are so unreliable and so costly to maintain.
For me to buy another larger sedan from Infiniti, it would have to regain it's agressive stance, have options for IPL, panoramic roof that still opens, remote start, GTR-ish front /rear end and side kits - all with the same posh interior offered since the beginning of the M.

[wingFeather]

How about a Q 007? Comes with rocket launchers, oil slicks, and bullet proof glass. I'd buy one!

[Larz]

How about a Q 007? Comes with rocket launchers, oil slicks, and bullet proof glass. I'd buy one!

LOL As long as it has the panoramic roof, I'm in !

[agee]

How about a Q 007? Comes with rocket launchers, oil slicks, and bullet proof glass. I'd buy one!

I'd have to pass, since there will be a high likelihood that the car will be shot at, be ran off the road, cut in half by a buzzsaw wielding helicopter, turn invisible and be lost forever, or destroyed in some other outlandish way. The TrueDelta reliability/survivability rating for the car would set record lows.

[myother45isalesbaer]

I could NOT agree more. Seems Infiniti has forgotten all but the G class as far as sports car buyers are concerned. In my opinion, the latest M is primarily aimed at an older crowd (and that's perfectly fine, beacuse we are ALL going there sooner or later!). If I were a pensioner, I would want a classy looking sedan, with semi-sport appearance and better than average horsepower - that's the new M body /engine. They took all the agressive stance away from the M versions and now it's a curvy, but powerful sedan - it doesn't stand out from other sedans in any way aside from power and engineering. I'm not bashing! It's a beautiful car! It has a sense of spark to it's looks, but it certainly dosen't look any more or less agressive than the VW or Chevrolet sedans. It's light years ahead of both of them, but only on the inside.
The G, however, has been offered in IPL, convertible, and even the stock body looks agressive and powerful. And which was the first car to be re-designed yet again? The G which is the first to get a new, even more agressive body style as the first of the new Q line. I'll bet that if, in the future, Infiniti does a panoramic roof - it will be offered only on the G (oops Q50) and not the M (Q-whatever).
Personally, I plan to spend whatever I need to make sure my 2007 looks new and runs like new. Infiniti of late has nothing to offer me, personally. I want an agressive looking sedan that is powerful, advanced, and grabs your eye in a car park or on the road. Right now, the only car company still making this kind of sedan are Mercedes and Jaquar (my opinion). The BMW also has a brilliantly sporty agressive body, but for me, isn't in that group mostly because they are so unreliable and so costly to maintain.
For me to buy another larger sedan from Infiniti, it would have to regain it's agressive stance, have options for IPL, panoramic roof that still opens, remote start, GTR-ish front /rear end and side kits - all with the same posh interior offered since the beginning of the M.

Larz.

You little turncoat. LOL. These are highly expensive custom cars. I can think of many cars I would rather have than these for the $$$. If Infiniti is thinking of bring any of these to the US I am out. As the old saying goes, there is no replacement for cubic displacement. I want my big fat high powered road boat with all options. On the other hand, I agree with most of your other OP's. If Infiniti cannot offer a high powered luxury machine I just may buy an old classic, get it restored, and it would be cheaper than buying this garbage.

[Larz]

myother45 .......
Ouch! My flabber has been gasted !
The Stagea 350 is like an estate version of the M35! It has the VQ35 engine (modified) and has the same BHP and grips the road like our M's! It is so cool that even Volvo copied it's body style (but failed in all other areas). I'm just saying that an M-sized wagon is much better than the the weird, girly Cube that we in the US are stuck with. You can get a Stagea wagon with the turbo and optional body kit for about what it costs to buy a G37 sedan in US dollars. It's a very sporty, powerful alternative to the cube, the volvo wagons, and even the small mini-vans we have over here and I think it would be a big seller.
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This, in my opinion is a better idea than the new tiny Buick SUV, the EX35, the Cube, the Juke, etc.

[wingFeather]

The replacement for displacement is called forced induction, and is something Nissan does very well. Sorry. I cannot begin to count the number of overweight engines I smoked with my little 2 liter turbo Nissan RB20.

Or, if turbos scare you, with my tiny 3.4 liter Ferrari V8.

Don't forget that the Tesla smokes them all without any displacement...

[myother45isalesbaer]

Larz,

I hope you know I was kidding. I am not into kiddie hauling machines. I will reserve judgement until I see and drive one. If you say they are good I will stay neutral on the matter.

As for my other buddy, Wingfeather, sorry you are not going to convince me that there is no replacement for cubic displacement. Turbos and superchargers are great when you have no displacement on a small engine. Yes, I agree, they pound down the fuel mix at much higher PSI than a normally aspirated engine. But at what cost? Both are known to highly stress motors, reduce reliability and hide engine flaws. The engines have to be built to handle the extra stress. The turbos and any device that boosts the PSI over the normal 7.5lbs normal aspirated engines get creates a whole other set of issues. I am not saying they don't get the job done, I am just not impressed with them unless I was running a NHRA full blown nitro car. We could debate the advantages and disadvantages of boosted engines until hell freezes over. I personally don't prefer any boosted engine on a stock homeowners type of car. I will take cubic displacement any day. Good luck with your boosters and I hope you don't run into other issues they can cause.